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Five Years After 9-11, By The Numbers
Life has changed - sometimes significantly - for Americans and others since 9-11. Numbers tell part of the story

Should Waterboarding Be Illegal?
The back-to-back revelations about destroyed tapes of CIA-led interrogations and confirmation (albeit second-hand) of waterboarding by a former CIA agent begs the questions: "When, if ever, is torture OK? What is our government doing in our names? And are we OK with it?"

Military Commissions Act of 2006
Both the House and Senate passed separate but equivalent versions of the Military Commissions Act on Thursday 27 September 2006 -- two days after the House bill was introduced.

Latest Intel -- Valid Alert or Crying Wolf?
Review of Adminstration decision to raise terrorist alert levels in New York, Washington DC and New Jersey based on old data.

Terror in the Skies?
Analysis of article in Women's Wallstreet that details reporter's encounter with alleged terrorists on U.S. airline flight.

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