War on Terror

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America No Better 'Morally' than Our Enemies; Gruber Scandal Just a Big 'Nothing Burger'

The networks pounced on a partisan Senate Democratic report to blast the CIA's conduct of the War on Terror during the Bush-era, while rejecting as a "sideshow" and a "nothing burger" the current ...
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Kristen Stewart: ‘Judging the Detainees at Guantanamo Bay is ‘F*cking Evil’

‘Camp X-Ray’ movie bashes military, humanizes terrorists.
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Statements by Dempsey Open Possibility of Troops In Iraq; Nets Rush To Reiterate Obama's Promise None Will Go

On Tuesday night, the major broadcast networks worked to quickly remind viewers that President Barack Obama has promised that no United States combat troops will be on the ground in the Middle ...
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CNN’s Blitzer Refuses to Ask Susan Rice About Benghazi on Anniversary of Attack

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer interviewed President Obama’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice during Thursday’s edition of The Situation Room and neglected to bring up the second anniversary of the tragic ...
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NBC’s Jansing: Midterm Outcome Could Change if Americans ‘Rally Around’ Obama

On Thursday’s NBC Nightly News, senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing provided not only spin favorable to President Obama a day after his prime time speech on ISIS, but also suggested ...
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MSNBC’s Krystal Ball, Guest Blame ISIS Waterboarding on Abu Ghraib and Gitmo

MSNBC’s Krystal Ball substituted for Ronan Farrow as host of his MSNBC show on Friday and remarked with a guest during a segment on the Islamic terror group ISIS that their reported waterboarding ...
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Networks Tout Obama's 'Renewed Focus on Transparency' in War on Terror; No Mention of Benghazi

While the three network morning shows on Thursday all promoted President Obama's "renewed focus on transparency" in an upcoming national security speech, none of the broadcasts made any ...
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NY Times Looks on Bright Side: '72 Percent' of Released Gitmo Detainees Not Out Committing Terror

Wait, what? New York Times legal reporter Charlie Savage: "The risk aversion comes amid claims by intelligence agencies that 16 percent of 603 former detainees were 'confirmed' -- and an ...
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Really? NYT Front Page: Terrorist's Twitter Suggests 'Holden Caulfield-like Adolescent Alienation...Downright Sentimental'

A Times book critic provides this peerless analysis of the younger bomber's Twitter feed: "But others suggest a more Holden Caulfield-like adolescent alienation: 'some people are just ...
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NYT Hypes 'Nonpartisan' Report on Torture Under Bush -- From 'Ardent Democrat' Who Avoided His Inaugural

A "nonpartisan, independent review" by the Constitution Project aims to prove that the United States tortured detainees in the war on terror after 9/11, and the Times' Scott Shane gives them a ...
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