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...campaign: to take out al-Qaeda's top tier of leadership, including Osama bin Laden, and deny sanctuary in FATA for the Taliban and those fighters who routinely slip across the border to attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Combining high-tech video surveillance with the ability to deliver deadly fire, drones allow joystick-wielding operators on the far side of the world--Creech Air Force Base, near Las Vegas--to track moving targets in real time and destroy them. All this, without spilling American blood and for a small fraction of the cost of conventional battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CIA's Silent War in Pakistan | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Congress, fearing the political repercussions of moving suspected terrorists to U.S. soil, have pulled $80 million in funds for closing the prison--a political blow to President Obama, who on his second full day in office signed an Executive Order to shutter Gitmo. Congressional Democrats say the Administration, under fire for keeping Bush-era military tribunals for detainees, needs to develop a clearer plan for relocating prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...menu.   The new location, when finished, will have window seats at a bar, and much more seating in the form of benches around the walls.  The owner joked about how people sitting along the street at the Arrow street location was actually a fire hazard:  “We want this to be a more of a sit down place, while the Arrow Street one is more of a to-go place,” Matt said...

Author: By Amy Sun | Title: OMGZ More Berryline! | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...Still, the Crimson—led by a strong senior class—was able to put together a solid season containing some outstanding highs on the way to a 12-6 record.In his first year on the job, Harvard coach Jamie Clark was immediately thrown into the fire, as the Crimson opened the season with a tense matchup against his predecessor John Kerr’s Duke Blue Devils.Harvard went down, 3-1, to Duke, but was able to bounce back just two days later against NC State. Three second-half goals helped the Crimson to an impressive...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Harvard Makes Third-Straight Trip to Tournament | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...faced a tough early schedule, playing its first 16 games down south against nationally-competitive opponents. The Crimson only mustered two wins in its travels, and got off to a rough start in the Ivy League season, dropping both games of a doubleheader to Columbia. But Harvard soon caught fire against its Ancient Eight foes, jumping out to an 8-4 league record and giving itself an outside chance to catch Rolfe Division-leading Dartmouth and earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series. Unfortunately for the Crimson, its offense hit a cold spell at the worst possible time...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Offensive Slump Terminates Ancient Eight Title Hopes | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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