U.S. defends anti-terror strikes on al Qaeda targets
A top US anti-terror advisor said America’s anti-terror campaign must go beyond “hot” battlefields in Afghanistan but legal curbs could constrain its action. John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s top...
View ArticleU.S. defends anti-terror strikes on Qaeda targets
A top US anti-terror advisor said America’s anti-terror campaign must go beyond “hot” battlefields in Afghanistan but legal curbs could constrain its action. John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s top...
View ArticleOregon man protests TSA by stripping naked at airport
A 49-year-old Oregon man thought the best way for him to protest the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Tuesay was to strip down completely naked at the airport, according to KATU-TV. John...
View ArticleU.S. seeks ‘appropriate balance’ in China activist case
WASHINGTON — The United States is working hard to strike an “appropriate balance” as it navigates the politically sensitive case of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who has sought refuge in the US...
View ArticleCODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin interrupts Brennan to condemn drone strikes
Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the anti-war group CODEPINK, interrupted a speech by White House counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan on Monday. While Brennan was speaking, Benjamin stood up in the...
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Drone documents: Why the government won’t release them
The covert U.S. effort to strike terrorist leaders using drones has moved further out of the shadows this year — targeted killing has been mentioned by President Obama and defended in speeches by...
View ArticleJudge: Stripping naked to protest TSA is protected speech
A circuit court judge has ruled that a man who stripped down to his birthday suit to protest against airport security was not guilty of indecent exposure, according to the Associated Press....
View ArticleWatch live: Obama announces nominations for CIA and Defense chiefs
President Barack Obama announces his picks of Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Watch live, broadcast on NBC...
View ArticleBrennan: A counterterrorism expert set to lead CIA
John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA, is a 25-year agency veteran who has passionately defended the US campaign of unmanned drone attacks against Al-Qaeda militants. Brennan, who...
View ArticleCritics object to Obama nominating ‘Mr. Drone’ John Brennan to CIA head
Obama’s decision to elevate ‘Mr Drone’ meets with outrage among liberal groups who plan to protest at inauguration The nomination of President Barack Obama’s top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan...
View ArticleWyden asks Obama’s terrorism chief for rules governing assassination of U.S....
Before he votes to confirm Obama terrorism czar John Brennan as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has a few rather touchy questions. Specifically, a letter...
View ArticleWatch live: Brennan confirmation hearing
Senate Intelligence Committee holds a confirmation hearing for John Brennan to become head of the CIA. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 7. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the...
View ArticleActivists banned after protests stall CIA nominee Brennan’s hearing
Senate intelligence committee chairman Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on Thursday ordered protesters cleared from a Senate hearing on the nomination John Brennan to be the next director of the Central...
View ArticleBrennan refuses to say whether waterboarding is torture
At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, President Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA director refused to state whether or not waterboarding was a form of torture. When pressed by Democratic Sen. Carl...
View ArticleBrennan denies involvement in CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ program
John Brennan denied at his Senate confirmation hearing as CIA director accusations that he played a central role in the agency’s torture of suspected terrorists, and suggested he was misled as a CIA...
View ArticleBeck: It’s ‘plausible’ that John Brennan is a secret Muslim
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says that it’s “reasonable” to investigate whether President Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA director converted to Islam because the theory is “plausible.” Last week,...
View ArticleMaddow pushes ex-White House spokesperson on drones: ‘How can the law be...
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow pressed former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday regarding President Barack Obama’s administration’s use of unmanned drones to kill terrorism suspects, which...
View ArticleSenate panel approves John Brennan as next CIA director
The US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday gave its approval for John Brennan to be the next director of the CIA, setting up a full confirmation vote as early as this week. Senators in a...
View ArticleWatch live: Rand Paul filibusters Brennan nomination for CIA director
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday took the the Senate floor to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “I’m here to filibuster John...
View ArticleWatch live: Senators debate use of drones on American citizens
Members of the U.S. Senate discuss John Brennan’s nomination as CIA director and the use of lethal force on American citizens that are deemed security threats. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on...
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