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  January 31, 2013, 10:59 am

Gitmo judge bans outside censors from 9/11 terror tribunals

By Carlo Muñoz

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Army Judge Col. James Pohl ruled outside military or intelligence agencies cannot black out live-video feeds. 

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  January 30, 2013, 6:22 pm

Gitmo lawyers want access to classified Camp 7 detention facility

By Carlo Muñoz

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense attorneys representing the five 9/11 co-conspirators on trial here want extended access to the U.S. military's highly classified detention center where their clients are being housed.

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  January 29, 2013, 4:08 pm

Nominee Hagel to cut ties with Chevron

By Zack Colman

Hagel and his wife hold between $100,001 and $250,000 of Chevron common stock and between $5,001 and $15,000 in dividends.

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  January 28, 2013, 5:58 pm

Military judge denies details of CIA interrogations in open court

By Carlo Muñoz

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — An Army judge on Monday denied any talk of the CIA's detainee interrogation program during pretrial proceedings for the five accused 9/11 conspirators, but not before admonishing U.S. officials for censoring unclassified information during the hearing.

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  January 28, 2013, 12:32 am

Guantánamo lawyers want CIA 'black sites' made public at trial

By Carlo Muñoz

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense lawyers want the government to publicly discuss the classified "black sites."

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  January 25, 2013, 2:40 pm

Report: Top al Qaeda commander in Yemen now dead, say local officials

By Carlo Muñoz

The co-founder of al Qaeda's violent Yemeni terror cell is dead, succumbing to wounds received during a U.S. aerial drone strike last September, security officials in the country confirmed on Friday. 

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  January 24, 2013, 6:35 pm

Pentagon piecing together details of Algerian terrorist attack

By Carlo Muñoz

Pentagon officials are working to unravel the complicated knot of alliances and affiliations between al Qaeda's West Africa cell and the Islamic militant group that took several Americans hostage in Algeria as part of an effort to strike back against the factions responsible for the terrorist attack. 

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  January 24, 2013, 1:48 pm

UN opens probe into US armed drone strikes

By Carlo Muñoz

The investigation will find whether strikes by the United States and others violate international human-rights laws.

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  January 23, 2013, 6:05 pm

US troop immunity deal 'largely resolved,' says Blumenthal

By Carlo Muñoz

The issues surrounding a pending immunity deal for U.S. forces left in Afghanistan after the White House's 2014 withdrawal deadline are "largely resolved," with Washington and Kabul expected to reach an agreement in the coming months, a top Senate Democrat tells The Hill. 

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  January 23, 2013, 4:32 pm

Grassroots resistance to Taliban growing, says DOD

By Carlo Muñoz

Taliban efforts to reclaim portions of Afghanistan from U.S. and NATO control are meeting stiff resistance from local citizens in districts and provinces across the country, helping set the stage for the eventual handover of the nation's security to Afghan forces. 

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