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Before His Inauguration, Rumors of a Terrorist Plot Weighed on Obama
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAs Barack Obama prepared for his inauguration, Bush administration officials learned of an alleged plot by Somali extremists to detonate explosives during the ceremony, The New York Times Magazine reports. "All the data points suggested there was a real threat evolving quickly that had an overseas component," said Juan Carlos Zarate, President George W. Bush's deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism. As the inauguration approached, signs of a plot "seemed to be growing in credibility and relevance." The rumored plot weighed heavily on Obama in the final days before Jan. 20; ...
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By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- In a holiday season already marked by lapsed security, heightened anxiety and political recrimination, things just got a little bit worse. New developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the entrance sign at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland suggest that the theft was part of a larger far-right terrorist plot in Sweden. ...
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