Father Mother of Cop Who Died on 9/11 Rejects Military Trial for KSM

Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a New York City police cadet who died trying to evacuate people from the World Trade Center. His mother, Talat, writes a poignant commentary for McClatchy objecting to any backtracking from the Obama administration and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the plan to try the More…

Al-Qaeda Ally Pleads Guilty; Was This a ‘Disaster’ Too, Sen. McConnell?

Najibullah Zazi, the Afghan-American believed to be an al-Qaeda asset in the U.S., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to attack the New York City subway system with a chemical explosive. “The combined efforts of the law enforcement and intelligence communities disrupted a major plot, and there is no doubt that More…

GOP Senate Leader Pledges to Block Funding for 9/11 Trials

In an address to the Heritage Foundation filled with unsubstantiated assertions about the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the GOP Senate leader, made one concrete promise: If the Obama administration moves forward with its plans to try the 9/11 conspirators in civilian courts, “We will do everything More…

Sex and the Single Wolf

Are there really any “lone wolves” engaging in dangerous terrorist liaisons? That’s what some opponents of section 6001(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act are asking.

Lots of Democrats now concede that Congress overreacted a bit after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to give sweeping authority to the FBI to conduct various More…