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COLUMN: Washington-gate
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Unprecedented U.S. Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Bashar Assad, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment Events, U.S. Congress
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Column: Washington-gate
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Unprecedented Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual assault rates in the U.S. military. And the downplaying of the first killing of an American...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Bashar Assad, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment Events, U.S. Congress
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Insight: Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Ayman al-Zawahri, Bashar Assad, Iraq
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Russia sends Syria advanced anti-ship missiles: U.S. officials
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent Syria advanced anti-ship missiles, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, bolstering Syrian defenses despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President Bashar al-Assad's forces. One of the...Tags: Government, Defense Equipment, Military Equipment, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Weaponry
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COLUMN- Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 17 (Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential...Tags: Lawyers, United Kingdom, Television Industry, Yemen, Justice System
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Column: Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records. It's an attack on the First...Tags: Lawyers, United Kingdom, Television Industry, Yemen, Justice System
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: Pakistan, Lawyers, John McCain, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama administration assaults press freedom
In Washington, as in any seat of power, most acts of folly begin with hubris. Government leaders, elected or appointed, usually don't intend to do the wrong thing, to overstep or cause harm, but they become so convinced, so certain of their purpose,...Tags: Eric Holder, White House, The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post
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Al Qaeda link case was not swayed by Boston bombing -U.S. prosecutor
ReutersBy David Jones NEWARK, N.J., May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor on Thursday denied a claim that two New Jersey men convicted of conspiring to join an al Qaeda-linked group received unusually long prison terms because prosecutors changed their arguments...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants, Justice System, Prosecution
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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Eric Holder, Military Equipment, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism
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US sets sanctions on 4 ministers in Assad's government, leader of al-Qaida-linked rebel group
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has added four Syrian government ministers to a U.S. terror blacklist as well as the leader of an al-Qaida-linked organization fighting President Bashar Assad's (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) regime. Thursday's...Tags: Government, Government Ministers, Television Industry, U.S. Department of State, National Government
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Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Research, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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