washingtonpost.com - War on TerrorWar on TerrorPapers Offer New Clues On 911 Hijackers' Travel- May 5, 2005 Declassified documents from the Sept. 11 commission released last week offer new clues to a lingering mystery of the 2001 terrorist attacks: Why did the plot's mastermind, Mohamed Atta, begin his journey that day in Portland, Maine, instead of Bostonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19784-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... 911 Lawyer Bolsters Defendant's Alibi- May 5, 2005 The U.S. commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks found no direct evidence that the Hamburg-based radicals who hijacked the four airliners shared details of the plot with a Moroccan man on trial here, a lawyer for the commission testified Wednesday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/national... High Court Declines to Hear Terror Case- May 5, 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to enter the protracted battle over whether Zacarias Moussaoui can interview top al Qaeda witnesses, clearing the way for the only U.S. trial stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to begin as early as this fall.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53515-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Identification of 911 Victims Reaches Limits- May 5, 2005 The city medical examiner's office in New York said that it is halting the painstaking job of trying to identify more remains of those who died in the 2001 attacks on the twin towers. Forty-two percent of the 2,749 victims remain unidentified.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47866-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Chertoff Orders Agency Review at DHS- May 5, 2005 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has launched a top-to-bottom review of the 180,000-employee department and will consider revamping entire agencies and programs that are part of it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40603-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Report Says FAA Got 52 Warnings Before 911- May 5, 2005 Agency received warnings in the months before Sept. 11, 2001, that al Qaeda hoped to attack airlines.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13203-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Musharraf Says Forces Nearly Nabbed Osama- May 5, 2005 Pakistan's president said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that the Pakistani army might have come close to capturing Osama bin Laden near the Afghan border last year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38078-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Judge Rules Detainee Tribunals Illegal- May 5, 2005 The special military reviews established by the Pentagon are called illegal, prisoners at Guantanamo must be allowed to contest detention in U.S. courts.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51007-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Europe Stalled in Fight Against Terrorism- May 5, 2005 One year after the Madrid attacks, Europe's fight against terrorism remains hampered by some of the same national rivalries, fragmented intelligence services and bureaucratic obstacles.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25047-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... Detainee Allegedly Helped Bin Laden Flee- May 5, 2005 A terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo Bay helped the al Qaeda leader escape his mountain hideout at Tora Bora in 2001, according to a U.S. government document.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58127-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationa... |