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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Court Backs Withholding 'Potent' Images Of Bin Laden's Body

Pakistanis, along with international and local media, gather outside Osama bin Laden's compound, a day after the successful raid by U.S. Special Forces in May 2011.

The government has argued that the classified images could spark violence against Americans abroad.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

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The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced

ATF Special Agent Charles Houser runs the National Tracing Center in Martinsburg, W.Va.

May 20, 2013 There is one place in the country where a law enforcement agency can trace a gun found at a crime scene back to a buyer: the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. But the tracing process is usually tedious, involving multiple phone calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.

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White House Again Raises Possibility Of Closing Guantanamo

May 20, 2013 President Obama is scheduled to give a major address on national security Thursday, and the Guantanamo Bay prison is expected to feature prominently. Obama had promised to shutter the facility when he first took office, but that has proven more difficult than he expected.

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2 FBI Agents Killed In Training Accident In Virginia

May 20, 2013 The accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, the FBI's national press office announced in a statement Sunday. No other details were given and the cause is under investigation.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

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Who Are The Terrorism Informants In Witness Protection?

Michael Fortier, who spent time in federal prison for knowing about the Oklahoma City bomb plot, is one of several terrorism informants in the federal witness protection program.

May 16, 2013 Known or suspected terrorism suspects who cooperated with federal authorities in at least six major investigations have wound up in the witness protection program.

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Federal Prosecutors Arrest Uzbekistan National On Terrorism Charges

May 16, 2013 Authorities in Idaho announce the arrest of a 30-year-old man on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and a foreign terrorist organization.

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Report: Problems At Justice Allowed Terrorist Suspects To Fly

May 16, 2013 An internal report says officials at the Department of Justice didn't communicate with the agency that keeps the "no fly" list.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Women In Combat: Obstacles Remain As Exclusion Policy Ends

May 15, 2013 The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines must submit plans Wednesday for ending the policy that keeps women from serving in ground combat positions. The move will open up more than 200,000 positions in the military to them, but the change won't end questions about the role of women in the armed forces.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Member Of Fort Hood Sexual Assault Response Team Accused Of Abuse

May 14, 2013 The Army sergeant, who faces accusations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates, was suspended from all duties, but hasn't been charged. The accusations come just days after a similar case involving an officer in the Air Force's sexual assault response office.

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Benghazi Review Board Chair Asks Issa For Chance To Testify

Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering arrives for a closed door meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in December to discuss findings of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board.

May 14, 2013 Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering says he and Adm. Michael Mullen should be allowed to clear up 'unfounded' criticisms against the investigative board.

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Justice Department Secretly Obtains AP Phone Records

The screen on the phone console at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau.

May 14, 2013 The Associated Press is protesting what it calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion into its news gathering. The target of that wrath is the U.S. Justice Department, which secretly collected phone records for several AP reporters last year.

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Monday, May 13, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013

In Guantanamo, Have We Created Something We Can't Close?

The detention camp at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was established after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to hold suspects in the war on terror.

May 11, 2013 The crisis at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp keeps growing in size and intensity. According to the military's own count, 100 of the 166 men held in the prison there are now on hunger strike. The strike has brought renewed attention to the issue of closing the prison, but some wonder if that's even possible.

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