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  • To prove it means it, the administration signaled on November 4 it will keep aiding the man George Bush calls one of his most important "counterrorism" allies, and America values "stability" over democracy.

    Our Man in Islamabad 2007

  • To prove it means it, the administration signaled on November 4 it will keep aiding the man George Bush calls one of his most important "counterrorism" allies, and America values "stability" over democracy.

    Our Man in Islamabad 2007

  • And the 170,000 we have there already clearly haven't taken care of the small number of terrorists who truly are there, so might we need even more troops to take care of "counterrorism"?

    10/10/2007 2007

  • Both these fantasies were pushed by Miscik, who outflanked the CIA's Mideast directorate and handed the job of intelligence assessment over to her compliant flunkies within the "counterrorism" community.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • James Jay Carafano, a counterrorism expert at the Heritage Foundation think tank, says the figure is like other terrorism numbers in that it "takes on a life of its own."

    Shadowy Figure: Al Qaeda's Size Is Hard to Measure Carl Bialik 2011

  • Notice that two of the officials arguing against disclosure are White House senior counterrorism adviser John Brennan, a CIA veteran, and CIA Deputy Director Steve Kappes.

    Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Lose | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • The FBI asked the Bush-Cheney Justice Department for58 million to beef up its domestic counterrorism capacity by hiring more translators, more field agents and more analysts.

    Paul Begala: Mr. Cheney, You Did Not Keep Us Safe 2009

  • It talks about "unreasonable" searches and (sometimes) requires "probable cause" -- is it that you think this bill violates existing Fourth Amendment doctrine (in which case the courts will presumably strike it down) -- or that you expect a presidential candidate to have a more capacious understanding of the Fourth Amendment in the counterrorism area than do the courts, which is a lot to ask.

    Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer 2009

  • And Put the counterrorism center in the only place that had actually been attacked: The freakin WORLD TRADE CENTER.

    06/29/2007 2007

  • "Convictions in counterrorism cases are difficult because much of the evidence is secret," says Sven Leistikow,

    Madrid Convictions Don't End Questions 2007

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