Al Qaeda

Are Kurt Eichenwald's Findings On The Bush Administration's Alleged Mishandling of Intelligence Before 9/11 Irrelevant?

Reporter Kurt Eichenwald has created quite a buzz with his op-ed piece in yesterday's New York Times alleging failure by George W. Bush's administration to adequately respond to numerous warnings from the CIA of an impending Al Qaeda terrorist plot prior to the 9/11 attacks. In the article, Eichenw ... More >>

Bloomberg, Kelly Say NYPD Foiled 14 Terror Plots; Not So, Article Counters

For years, Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Ray Kelly have claimed that the NYPD has thwarted 14 terror attacks since 2001. And many people actually believed them. The problem is it's not really true. In fact, as the internet news site Propublica notes, "the figure overstates the number of serious, ... More >>

Al Qaeda Wants to Be Your Friend on Facebook

According to a recent study from the University of Haifa, your latest friend request on Facebook may be from a terrorist organization, for, like the rest of us, they have shifted their Internet activity focus to...social networks, obvi! "Today, about 90% of organized terrorism on the Internet is bei ... More >>

Al Qaeda Stockpiling Toxin; Warren Weinstein Kidnapped in Pakistan; Health Care Bill Hiccup

Castor bean flower, via Wikipedia​The New York Times says Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen is stockpiling castor beans in an attempt to manufacture ricin, a harmful toxin, to use in America. According to the report, the terrorist cell wants to "secretly concoct batches of the poison, pack them aroun ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Wanted to Rename Al Qaeda

​According to a letter discovered in the raid that led to his death, Osama Bin Laden was considering alternate names for his terrorist group because he felt that "Al Qaeda" had taken on a bad connotation for killing too many Muslims. He wanted to pick a name that would "convince Muslims worldw ... More >>

Barack Obama's Grandma in Kenya Targeted by Al Qaeda

​Grandmothers should be sacred. And yet, here we are, with Sarah Obama, President Barack Obama's step-grandmother living in Kenya, being threatened explicitly by Al Shabaab, the Somalian chapter of Al Qaeda. Obama's granny has been given extra security, which she says she doesn't mind. "My lif ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Eyed 10-Year Anniversary of 9/11 For Terrorist Attack

​A "rush examination" of the evidence gathered from Osama Bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan reveals that the Al Qaeda leader was still involved in thinking up future terrorist attacks, despite now-outdated guesses from analysts that he may have become more of a figurehead in recent years ... More >>

Al Qaeda Confirms Death of Osama Bin Laden

​Reuters reports this morning, via the SITE monitoring service, that Al Qaeda used the internet on Friday to confirm the death of their leader. "Al-Qaeda released a statement on jihadist forums on May 6, 2011, confirming the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden," SITE said. Previously, Al Qaed ... More >>

New York City on Terrorism Watch After Osama Bin Laden Killing

​CIA Director Leon Panetta says that al Qaida will "almost certainly" attempt to get revenge for the killing of Osama bin Laden, and thus, nowhere are security officials on higher alert than in New York City today. The New York Post reports that the NYPD "will pay special attention to subways, ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: March 2 through 8, 2011

Al Qaeda Considered Poisoning Us; Foursquare Now Competing with Foodspotting

​Al Qaeda has contemplated using food poisoning as a way to attack the U.S. Apparently, it discussed slipping cyanide into salad bars and buffets at hotels and restaurants. [CNN] The food porn iPhone app Foodspotting has hit 500,000 downloads, just as Foursquare launches a similar feature to ... More >>

Woman Arrested in Yemen Over Al Qaeda Bomb Plot

​A woman was arrested in Yemen on Saturday in connection with the suspicious packages found on Friday, thought to be explosives sent by al Qaeda toward Newark and Philadelphia, ultimately meant for synagogues in Chicago, according to the New York Times. Yemeni officials confirmed the arrest as ... More >>

The "Ground Zero Mosque" Imam and "Blood On the Hands" of America: A Lesson In Contextual Spin

​Conservative psycho (hottie-cougar: me-yow) Pamela Geller's at it again, this time, trying to show the world how the guy behind the not-at-Ground-Zero-and-not-a-mosque project Park51 is telling everyone how America has "blood on its hands," putting the image in people's heads of a keffiyah-sp ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: July 14 - 20, 2010

Save The Date! Terror Attacks Expected Between Now and July, Say Officials

Mark your calendars! Intelligence sources, including CIA Director Leon Panetta, say "Al Qaeda is almost 'certain' to try a major attack on the U.S. in the next three to six months," reports the Daily News. Panetta and others appeared before the Senate with the grim news. If it sounds familiar, tha ... More >>

Plane from LaGuardia Diverted Because of Kid Wearing Scary Tefillin

​A U.S. Airways flight that left LaGuardia for Kentucky this morning was diverted to Philadelphia, as a passenger was thought to have attached a weapon to his body ("strapped a wire device from his fingers to his head after takeoff," said Reuters). Fox, America's Terror Network, grimly referre ... More >>

3 Consulates Get Fake Anthrax, Nostalgia (Update: It's Flour)

​Autumn 2009 is making us nostalgic. First, we have a deranged Muslim killing a lot of citizens on U.S. soil. Now, we have anthrax! Or at least fake anthrax, which we also had back in the day, sonny. The New York consulates of France, Austria and Uzbekistan received anonymous packets of white ... More >>

Beware Of Terrorist Ass Bombs!

Ass bombs have long been a problem in the club scene. You're standing next to someone, having a perfectly lovely conversation over diet sodas, and they suddenly detonate a gaseous substance out their butt that could make you plotz.

Guantanamo's Final Days

The infamous Prison Camp ain't dead yet

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Slow Noose Day: 'Visa Loophole' Lets Colored Brits into U.S.

Hex in the City: Cyanide Threat Redux

State of the Union: Why Those Terrorists Got Away

Bush skips uncomfortable details on wiretap program

Pursuing Terrorists in the Great Desert

The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan

Bush Plays al Qaeda Card Again

Bin Laden and company get big roles in 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq'

Flashback: 9-11 Panel Got Its Own Failing Grades

Key questions left unanswered in hijacked 9-11 probe

If Old Journalism Dies . . .

Where will new media get the news?

Springing a Leak

Now there seems to be even more hot water in Cheney’s boiler room

Open Season

The West takes a dot-com approach to countering al Qaeda's open-source movement

Errors of Commission

The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers

The Wrath About Khan

Plame's not the first spy outed by the Bush team. Remember the case of the Pakistani computer tech?

Morning Report 7/5/05
The 'Unusual Mission in Iraq'

Vial Prosecution

Like the plague, the Bush administration strikes down Texas scientist

A Big Bust

Bush touts al-Libbi capture—but where in the world is Osama?

No Al Qaeda-Iraq Link, U.S. Said After 9/11

The Ad That Beats Bush

How Kerry could craft a Bin Laden commercial that makes him president

Classified Info

Letters

Warning Shots

This past sunday was no day of rest, especially for the wary

Bush's 9-11 Problem

The President wants to link Al Qaeda and Iraq, but the knot keeps slipping

Daily Condi

A closer look at Rice's testimony

One Unusually Scared Turkey

Give Thanks. We Can Blame Al Qaeda for Everything.

The Confusing War on Terror

D.C. Power Lines Start Glowing Orange

Part Four: America Builds an Army for Industry

Where the Quest for Oil Meets the War on Terror

Ricin, the Unproven Poison

Nation

Blame It on Al Qaeda

Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

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War Riddles

Ten Questions the Media Can't Answer

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