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Does Free Speech Radicalize Youth? In the U.K., Two Answers to a Divisive Question
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- How much free speech is good for young people? Does exposure to extremist views enlighten young people or radicalize them? Here in the U.K., where I live, there are two competing answers to this question. On one hand, you have Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who recently employed quite aggressive rhetoric on the topic of Islamic extremism. In a much talked-about speech in Berlin, he denounced Britain's long-held tradition of multi-culturalism as a "failure," calling for a more "active, muscular" approach to the issue. Cameron's view is that the U.K. has for too long ...
Alleged 'Underwear Bomber' and the Art of the Pro Se Defense
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 13) -- On Monday, alleged terrorist bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab announced he was firing his team of lawyers and would represent himself in court, but he's not the first high-profile defendant to opt for a pro se defense. It was back in 1975, in the case of Faretta v. California, that the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the right of self-representation to one Anthony Faretta, a man accused of grand theft. In his dissent of the verdict, Justice Harry Blackmun famously wrote, "If there is any truth to the old proverb 'One who is his own lawyer has a ...
Alleged Underwear Bomber Hints at Guilty Plea
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT (Sept. 13) -- A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight near Detroit on Christmas fired his lawyers today and suggested he wants to plead guilty to some charges. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds advised Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab not to get rid of his attorneys, but he insisted. Edmunds then granted his request and asked if he had anything further to say. "If I want to plead guilty to some counts ... basically, how would that go?" Abdulmutallab responded during his first court appearance since being arraigned in January on six charges, including attempted ...
Video Shows Accused Christmas Day Bomber Training
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (April 26) -- A video has surfaced showing accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with al-Qaida in Yemen. The video, obtained and broadcast Monday by "ABC World News," shows the 23-year-old Nigerian firing weapons and speaking in Arabic about his impending attack. He is shown reading from the Quran and saying, "God said those who punish you must be punished." A U.S. intelligence official said Monday that the preliminary judgment is that it is Abdulmutallab in the video and the footage is consistent with the understanding that he was in training. It is not ...
Nearly Two-Thirds Back Reading Plane Bomber His Miranda Rights
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe Obama administration's handling of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the al-Qaeda-directed Nigerian who tried to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day has been a political football for weeks, with Republicans and others criticizing the decision to try him in a criminal court rather than as an "enemy combatant" before a military tribunal, and also for reading him his Miranda rights as would be done for ordinary American citizens. But a substantial majority of Americans -- 65 percent to 33 percent -- believe that it was the correct action for the FBI to read him those rights, including the right ...
Are Female Suicide Bombers the Wave of the Future?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn the aftermath of the Christmas Day bomb plot, Western countries are beefing up security to combat terrorism at airports and universities. Mounting evidence suggests that, as they do this, they should pay particular attention to one group of people who've so far flown under the radar: women. ...
Smart Bombers: Do Universities Breed Terrorists?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- In the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt, our nation is once again grappling with how best to protect itself against terrorist attacks. So far, the U.S. government has been directing its resources towards things like airport security and strengthening the government in Yemen, a new hotbed for al-Qaeda. But it's worth asking whether we'd be better served by focusing on what goes on inside universities. ...
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