E-reader News Edition 16/03/10 - 17/03/10 http://www.LibertyNewspost.com Attorney General Holder in virtual shouting match over Christmas bomber Jeremy Pelofsky (Front Row that some may have joined by doctors for injuries suffered Washington) militant groups. Wolf said when the bomb stitched to his Submitted at 3/16/2010 3:58:00 PM Abdulmutallab also should have underwear only burned him been shown a picture of an rather than exploding and U.S. Attorney General Eric American-born cleric believed destroying the plane. Holder rarely raises his voice. to be in Yemen and tied to al After receiving medical But at the very end of a three- Qaeda militants. treatment, Abdulmutallab was hour congressional hearing on “Did you see this man? Did you again approached by Tuesday he was in a virtual see this man? Did you see this investigators but after briefly shouting match with Virginia person? You didn’t have enough talking with them again, he Republican Representative time to do that,” Wolf said. “So stopped and they subsequently Frank Wolf. there was an opportunity that read him his legal rights. Weeks Wolf, questioning whether was missed and we’ll never get later, with some prodding by his valuable intelligence was lost, it back again.” family, he began cooperating was furious about the initial Abdulmutallab told again and answering hourlong interrogation of Umar investigators that al Qaeda questions. Administration Farouk Abdulmutallab, the militants in Yemen trained him officials have said they’ve Nigerian man captured after and gave him the bomb he tried obtained valuable intelligence trying to ignite a bomb aboard a to ignite. “Well, I say it is true, you say it interrogation details. “For the from Abdulmutallab from the U.S. commercial jetliner on Holder, who had kept his cool isn’t true, but the people that record, that’s not true,” he said initial interview and later ones Christmas Day last year. for much of the hearing, shot I’ve talked to say you missed an as he regained his composure as well. “There were so many things that back at Wolf: “That’s simply opportunity,” Wolf said as the and the questioning turned to - Photo credit: Reuters/Larry were missed,” Wolf said during not true.” two virtually shouted over each other subjects. Downing (Holder testifies to a the hearing. Wolf retorted: “It is true, it is other. Wolf said Abdulmutallab The Obama administration was congressional panel.) He suggested that photos of true, we missed opportunities.” was never shown pictures roundly criticized for what was detainees released from the U.S. Holder was clearly angry and during his interrogations. considered by some as a brief prison in Guantanamo Bay, fired back again with his own Holder countered that he had interrogation before Cuba, should have been shown voice rising significantly: “That access to documents and the Abdulmutallab was attended to to Abdulmutallab amid concerns is not true. I know.” 2 Top News/ E-reader News Edition Engaging the Afghan Taliban: a short history Sanjeev Miglani (Front Row dialogue with the group before soon after the group emerged as stonewall on terrorism but 1998. They even told them they Washington) and suffered for it, believing a powerful force in Kandahar in would also dangle just enough would protect the Buddha Submitted at 3/16/2010 11:17:33 PM against its own better judgement 1994 and well over a year hope to keep the officials calling statues in Bamiyan which in the Taliban's promises until it before they took over Kabul. and forestall punitive strategies. were subsequently destroyed. (The niche that once held a giant ended up with the September From then on it was a story Over a five year period of "The Taliban had like many Buddha, in Bamiyan. Picture by 11, 2001 attacks, says Michael of diplomats doing everything engagement, the United States rogue regimes, acted in bad Omar Sobhani) Rubin from the American possible to remain engaged with gained little while the Taliban faith. They had engaged not to For those pushing for high-level Enterprise Institute in this article the Taliban in the hope it would grew even more radicalised compromise, but to buy time. political negotiations with the in Commentary. modify their behaviour, and and the threat from al Qaeda They had made many promises, Afghan Taliban to bring to an Rubin, who is completing a that they would be persuaded to more serious. Rubin details how but did not keep a single one. end to the eight-year war, two history of U.S. engagement with expel Osama bin Laden who State Department officials were The Taliban refused to isolate, U.S. scholars in separate pieces rogue regimes, says unclassified had by then relocated from repeatedly misled by Taliban let alone, expel Bin Laden , and are suggesting a walk through U.S. State Department Sudan. The Taliban, on the officials harbouring bin Laden al Qaeda metastasized," says recent history The United States documents show that America other hand, in their meetings even after two U.S. embassies has gone down the path of opened talks with the Taliban with U.S. diplomats, would were attacked in Africa in ENGAGING page 4 E-reader News Edition Top News/ World/ Business/ 3 Scantily-clad female Millions of dollars shelled out in TV ad war over activists from Ukrainian women's group FEMEN U.S. healthcare stage provocative Thomas Ferraro (Front Row like reducing costs, protests in Kiev Washington) implementing federal regulation (Latest news, breaking news, Submitted at 3/16/2010 3:28:09 PM of the insurance industry and current news, UK news, world providing coverage to millions news, celebrity news, politics A TV ad war is raging on of uninsured Americans. news) healthcare legislation. 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The Sept 11 attacks were making grievous mistakes and benefited significantly from (Inc.com) plotted at a time when U.S. warns the Obama administration their relationship with al-Qaeda, arrives on the Submitted at 3/16/2010 9:32:00 AM engagement with the Taliban against repeating them as it receiving strategic direction and was in full swing. seeks an exit strategy from the ideological inspiration, access to BlackBerry Some of the logic and even the region.