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The Glenn and Helen Show features an interview with author, professor, and former Bush legal eagle Jack Goldsmith on law, terror, and politics. Our decision-making process, Goldsmith argues, has been “strangled by law.” There’s a bumper sticker. Over at HA, check out part III of my interview with Laura Ingraham covering Akon, cultural issues, and [...]

Update: Aafia Siddiqui’s native Pakistan is erupting in jihadi violence. At least 9 killed, including 2 police officers and a soldier, at the Red Mosque in Islamabad. *** There are now five jihadi doctors implicated in the London/Glasgow car bomb attempts. The latest is a doctor in Australia. Some are expressing shock that highly educated [...]

It has been a hectic day, but I can’t let it go by without marking the sixth anniversary of the USS Cole jihadist bombing. Catching up on my reading after my road trip, I was disturbed at how little mention the anniversary received today. The 17 sailors who were murdered: Hull Maintenance Technician Second Class [...]

You’ve seen tonight’s headlines: FBI detains 7 in domestic terror probe Seven people are in custody after a sweep by law enforcement authorities in connection with an alleged plot against targets that may have included the Sears Tower, officials told CNN on Thursday. Officials said no weapons or bomb-making materials had been found in the [...]

***530pm EDT: It was construction noise!?…Rep. Jim Sexton has bad ears….*** Big Drudge headlines…Fox reporting…Allah’s been all over it…Breitbart/AP coverage… 11:31 AM EDT …Fox News Major Garrett is still locked in the Capitol Hill cafeteria. A gurney being brought into the Rayburn building? Noon press conference scheduled. 12noon. First possible witness report…Jim Angle reporting that [...]

From Haaretz via Drudge: Three explosions rocked the Egypt’s Sinai resort town of Dahab on Monday night, leaving at least 22 people dead and 150 wounded. One blast hit a hotel, a second a restaurant and the third explosion rocked the resort town’s market area. Dr. Said Essa, head of the Egyptian rescue forces in [...]

***scroll down for updates*** Today is the fifth anniversary of the U.S.S. Cole bombing. Please take a moment to note the event on your blogs today if you have a chance. Stars and Stripes pays tribute to the 17 sailors killed in the terrorist attack, the dozens wounded, the survivors, and the families affected. Command [...]

The “Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades of the al Qaeda Organization” is claiming responsibility for the multiple rocket attack on a U.S. Navy ship in Jordan. Athena at Terrorism Unveiled has thorough coverage and photos, and shares some insights about the claimed attackers and their M.O.: This is the same group who claimed responsibility for the deadly [...]

That’s the subject of my new column. Here’s where I first saw the Battle Staff Directive describing the incident at Tinker Air Force base on July 14 involving three men of Middle Eastern descent reportedly aiming a rocket launcher at low-flying aircraft. I confirmed the directive with Hill Air Force Base, which put out a [...]

The New York Post is reporting that “Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States, hoping to kill thousands of Americans one year after the 9/11 attacks.” The plot failed “when the Colombian drug lords bin Laden approached decided it would [...]

You’ve no doubt read about the case of mistaken identity in Thursday’s London tube shooting. It is an awful, awful tragedy–and one which the usual suspects will exploit to further their anti-cop, anti-gun, anti-War on Terror agenda. But London Mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone, of all people, gets it right this time (via BBC): The Mayor [...]

BBC reports this morning: A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers. Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by “plain-clothes police officers” with a handgun. “I saw the gun being fired five times [...]

Inspired by the London moonbat press, The Anchoress has put together an excellent photographic essay in response to the Blame Iraq crowd. Must-see. Also must-see: Trey Jackson has video of John Howard’s rebuke of the moonbat.

New London bombings. Tony Blair to speak at 10am EST. [1025amEST. Still waiting. Scroll down for rolling updates] South London reports: Terrified Tube passengers were evacuated from trains as police dealt with “incidents” at three different London Underground stations. Emergency services were also called to a bus in east London amid reports there was a [...]

Val Prieto at Babalu Blog sends word of bomb explosions in Spain. Al Jazeera (!) is reporting: A metal coffee-maker packed with explosives has exploded in the doorway of the Italian Culture Institute in the centre of Barcelona, slightly wounding a policeman. Although no one claimed responsibility, police were examining recent explosions by anarchists using [...]

A bomb explosion in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago has injured at least 13 people. Was it an Islamist terrorist attack?

The NY Times echoes what I noted on the 7th, and what many other War on Terror watchdogs have warned about for years: “For a Decade, London Thrived as a Busy Crossroads of Terror.” The Washington Post runs a similar story: “In London, Islamic Radicals Found a Haven.” Mediacrity takes a closer look at one [...]

Drudge has the headline. Update: Nope. Thank God.

Bumping this story to the top from my a.m. post on the NYC blasts. A few more details from CNN: The detainee works at the world body’s weapons inspection agency as an analyst, the official said. Another U.N. source said the man is a satellite imagery analyst. The FBI is not calling the man a [...]

It has happened. Again. Sometime before 4am, May 5, 2005, an act of terrorism took place in Manhattan. Outside the British consulate. CBS reports: The blasts occurred at 3:50 a.m. and originated inside a cement flower box outside the consulate located at 845 Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan, said police department spokesman Noel Waters. The [...]

From the Left Coast lunacy files, the Los Angeles Times reports today that the city of Portland is withdrawing its cops from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force: This city is expected today to become the first in the nation to pull out of an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, following a series of disagreements [...]

There has been plenty of TV coverage of the school massacre in remote northern Minnesota. Tons of stories at Google News and Yahoo. Plus full Drudge treatment. But that hasn’t stopped some grievance-mongers from complaining that racism against Native Americans is somehow affecting news coverage. Check out a few of the letter-writers to TV Newser [...]

Jeff Quinton continues to update his coverage on the Atlanta courthouse shooter. AP reports that a U.S. customs agent was discovered shot to death in north Atlanta this morning: [H]is blue pickup truck, pistol and badge were missing. Officials were trying to determine if the slaying was related to the courthouse rampage Friday. The body [...]

Jeff Quinton at Backcountry Conservative is liveblogging media coverage of the Atlanta courthouse shootout and has tons o’ links. Michael King, Georgia-based blogger, is also keeping an eye on Atlanta while the search for the fugitive gunman continues. Atlanta traffic billboards are alerting commuters. Here’s what they’re flashing. Atlanta Journal-Constitution coverage is here, including a [...]

Never forget. Bloggers and others marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist train bombings in Spain: Faute de Mieux Terrorism Unveiled In the Margin Townhall.com’s News Wire Laurence Simon, who has characteristically tough words.

The Australian and New Zealand press are all over a report from GQ that actor Russell Crowe was targeted by al Qaeda. Weird. And scary. Scary weird: Russell Crowe Protected By FBI FBI: Russell Crowe a target for al-Qaida RUGGED Australian Oscar winner Russell Crowe has revealed he was the target of a kidnap plot [...]

Reader Joe L. reminds me that today was a significant day in the War on Terror–back when the Islamists had been waging the war, but most of us had failed to see it yet. Writes Joe: It was on this date, 16 Feb 1989, that investigators announced that the cause of the 1988 crash of [...]

There was a shootout at the Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston, N.Y., this afternoon. At least two and possibly three gunmen reportedly opened fire. Reuters reports that three to ten people were wounded. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y. reports that a U.S. Army recruiter was shot, and may have been targeted. (Hat tip: Ed [...]

You know that VW/terrorist spoof ad that went viral last week? VW has decided to sue the satirists, whoever they are: Company spokesman Hartwig von Sass said VW lodged a criminal complaint with prosecutors in Brunswick, Germany, but did not specify a perpetrator. “This is an attack on Volkswagen’s good name,” he said of the [...]

The deadly Glendale train derailment is one of today’s top stories. Randy Townley asks: Are we now seeing the new face of terrorism? Not in this specific case, but it’s certainly a concern in the wake of Madrid’s 3/11. Josh Lefkowitz and Lorenzo Vidino had an important article in The National Interest on train terror [...]