Monthly Archives: December 2008

MSNBC Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report

December 6, 2008
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MSNBC Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report

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DHS Chief Says Illegal Immigration Has Dropped Amid Heightened Border Security

December 3, 2008
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Changes in border security have cut the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s southern border, Michael Chertoff, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said today. “For the first time, we’ve reversed momentum,” he said.

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Slew of Warnings on Nuclear, Biological Terrorism Prompt Worries of Fearmongering

December 3, 2008
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After a series of dire new warnings about possible terrorist threats-capped by a government commission’s report that terrorists are likely to stage a biological or nuclear attack somewhere in the world during the next five years-some experts are urging officials “to retire the fear card,” as California Rep. Jane Harman puts it.

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Military History: Seeing Wars Through the Eyes of the West Point Graduates Who Fought Them

December 2, 2008
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is getting into the oral history business with the creation of the Center for Oral History, which aims to archive an audio-video record of the stories of academy graduates, from junior officers to generals, who have fought the nation’s wars from Korea and Vietnam to Iraq and...

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5 Lessons From the Deadly Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

December 1, 2008
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While it’s too early to know for sure how many terrorists were involved in the three-day shooting spree in Mumbai, counterterrorism officials in the United States and India are already sifting through the evidence in search of clues.

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