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more about #terrorism more comments → jeanne.oliver: The issue is not whether she deserved to be punished for a breach of the law. She has already been disbarred and sentenced to prison time. The issue i... 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 » Wrapitup: [www.tampabay.com] #tips #terrorism #terrorists #fearmongering #wingnuts more » atlasfugged: Good work, Mr. Cook. There are some in this thread and in other threads who are criticizing you for devoting so much effort to painting Nidal Hassan a... more » RandomLunatic: ABC News has been a muted Fox doppelganger for a while now. Ross is just proof of this. #nidalmalikhasan more » HandsomeBwonderful: Your nitwitted nit-pickery is awesome. The guy shot and killed over a dozen people. He did it in the name of Islam. He reached out to a radical cle... more » thatgirlinnewyork: and what you knew is nothing new. another reason to ignore network "news". #nidalmalikhasan more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Liar liar liar liar. #nidalmalikhasan more » Cynner: Who knew ABC had a Glenn Beck? Now the world does. Sad. #nidalmalikhasan more » eatsshootsleaves: I would be fired if I ever did any of this. And I don't work for anything approaching ABC News. #nidalmalikhasan more » -
#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 » -
#hype
How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop
ABC News' Brian Ross has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories that don't live up to the headline. His scoop yesterday about Nidal Malik Hasan's "attempt to reach out to al Qaeda" was one of them. More » -
#papertrail
Nidal Malik Hasan's Application for a Concealed Weapons Permit
We mentioned last week that Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, received a concealed weapon permit in 1996 when he was living in Vinton, Va. Here are the highlights from his Roanoke County Circuit Court application. More » -
#fearmongering
How the Ft. Hood Shooter Brings Radical Clerics and Right-Wing Nuts Together
There are sketchy reports that Maj. Nidal Hasan tried to contact "people associated with Al Qaeda," and some are calling Ft. Hood "the largest single terror act in America since 9/11" — something both terrorists and wingnuts wish were true. More » -
#fearmongering
'Allahu Akbar!': The Wingnut Right Has the Jihad Nugget They've Been Hoping For
The Associated Press is reporting that, according to Ft. Hood's commander, witnesses to yesterday's massacre say Maj. Nidal Hasan was shouting "God is great" in Arabic as he was firing on his fellow soldiers. More » -
#wtf
Crazy Dudes Wanted to Fly to Denmark to Murder Old Man Over Cartoon, of All Things
Two Chicago men have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill the Danish cartoonist who drew this controversial Muhammad cartoon back in 2005. Religious fanatics will not rest until they have incompetently harassed this mediocre cartoonist to distraction. More » -
#class
Andrea Peyser: David Rohde Writes for the 'Taliban Times'
The ever-thoughtful Andrea Peyser uses her recently acquired New York Post column to accuse New York Times reporter and former Taliban abductee David Rohde of coddling terrorists because he wrote about how they kidnapped, humiliated, and, um, terrorized him. More » -
#conspiracytheories
Iranian Officials Blame US and Britain For Terrorist Attack
Iranian officials are blaming America for a terrorist attack in the Sistan-Baluchistan province. They're also vowing to take revenge on those responsible for the bombing. This could get ugly. More » -
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#armageddon
The Terrorists Have Infiltrated Earth-Destroying Science Project
A physicist at CERN, the lab that is building the Large Hadron Collider—which will destroy the planet by igniting a black hole and catapulting us into an alternate dimension—has been arrested in France on suspicion of Al-Qaeda ties. -
#theend
There Is No Stopping Al Qaeda's Booty Bombs
Here is the new thing for you to worry about, in terms of your own unavoidable violent death: Al Qaeda is now smuggling bombs inside their rectums. There is no hope of detection until it blows.
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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 » -
#senselessviolence
Misty Waterboarded Memories of the Way We Were
What's the best way to make a suspected terrorist forget all the crucial details that we need access to in order to thwart the terrorist plot we suspect him of being involved in? Why, torture him. Naturally. More » -
#ruleoflaw
Your Morning In Terror Threats
Part of the Port Authority Bus Terminal was evacuated this morning after a suspicious package was discovered on a subway platform as authorities mount a nationwide search for at-large members of a suspected Al Quaida cell. More » -
#waronterror
Terror Arrests Could Be Good News for Obama
Take that, Dick Cheney! Federal officials this weekend made three arrests in an interstate terror investigation. Sure, it's good news for democracy, freedom and the such, but it could be great news for President Obama.
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#terrorism
Now We're All Going to Die on the Subway
The New York Daily News says the FBI fears a "Madrid-style" subway bombing in New York, and the man reported to be the mastermind will hold a press conference today. For better or worse, this is what we voted for. More » -
#waronwords
A Congressional Guide on Insulting the President
So, our nation has fully accepted the fact that low-blow insults and childish retaliation is a-okay. The proof? Our House of Representatives have weighed in on what is and what is not acceptable when insulting the President. More » -
#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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#science
Jurassic Park Inspired Plans Will Extinct Us All, Must Be Quashed
Since way back in 1993, when the movie adaptation of Jurassic Park came out, we knew the popularization of Michael Crichton's dinosaur nightmare novel would be the end of us. Well, that prediction seems frighteningly close to fruition. 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 » -
#lawsuits
Sacha Baron Cohen Will Face Either a Suicide Bomber or a Lawsuit, or Both
It wouldn't be a Sacha Baron Cohen movie without a lawsuit from a duped interview subject—this time it's from a Palestinian who claims he was wrongly identified as a terrorist. And the real terrorists are making vague threats. More »
