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Navy SEAL From Supersecret Unit Falls in Afghan WarBy James Gordon Meek(UPDATED) There were two unrelated developments today in Afghanistan, but each open the door a crack on highly secret aspects of the nearly seven-year-old war. The first was the Defense Department announcement that Navy SEAL Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua... U.S. Troops Dying on Afghan Border With ... IRAN?By James Gordon MeekAllied combat deaths in Afghanistan surpassed those in Iraq for a second straight month in June. Meanwhile, New Yorker reporter Sy Hersh writes that U.S. covert operators are infiltrating Iran. What do these two developments have in common? Maybe nothing.... Pakistan's Frontier Corps: Friend or Foe?By James Gordon MeekThe dustup between the U.S. and its Pakistani counterterror allies over a June 10 firefight on the Afghanistan border has stirred up new questions about Islamabad's commitment to the fight and the loyalties of its border guards. According to Pakistan,... 9/11 Defendants Charged by U.S. Military at GitmoBy James Gordon MeekGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba - A military court at this remote U.S. outpost is in the process of a grinding hearing in which five Sept. 11 plotters are being charged with murdering 2,973 Americans. It’s the first time Al... Bin Laden Has A New Tape Out And He ... ZzzzzzzBy James Gordon MeekIs there any reason to get excited about a new Osama Bin Laden tape anymore? The Al Qaeda kingpin issued an audio speech to jihadi Internet forums today and the Western world responded with a collective yawn. News organizations have... New Intel on Al Qaeda's Western RecruitsBy James Gordon MeekOn the heels of CIA Director Gen. Mike Hayden's recent "Meet the Press" appearance, in which he disclosed that Al Qaeda is recruiting and training operatives who "look western" in order to penetrate the U.S., another top spook offered a... 'Blackwater Bridge' in Fallujah RefurbishedBy James Gordon MeekIt was America's Mogadishu moment - only with civilian private military contractors going down in Fallujah, Iraq instead of Army Blackhawks in Somalia's capital. The Marines are trying to wipe the slate of history clean today with a few coats... CIA Chief: Al Qaeda Infiltrators 'Look Western'By James Gordon MeekCIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Sunday made the most definitive statement to date about an emerging threat from Al Qaeda reported exclusively by the New York Daily News in December: The ever-creative top thugs of Osama Bin Laden’s terror... Grim News From Afghanistan's Endless WarBy James Gordon MeekThe snow hasn't even melted in the foothills of Afghanistan's rough and tumble Hindu Kush, but already bad news is flooding in from America's 6 1/2-year war there. And hardly anyone seems to be paying attention. One of the earliest... Homeland Security Chief on Threats - Real and HypedBy James Gordon MeekOn the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security, its second leader, Michael Chertoff, talked to me about his deepest fears about terrorist threats and why he frets over Europe and Canada more than Mexico. In the interview published... A Fallen Soldier Whose Aim Was TrueBy James Gordon MeekEvery time a young man or woman falls in battle, it is a searing loss to their unit, their loved ones and their nation. Since the start of the war in Iraq, some 3,941 American men and women have made... Special Ops Fighting Each Other in the Sandbox?By James Gordon MeekDo America’s secret soldiers play well together? There is fresh evidence that the post-9/11 military still is plagued by inter-service rivalries that may be impacting critical counterterrorism operations. The revelations have come out in the extraordinary case unfolding in a... Helped U.S. Win Cold War; Marines Killed His FamilyBy James Gordon MeekIn yesterday’s New York Daily News, we reported on an extraordinary investigation unfolding at the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where two officers are under scrutiny for their roles in the killings of at least 19 Afghan civilians ten... Sudan Jihadis Claim Slaying of U.S. Diplo From New YorkBy James Gordon MeekThe FBI and Diplomatic Security Service probe into the slaying of U.S. diplomat John Michael Granville of Buffalo, New York took a major new turn today when terrorists from a previously unknown jihad group claimed responsibility for fatally shooting the... Did Qaeda Allies in Pak Government Help Slay Bhutto?By James Gordon MeekNew questions are being raised about divided loyalties inside the government of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Could this shocking political murder have been, at least in part, an inside job? In Sunday’s New... A Spook's Slippery Tale of Waterboarding Al QaedaBy James Gordon MeekLast week, the debate over waterboarding terrorists took a slippery turn when an obscure ex-CIA officer named John Kiriakou went public to disclose that the interrogation technique many consider torture was used to allegedly break the first Al Qaeda lieutenant... CIA Soldiers On Amid Al Qaeda Tape-Shred ScandalBy James Gordon MeekCIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden was on the congressional hotseat this week answering for agency operatives who shredded Al Qaeda interrogation videos. The tapes, which depicted Abu Zubaydah and others being waterboarded and questioned, were made from 2002-2003 and destroyed... Military Denies Gitmo Edited Wikipedia Bios of Castro and Camp DeltaBy James Gordon MeekToday we reported in the New York Daily News about a team of Wikileaks.org sleuths who blew the cover of U.S. military hackers who edited entries for their sister site, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Among the edits was an addition... Afghan Insurgent Commander Haqqani Dead or Alive?By James Gordon MeekTo most Americans, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan is an inconsequential pile of rocks on the other side of the world - if they’ve even heard of it. But the FATA is where Al Qaeda was born 20... CIA to Critics: We Get Off Our Tails to SpyBy James Gordon MeekHillary Clinton loves to tout her foreign policy creds, which amounts to being a former first lady who made a lot of overseas trips - often with first daughter Chelsea in tow to share the occasional elephant ride. As a... Who's Who of Presidential Campaign National Security AdvisersBy James Gordon MeekAs a companion to the New York Daily News' three-month investigation into who is advising Democratic frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on counterterrorism, national security and foreign affairs, today we offer a complete list of the major presidential candidates'... Book: Saddam Hussein Faked Having WMDs to Trick IranBy James Gordon MeekSaddam Hussein: Cried when FBI interrogator went home Living in a hush-hush prison cell inside Baghdad International Airport after his capture in a Tikrit spider hole, ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was a study in megalomania for the FBI agents tasked to... Sources: Feds Target Hezbollah Cell in L.A.By James Gordon MeekToday we report in the New York Daily News about a bizarre case unfolding in the Los Angeles communities Bell and Cudahy, where a special task force collared a dozen Arab-American and Latino suspects involved in a seemingly small-time drug... Breaking News: Major Afghan Fight Erupts TodayBy James Gordon MeekA major battle has been fought today in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, a mountainous region in the south that is sick with Taliban fighters and is often the scene of frequent fighting. Most extraordinary is that the U.S. military is claiming... Medal of Honor After Day of Bad Luck in Afghan WarBy James Gordon MeekA dog tag found in the wreckage of a helicopter shot down during Operation Red Wing, where 19 troops died on June 28, 2005. Click on the photo for the full-size image.U.S. Army-Chuck Meseke This week, we reported in the New... Remember the Name of This U.S. Enemy: HaqqaniBy James Gordon MeekIt's a sure bet that you'll hear a lot this election season about Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden still being on the loose and thumbing his nose at America from his hideout in Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. But... Too Soon To Dance on Al Qaeda in Iraq's Grave?By James Gordon MeekOn the heels of Tom Ricks and Karen DeYoung's excellent Washington Post piece about the internal military debate over whether to declare victory over Al Qaeda in Iraq, given its decimation, we write in today's New York Daily News about... G.I.s Hunt Iran's Terrorist 'Surrogates' in IraqBy James Gordon MeekIs the U.S. military building a public case against Iran? No, we're not talking about nukes this time. It's Iran's meddling in Iraq, where top Army Gen. David Petraeus this week accused Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad of being a card-carrying... FBI Seeks Pair in Possible Terror Surveillance of FerriesBy James Gordon MeekFBI and Department of Homeland Security sources tell me they're concerned about a strange incident in Washington state they fear may indicate terrorists are casing ferries for attacks. The FBI's Seattle division this week made the extremely rare move --... Obama Gets Tough on TerrorBy James Gordon MeekToday we write in the New York Daily News about Sen. Barack Obama's effort to stake his claim to the issue of countering Al Qaeda, including my analysis of the wisdom of threatening major military operations to nail Osama Bin... Homeland Security Chief: Osama Bin Laden 'In Pakistan'By James Gordon MeekDid Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff slip up today by revealing the presumed hideout of America's Public Enemy No. 1? President Bush's top counterterrorism official was discussing the politics of immigration reform and said he doesn't take disagreements with lawmakers... Qaeda Thugs Promise Lebanon A Long, Hot SummerBy James Gordon MeekThe latest trouble in Lebanon began in a rundown refugee camp called "Cold River," where U.S. officials fear Al Qaeda is trying to ignite the war-ravaged country into an inferno once again. Lebanon is still recovering from last summer's border... Iraq's Evildoers Declare War on Each Other, Then Ceasefire - What Gives?By James Gordon MeekI write today in the New York Daily News about the growing friction between Iraq's Sunni insurgents and foreign Arabs from Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQII). Tensions boiled over last week on the streets of one Baghdad neighborhood, where the... FBI Uncovers JFK Airport Terror Plot (updated)By James Gordon MeekThe FBI in New York City is set to announce by 1 p.m. Eastern the arrests of several suspects arrested in the Caribbean, who were allegedly plotting to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. A high-level source... FBI Claims 'High Tempo of Terrorist Activity' in U.S.By James Gordon MeekI write in today's New York Daily News about how the FBI explains the record-high number of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants agents sought and received from a secret court last year (2,176). A top bureau official says the FISA... FBI: American Al Qaeda is a 'Tool'By James Gordon MeekA top FBI official in an interview today commented on Adam Yahiye Gadahn's rise as Al Qaeda's most prolific vee-jay of violence next to No. 2 video thug Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the deputy of Osama Bin Laden. FBI Assistant Director... Al Qaeda's American Flack in New VideoBy James Gordon MeekOsama Bin Laden's Jewish-American mouthpiece Adam Yahiye Gadahn, aka Adam Pearlman, aka "Azzam al-Amriki," is making a new appearance on video at this hour to threaten more attacks, which this century's "Tokyo Rose" promises will make America forget 9/11. The... Terror TV Tonight: 'Mission Ops: Assignment IEDs'By James Gordon MeekIt's Friday afternoon at the Garden. The Knicks are playing to a full house, while directly below, Penn Station is pushing a quarter million commuters out on trains. And then the unthinkable happens -- a series of massive, simultaneous blasts... Tenet's CIA memoir shifts 9/11 blame to FBIBy James Gordon MeekCo-Editor's Note: James Gordon Meek, respected reporter specializing in terrorism issues for the New York Daily News, joins us today as a Guest Author. James has been to Afghanistan and maintains contact with soldiers and officials in the area. We... |