Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in a Manhattan federal courthouse, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete demonstration yet of the Obama administration's desire to reassert the primacy of the criminal justice system in responding to terrorist acts. ...more

November 14, 2009

How do you defend one of the most notorious terrorist figures in history? ...more

November 14, 2009

Shortly after 9/11, George W. Bush secretly signed two executive orders. ...more

October 30, 2009

Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. ...more

March 19, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that by jettisoning key elements of the Bush administration's approach to terrorism, President Barack Obama had increased the risk of more attacks on the United States. ...more

March 16, 2009

Chalk up two for the bad guys. ...more

March 11, 2009

For all the sweeping changes that President Barack Obama has delivered, there also has been an ample helping of more-of-the-same. ...more

February 28, 2009

President Barack Obama sided with the Bush administration Friday, saying detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. ...more

February 20, 2009

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges. ...more

November 20, 2008

Milo "Mike" Adamson was a draft dodger during World War II. The moniker hardly seems fitting, considering he served with the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division and took part in the 36-day Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. ...more

November 11, 2008