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With Guantanamo Detainee's Civilian Trial Set To Open, Experts Divided On Its Importance
Associated Press WriterComplaints about security and its high costs forced the Obama administration to reconsider a decision to try the professed Sept. 11 mastermind in Manhattan, but the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee is moving ahead there anyway. Opening...Tags: Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, Human Rights Watch, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Houdini Fugitive' From NYC Arrested Near Conn. Mohegan Sun Casino
wpix.comHe stole a police car, drove it with his knees while handcuffed and shackled, and managed to flee, barefoot, over 100 miles, according to police. Now the man dubbed the Houdini Fugitive is in police custody with a remarkable story to his credit, and an...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ridgefield, Wars and Interventions, New York, Washington (U.S. state)
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NYC Cops Searching for Escaped Prisoner
New York City police are on the hunt for an escaped prisoner in Staten Island.
35-year-old Freddie Thompson is accused of posing as another prisoner during arraignment at Richmond County Criminal court and being released on a lesser charge. He was...Tags: New York City, Wars and Interventions, Crimes, Richmond County (New York), Crime, Law and Justice
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Suspect Poses As Another Prisoner, Escapes from Bronx Court
wpix.comA suspect escaped from the Bronx Criminal Court Tuesday after he posed as another prisoner, even attending the other man's arraignment. Michael Bautista, 22, pretended to be another prisoner, Marcial Sosa, who was due to be released on a lesser charge of...Tags: New York City, Court Administration, Wars and Interventions, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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NY Congressman Calls Obama's Plan To Try 9/11 Terrorists In NYC "Disgraceful"
wpix.comSelf-proclaimed September 11th mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will come to New York to face trial for the murders of nearly 3,000 civilians, the Justice Department announced Friday. In a press conference, U.S....Tags: Government, Constitutional Issues, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics, David Paterson
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Feds Eye NY Trial For Gitmo Suspect
Associated Press WritersFederal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan - who grew up in Maryland before allegedly enlisting with al-Qaida - to face trial in New York, a person familiar with the discussions said Monday. Khan is one of...Tags: Government, Pakistan, Corporate Crime, Armed Conflicts, Defense
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US, UK Close Yemen Embassies Over Al-Qaida Threats
The U.S. and Britain locked up their embassies in Yemen on Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group's expanded reach in the poor Arab nation where an offshoot apparently ordered the Christmas Day...Tags: Government, Pakistan, Corporate Crime, Armed Conflicts, Defense
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House Republicans add gay marriage measure to defense bill
WASHINGTON — Wading into the gay marriage debate, the Republican-led House tacked a provision banning same-sex marriages at military chapels onto a sweeping defense bill that is now headed to the Senate. Despite the high-octane public discussion...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Defense, Adam Smith, National Defense Authorization Act, White House
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Myanmar's new ties with U.S. may come at a cost
World NowThe Obama administration’s decision this week to ease financial sanctions imposed on Myanmar, encourage American investment there and appoint a U.S. ambassador for the first time in 22 years should further the long-isolated nation’s reform... -
Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit visits set of 'Homeland'
World NowAs the U.S. television hit "Homeland" visited Israel this week for some location shooting, the cable series about a fictional American prisoner of war who comes home got a visit on the set from real-life captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was... -
KSM & Co. getting what they want at Guantanamo Bay
World NowThe "trial of the century" kicks off at the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal Saturday -- again -- with the arraignment of confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices on mass murder charges that could lead to death... -
Taliban storms Pakistani jail, frees 390 prisoners
World NowPakistani Taliban militants stormed a prison in northwest Pakistan early Sunday and freed 390 prisoners, including 20 militants, local officials said....
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