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Obama starts deploying interrogation teams

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

(Reuters) - The Obama administration has started using special law enforcement and intelligence teams to interrogate suspected militants in the United States and abroad, including the Pakistani-American arrested in the Times Square bombing plot, a top official said on Tuesday.

Obama: Al-Qaida would use nuke if it could

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says that if al-Qaida acquired a nuclear weapon it would not hesitate to use it.

‘From Osama to Obama’: Bin Laden claims 12/25 attack responsibility in tape

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

A tape purporting to be the voice of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claims respsonsibility for the attempt bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, turning the focus back on terrorism for President Barack Obama just days before his first State of the Union speech.

Rudy Giuliani forgets 9/11 when suggesting President Obama take cues from Bush on fighting terror

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Rudy Giuliani has been teased for only having three words in his vocabulary - a noun, a verb and 9/11 - but yesterday "America's Mayor" seemed to forget about 9/11.

Obama Orders Improvements in Security Policies

Friday, January 8th, 2010

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ordered intelligence agencies to take a series of steps to streamline how terrorism threats are pursued and analyzed, saying the government had to respond aggressively to the failures that allowed a Nigerian man to ignite an explosive mixture on a commercial jetliner on Christmas ...

‘The buck stops with me,’ Obama says on terror plot

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

President Obama today ordered a series of steps designed to spot potential terrorists, stop them from boarding passenger aircraft -- and prevent a repeat of the near bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.

Obama administration suspends transfers of terrorist suspects to Yemen

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Obama administration has suspended transfers of suspected terrorists from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Yemen, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

Obama to announce new airline safety measures

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

-- President Barack Obama will announce new measures to tighten up airline security after the failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S. jetliner.

Inside Obama’s War on Terrorism

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The evening before he was sworn into office, Barack Obama stepped out of Blair House, the government residence where he was staying across from the White House, and climbed into an armored limousine for the ride to a bipartisan dinner.

Obama Adviser Says TSA Nominee Should Be Confirmed

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser says the White House's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration is well qualified and should be confirmed promptly.