Anwar al-Awlaki
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the preachings of Anwar al-Awlaki were likely to have been among the videos they watched.
This guy was taking direction from Anwar al-Awlaki, whom we thought was enough of a threat to kill with drones ... Ultimately when you talk about the baseline of the crimes he has been alleged to have committed, [it would have] no impact at all.
When I was at the RSC, we put out a report on drones and included a section in there about the assassination of American citizens ... I have an academic article coming out—I presented it at the Atlantic Council—about how drone warfare really empowers the executive branch. I’ve been very concerned about that, very concerned about the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki.More quotes »
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Night at the Newseum
Inspire is a glossy, English-language, online magazine published by al-Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al-Qaeda leader, who also contributed editorials. In 2011, President Obama ordered a drone strike against al-A from Town Hall Read more »
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Secrecy, drones, prisons and kill lists
On Monday, the Associated Press revealed that the Department of Justice used subpoenas to obtain phone records of its editors and reporters from April and May 2012. The records were obtained due to the investigation and supposed leak to the AP last year from The Nation - Pakistan Read more »
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Foreign Policy: How to defeat cyber jihad
Personnel of the 624th Operations Center, located at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, conduct cyber operations. Over the past year, defense secretaries Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel have considered pulling U.S. Cyber Command out from under U.S. Strategi from Stars and Stripes Read more »
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Science excursions, border, drugs and more
U-T Letters | Research or junkets? “Scientists chart big summer excursions” (May 6) could be a U-T Watchdog article and better titled “Scientists plan to spend your tax dollars.” It begins by saying that “Passports will take a beating this summer.” It co from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »
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Awlaki Again
Glenn has now conceded that religious extremism seems to be the main motive behind the Boston bombings, so our real difference is now simply when that became obvious (a legitimate debate) and whether the younger brother was as motivated by religion as hi from Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish Read more »
