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9/11 Mastermind, 4 Alleged Henchmen to Face Military Tribunal
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Yielding to political opposition, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen will be referred to military commissions for trial rather than to a civilian federal court in New York. The families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have waited almost a decade for justice, and "it must not be delayed any longer," Holder told a news conference. Holder had announced the earlier plan for trial in New York City in November 2009, but that foundered amid widespread opposition to a civilian court trial, ...
WTC Steel Angel to Honor 9-Year-Old Arizona Shooting Victim Born on 9/11
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- A piece of World Trade Center steel is being molded into an angel in the memory of a girl who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and died in a barrage of gunfire in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The 5 1/2-foot-long fragment of an I-beam was to be picked up from a hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday before being trucked to Arizona in time for an April 1 dedication ceremony. The Freedom's Steadfast Angel of Love statue will incorporate artifacts from the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon and the crash of United Airlines ...
NYPD Helicopter Video Shows 9/11 Aftermath [VIDEO]
By Lisa Flam - AOL News"Holy crap!" a man shouts, watching the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. A new 17-minute video of the twin towers after they were hit on Sept. 11, 2001, taken from aboard a New York Police Department helicopter, shows thick, black smoke billowing out into the Lower Manhattan sky. The video was posted by the website Cryptome, which says it publishes documents that are "open, secret and classified." In posting the video on YouTube, the group said the video was provided by NYPD to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its trade center investigation. "Holy crap! ...
Rumsfeld Files Reveal Pre-9/11 Focus on Iraq
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThousands of documents made available by Donald Rumsfeld to coincide with the publication of his memoir today reveal an early focus on Iraq, even before 9/11, and his willingness to consider a variety of options that critics might consider hypocritical but that the former defense secretary regarded as thoroughly rational. "At the right moment, we may want to give Saddam Hussein a way out for his family to live in comfort," Rumsfeld wrote on Sept. 21, 2001, in a one-sentence memo. Rumsfeld's so-called "snowflake" memos -- he issued hundreds of them from 2001 to 2006 -- are now available as ...
WikiLeaks Cable Reveals More Suspected 9/11 Plotters
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsA classified U.S. diplomatic cable released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has revealed the existence of previously undisclosed suspects linked to the 9/11 plot. According to the document, three men from the Gulf Arab state of Qatar visited target sites in New York and Washington in the month leading up to the attacks before leaving the country on Sept. 10, 2001. The British newspaper The Telegraph, which published the document, reports that the FBI has launched an international manhunt for the team. However, a U.S. official told The Washington Post that prosecutors studied the case in ...
World Trade Center Flag to Fly at Christina Green's Funeral
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe flag that was recovered from the World Trade Center will be on display at the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and was killed in Saturday's shooting in Arizona. The Arizona Republic reports that the giant, 20-by-30 foot flag, which firefighters famously hoisted over the rubble of the World Trade Center, is headed to Tucson for Green's funeral on Thursday. New York City firefighter Jimmy Sands carried the flag with him from New York on a flight to Arizona on Tuesday evening. Mary Schwalm, AP The National 9/11 Flag will be displayed ...
Year in Review: Legal Stories We Should Have Heard More About in 2010
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyIn this three-part series, Politics Daily's legal analyst Andrew Cohen takes a look at the year in the law. Part 1 focuses on the 2010's most under-reported legal stories. Part 2 will focus on the year's most over-reported legal stories. And Part 3 will wrap up the year-ender package with a look at major legal events and issues. The Five Most Under-Reported Legal Stories of the Year No. 1: United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's emergence as a conservative firebrand. The year started off with a bang for the 2006 appointee of President George W. Bush when he visibly scoffed at ...
Senate Passes Health Package for 9/11 Responders
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- After a last-minute compromise, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and responders who became ill working in its ruins. A House vote was expected on the bill within hours as lawmakers raced to wrap up their work for the year. The measure was a product of a compromise involving Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Stephen Chernin, AP Firefighters and emergency personnel ...
Senate Falls Short on Health Care Fund for 9/11 Workers
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 10) - Handing New York lawmakers a huge setback, the Senate fell three votes short of mustering enough support to pass a bill offering health care benefits and compensation to the ill Ground Zero workers who cleaned up the mess after the 9/11 attacks. ...
Thanks, TSA: My Fear of Flying Is Crippling Enough Without You
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyFlying does not become me. That's why I'll be driving this holiday weekend. And a short distance at that. I was in second grade the first time I flew. It was a one-way flight on Delta Airlines to Chicago, where my dad traveled frequently on business. Our journey happened because my dad had driven to Chicago and a snowstorm struck. His only option: Fly home and return to get the car once the blizzard subsided. In the plane, I sat by the window, mesmerized by clouds and the pretty stewardesses who gave me a plastic wings pin. Oh, one day I could be a pilot, too. But I was a girl. Could girls ...
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