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Despite their efforts—and the attempt of a Harvard security guard to apprehend the assailants—the suspects escaped through Thayer Gate at the north end of the Yard, across from the Science Center. According to Catalano, the suspects were subsequently seen in the Law School area...
...McDonald’s with sawed off shotguns. They sawed it off so that they could conceal it, and so that it was more dangerous. They had tied up everyone inside the McDonald’s and we had a lengthy car chase, and we were able to apprehend them...
Since its inception in 2004, the Minuteman Project (MP), an immigration control operation, has recruited civilians to apprehend illegal immigrants along the Mexican border...
...Commissions Act gives the president statutory powers to identify national enemies, incarcerate them indefinitely, and interrogate them without any part of the procedure being subject to judicial review. It may not seem so abhorrent at first glance: The law is said to provide the administration with effective power to apprehend terrorists and stop them from posing a threat to Americans, prompting a cozy feeling of security in your belly...
...assassinate a Hamas leader, killing the target and his assistant, along with 14 civilians, including nine children, according to news reports at the time. After the warrant’s issue, Almog landed at Heathrow Airport with plans to attend a fundraiser for handicapped children. Before British authorities could apprehend him at the airport, he fled the country. In yesterday’s speech, Machover did not dwell on the Belfer Center’s selection of Almog as a senior fellow. The event was sponsored by the Harvard Society for Arab Students, Harvard’s Alliance for Justice...