DHS Monitoring Social Media and Web Sites for Terror, Disaster Info As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats. Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google and the ABC News blog, the Blotter.
New 9/11 photos released By James Fetzer, Ph.D. Newly released aerial photos (AP via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger) of the World Trade Center terror attack capture the towers' dramatic collapse, from just after the first fiery plane strike to the apocalyptic dust clouds that spread over lower Manhattan. But the photos suggest something else was going on. This does not look like a "collapse".
Lawyers petition court to hold Yoo accountable As reports circulate that the Justice Department has softened its criticism of attorney John Yoo for memos approving the Bush regime's treatment of terrorism suspects, several prominent lawyers are urging a federal appeals court in San Francisco to hold Yoo accountable. They have submitted arguments opposing dismissal of a prisoner's lawsuit that accuses the former Justice Department attorney of providing a legal cover for torture.
US Envoy Is to Be Link to Muslims
WASHINGTON - President Obama has appointed Rashad Hussain, a deputy White House counsel, to be his representative to the Muslim world, White House officials said Saturday.
WASHINGTON - President Obama has appointed Rashad Hussain, a deputy White House counsel, to be his representative to the Muslim world, White House officials said Saturday.
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