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On the Washington Post's PostPartisan blog, Marc Thiessen offers his thoughts on Warsame.
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On the Washington Post's PostPartisan blog, Marc Thiessen offers his thoughts on Warsame. Charlie Savage of the New York Times continues covering this story--discussing what this revelation tells us about President Obama's new approach to terrorism cases--as do Peter Finn and Karen DeYoung of the Post. Politico's Jennifer Epstein reports on the Justice Department's case against Warsame. Warsame is being charged with nine counts related to supporting al Qaeda and al Shabab and the case will be tried in a civilian court in the Southern District of New York.
Wired's Spencer Ackerman reports on the U.S.S. Boxer, the Navy ship that was holding Warsame for more than two months.
The New York Times reports, as does the Washington Post, that DHS is adding "body bombs," surgically implanted explosive devices, to its list of potential airline threats.
Kenan Malik has an op-ed in the New York Times regarding the failure in Europe to help immigrants assimilate and to deal with multiculturism.
The Guardian reports that the European Union still supports resettling Guantanamo detainees, as does the Miami Herald.
For more news and analysis links, see Today’s Terrorism News over at the CenterLine.
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Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
