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...bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000. He was briefly jailed and then made a deal with the Yemeni government to take part in the government's "reintegration" program, trying to persuade young Islamists to give up violence for education. Following the 9/11 attacks, Jandal was interrogated by FBI officials and became a valuable source of information, identifying many of the hijackers and giving the U.S. details on Afghanistan before the 2001 invasion...
...even turning to the Dick Cheney playbook to put opponents back on their heels. On Meet the Press on Feb. 7, Brennan used the "We briefed them" gambit, saying he had informed GOP leaders immediately after the failed Dec. 25 bomb attempt that the suspect was in FBI custody. He said it was clear by implication that the suspect would be read his Miranda rights, a fact to which the Republicans now object. "None of those individuals raised any concerns with me at that point," Brennan said. (See pictures of life at Gitmo...
...Brennan is ready to fight for those, even against some members of Obama's political team in internal Administration debates. But if Brennan has won the debate inside the White House, he faces a tougher sell to the general public. Can he convince Americans that putting terrorism suspects into FBI custody, giving them lawyers and closing down Guantánamo Bay is going to make the country safer? If Barack Obama hasn't been able to do that, it's hard to see how John Brennan will...
...September, James O'Keefe, a conservative filmmaker, posed as a pimp for an undercover exposé of negligent practices by the community action group ACORN. Now he appears to be on the wrong side of a different scandal. On Jan. 25, O'Keefe and three associates were arrested by the FBI for coordinating a plan in which two of the men, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan, entered the New Orleans office of Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and posed as telephone repairmen in a ploy to install wiretaps. The accused are charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with...
...niche or religious charities can sometimes impose irrelevant political or cultural values on foreign aid, such as religious organizations restricting condoms in regions devastated by AIDS. Yet the reality is that web legitimacy is easy to fake, and certain charities that accept online donations may simply be frauds. The FBI warned donors last month to ignore unsolicited emails, avoid sending personal information via e-mail, and be wary of people claiming to be surviving victims, which is a testament to the scope of the problem. In fact, the perception of fraud has likely discouraged many donors from giving. Beyond outright...