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Local Somails kept from boarding flight Saturday

startribune.com
20 hrs ago 5 related
        

Two men from a local mosque were kept off a flight over the weekend, and their lawyer blames "unfair suspicions." The attorney said it's likely the men were on a federal "no fly" list because they and the mosque have been...

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Local FBI chief rebuilds trust with Muslim leaders

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16 hrs ago 1 related
        

The Islamic Center's Ahmed Salem, left, and Farouk Fakira greet local FBI chief Drew Parenti at Mas- jid Annur mosque.For months, Sacramento's top FBI agent kept a Muslim prayer rug in his office. It was for Imam Mohamed Abdul...

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Local: Worker charged in bank robbery

fresnobee.com
12 hrs ago 3 related
        

The branch manager of the Westamerica Bank in Firebaugh has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a robbery of the bank in October.Kristin Marie Elliott-Loya, 38, is charged in U.S. District Court in Fresno with bank...

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The Next Attorney General

washingtonpost.com
19 hrs ago
        

FOR MOST of the past eight years, the Justice Department has been roiled by controversy largely of its own making: Secret torture memos. Political litmus tests for nonpolitical posts. The questionable firing of U.S. attorneys.

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'Anarchist' looked like someone's mom

startribune.com
20 hrs ago
        

Last year, Marilyn Hedstrom walked into a run-down store front where anarchists hung out in Minneapolis. She had been assigned to infiltrate the RNC Welcoming Committee, which was planning street blockades at the Republican...

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Drug kingpin, cohorts appeal convictions

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12 hrs ago
        

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Convicted drug dealer Starsky Darnell Redd and three co-defendants, including his mother, are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn their money-laundering convictions. The New Orleans...

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Intel Bill No Win for Rights

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16 hrs ago
        

NEW YORK - Many of the more draconian provisions affecting privacy, secrecy, and asylum-seekers originally included in Congress' intelligence reform bill passed this week were omitted in the law's final version. The 9/11...

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The International Backers of the Mumbai Attacks

legitgov.org
12 hrs ago 2 related
        

By daily.pk Reuters describes them, "The previously unknown or little known group sent an email to news organisations claiming responsibility." This is a familiar attribution to "terrorist attacks" which, because the...

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How to Close Guantanamo

almendron.com
12 hrs ago 1 related
        

By Jack Cloonan, a former FBI special agent and Sarah Mendelson, the author of the Center for Strategic and International Studies report Closing Guantanamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blue Print (THE WASHINGTON POST, 30/11/08):...

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FBI to help probe Mumbai attacks

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The US has sent an Federal Bureau of Investigation team to assist in the probe into the Mumbai attacks as President George W Bush pledged "full support" to India in its efforts to unearth the plot behind the deadly terror strikes.

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