cracked.com - 12/9/2008
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If there's one holiday ritual we all know and hate, it's that yearly trip to the airport, where the friendly security man awaits with his X-ray machine, his metal detector and possibly a well-lubed rubber glove. While none of us want to spend the holidays involved in a terrorist incident (unless ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/4/2008
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news.bbc.co.uk —
The police force in charge of security at
Delhi's main airport has denied reports that people have...
been shot and injured there. Police are investigating "two sharp sounds that were heard at the airport", the force told the BBC's Delhi bureau. Earlier, ...
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Security scare at Delhi's airport
washingtonpost.com - 12/7/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or
other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from...
the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Who is the Real 'Dumbest Generation'?
counterterrorismblog.org - 12/9/2008
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counterterrorismblog.org —
Al Qaeda’s great moment for propaganda has arrived,
just as I predicted it would when I wrote...
about this in June. The Guantanamo trials will provide leading figures in the 9/11 massacre their “moment” to deliver a blow to ...
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Guantanamo’s Jihad: The Show Begins
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We had to cover the t-shirt in order to save it
Unqualified Offerings —
By Thoreau Via Ryan in the comments , I learn that Cracked has compiled the 7 dumbest exploits of those water-confiscating, plane-destroying , weapons-smuggling , just-orders-following, DMV rejects at the not-at-all-Orwellian Department of Homeland Security. Personally, my favorite incident is the one where they ordered the guy with a t-shirt bearing Arabic slogans to cover the shirt. Thanks to the TSA stopping a guy from displaying a slogan, my freedom is secure. Oh, wait. So the next time you see a TSA stooge, give him a hearty one-fingered ...
A hot cuppa and a warm blanket
The Sideshow —
... for Dummies'." Bush's criminality is all neatly documented at this point, and yet Impeachment Is Still Off The Table. The Rude One has more reasons to hold your nose when Grassley is on the Senate floor, and it reminds me a little bit of Margaret Thatcher telling jokes that were written for her and she didn't understand. (Also: Collateral Victory.) Mukasey still disgraceful. Theoreau informs us that Cracked has compiled the 7 dumbest exploits of the TSA, and Mona advises that Glenn Greenwald will be talking to Bill ...
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Pressure Grows on Obama Over Pakistan —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/9/2008
John D. McKinnon and Siobhan Gorman report on the White House transition.
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