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By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe White House is disputing a report in the Los Angeles Times that U.S. border security officials learned of the alleged Christmas Day bomber's ties to extremists while he was in the air and planned to question him when he landed. According to the Times, border officials found information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's radical ties from a database as the Northwest Airlines flight was bound for Detroit from Amsterdam. "The people in Detroit were prepared to look at him in secondary inspection," a senior law enforcement official told the Times. "The decision had been made. The [database] ...
Cheney Slams Obama for 'Pretending We're Not at War'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer Vice President Dick Cheney, who has become one of the sharpest critics of President Obama's foreign policy since leaving office, cited the failed airliner bombing on Christmas Day in charging that the president is "pretending we're not at war.""He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won't be at war," Cheney said, according to CNN. "He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of 9/11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won't be at war. He seems to think if he closes ...
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