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more about #terror more comments → gawkimo: The same people who go ape shit over Muhammad cartoons cheer Arab-language editorials saying Jews use the blood of Muslim babies as an ingredient in m... more » Astigmatism: You're right: Clinton-appointed, Sonya Sotomayor-endorsing former Yale Law dean Guido Calabresi and Clinton-appointed, Ricci v. Destefano-serving, pre... more » no I said no I won't no: It is incredible for anyone to suggest that she is "naive." She is a longtime activist and attorney; she knows what she can and cannot do. She was a... more » bboston88: Ok, ok. Let's be real here. She didn't exactly pass on her client's "thoughts" on the cease fire, she relayed to a reporter that he was withdrawing hi... more » econdave: Can you name one other lawyer in a terrorist case who's been sent to jail? For some reason, Stewart thought she was above the law. She has no one but... more » jimstoic: I don't see how this relates to attorney-client privilege. There's no privilege for information made public. more » TheUptightMidwesterner: I really thought that this Stewart business would be dropped once Bush was out of office. Maybe the JD is thinking that they would be better off with ... more » Mediahohoho: America runs on fear. #anthrax more » daveyjonesisdead: You're missing the point - it was bleached flour. Whole wheat only, people! #anthrax more » BettyCrocker: We should make cookies with it. Snickerdoodles for one and all! #anthrax more » ms_priestypants: And it is apparently late 2001 all over again. What is going on? #terror more » raincoaster: Sadly, mock trials are what Italy has specialized in since Berlusconi was elected. #italy more » misha trotsky: In other news, "Canada," has own government, laws. Why, I don't know. BTW, if he was interrogated in Italy, it would have just been slapping each oth... more » topsy: Since Italy elected a racist buffoon to run the country, who really cares? #italy more » -
#crazies
Link Between Homicidal Cartoon Rage and Psycho Terrorist Status Grows Stronger
One of the Chicago men charged in October with plotting to murder the guy who drew the controversial Danish Muhammad cartoon is now also charged with planning the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Murderous cartoon-hatred is a surefire craziness indicator.[NYT] -
#terror
Activist Judges Affirm Activist Attorney's Conviction
Attorney Lynne Stewart's crime seems to have been issuing a press release. For this, not only is her translator in jail, but the appeals court has upheld her conviction and requested a tougher sentence. More » -
#rants
No, That Is Not Anthrax
So far this week, the UN missions of six separate countries have been temporarily shut down and decontaminated because they received envelopes full of flour in the mail. This whole "anthrax" thing is overrated. More » -
#rumormonger
Faux-Anthrax Terrorists Gunning For Vulnerable Media Agencies?
The German consulate in Manhattan received a suspicious white powder in an envelope today, just like three other consulates did yesterday. We hear the media agency Initiative, in the same area, had to be evacuated too. Send terror stories here! -
#torture
Italian Court Holds Mock Trial For CIA
An Italian court has convicted 22 CIA operatives and one Air Force colonel of kidnapping. The CIA grabbed Egyptian imam Abu Omar in Milan and flew him to Egypt to be tortured. This is "illegal" under Italian "law." More » -
#nyc
NYC Evildoers Still Falling for FBI's Hezbollah Trick
Chicago thinks it's so fancy with its cartoon-hating Youtube terrorists. Pfft. New Yorkers don't have time for penny ante stuff like that. Nothing less than providing arms to Hezbollah will do for us! More » -
#sports
Olympic Defeat: Terror Hipsters Win Battle of Chicago!
Olympics denied, Hopey! The International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting, despite the fact that Barack Obama asked them real nice to pick that pleasant city. More » -
#usausausa
America's Commitment to Justice Helped Send Lockerbie Bomber Home
Hey, before you became outraged about Roman Polanski and maybe before you expressed an opinion on the non-parole of Susan Atkins, were you outraged about the release of the Lockerbie bomber? You are so predictable! And wrong! More » -
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#crime
This Man Is a Terrorist (and He's Single!)
This is Michael Finton, a.k.a. Talib Islam. He was arrested for allegedly planning to bomb a federal courthouse in Illinois. Also he's a Sagittarius and he wants children "someday." More » -
#terror
Terror Alert Remains "Electrical Banana"
Appointing a commission to examine the Department of Homeland Security's color-coded terrorism "alert" program: good! Letting Bush terror advisor Frances Townsend head that commission: argh. -
#neverforget
Happy First Post-9/11 9/11!
On this day eight years ago, four commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into buildings and a field. Thousands died. This is the first anniversary of that terrible day, though, that the Terrorists will not still be winning.
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#provinganegative
Great, We Are Still Having the 'But Did Torture Work' Debate
Just as "but they were a huge jerk" is not a legitimate defense of beating someone to death, "but it produced actionable intelligence" is not a legitimate defense of torture. Not that that actually matters anymore! More » -
#airscareone
Scenes from Inside a Propaganda Disaster
The Pentagon has released a document dump of internal e-mails from its struggle to deal with the Air Force One flyover that freaked out Manhattan in April. You can smell the panic. More » -
#danielpatrickboyd
How We Arrest Southern White Terrorists Now
This entire Daniel Patrick Boyd case is... weird. A 39-year-old North Carolinian was arrested with his sons and other men he was apparently training in militant techniques, so that they could wage violent jihad. And he's a white American citizen! More » -
#terror
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney convinced Ireland to take two Gitmo prisoners!
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#deathfromabove
Fancy Sign Dismantled Due to Canadian Terror Threat
Canada, that den of thieves suspiciously crouching directly above us, is a hotbed of anti-American extremist violence. That is why the Department of Homeland Security is dismantling a pretty sign at a border crossing. More » -
#thefriendlyskies
Sully Type Lands Plane After It Gets a Hole, For Christ's Sake
A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Baltimore last night made an unscheduled stop in West Virginia. Because a hole "appeared" in the plane, in the same sense that a meteor "appeared" over the Yucatan, then obliterated the dinosaurs. More » -
#happyendings
Uighurs: Adorable
Remember the Uighurs, the Chinese Muslims we picked up in Afghanistan and locked up in Guantanamo for years despite not having done anything? They are totally loving Bermuda! More » -
#informedopinions
Fox & Friends Terrified of Ex-Gitmo Bartenders
The good people of Fox & Friends (which ones are Fox and which ones are the friends?) are outraged that their vacations might be endangered by four innocent men recently freed from years of wrongful imprisonment! More » -
#terrorism
The Rise of Right-Wing Violence
When the Department of Homeland Security issued a report warning of potential violence by "right-wing extremists," the right-wingers of the internet were enraged. Then some right-wing extremists started killing people.
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