Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/ts_nm/us_usa_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t013157_450x314_us_usa_obama.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Mm7UtPgXGh1zEKaZprtcg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton attend a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, October 20, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.</p><br clear="all"/>
Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/ts_nm/us_usa_obama_napolitano"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081120/2008_11_20t091749_450x337_us_usa_obama_cabinet.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=vgzj2pbROMdiJgOd78GUFw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama on stage with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano during a rally in Phoenix, January 30, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in the wake of the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.</p><br clear="all"/>
ACLU denounces Gitmo judge's replacement
(AP)
AP - The American Civil Liberties Union is criticizing a decision by the U.S. military to assign a new judge to handle the cases against the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators held at Guantanamo Bay.
Chief military judge in Guantanamo to retire early
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. military judge in the case of the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks has decided to retire rather than continue to oversee the complex proceedings, defense officials said on Monday.
Military judge in 9/11 case replaced
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamolegal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081118/capt.cps.ofy58.181108010918.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=a1KBxhQcYecA0Y6epwEBqg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba. A new military judge has been named to the trial of accused September 11 mastermined Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon official said Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A new military judge has been named to the trial of accused September 11 mastermined Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon official said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
How the Al Qaeda Terrorism Threat is Mutating
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - Terrorist chieftain Osama bin Laden is thought to be hiding in one of the world's most remote areas--the tribal territories between Pakistan and Afghanistan--but tracking him down remains a priority for the CIA,
seven years after the 9/11 attacks. At the moment, bin Laden "appears
to be largely isolated from the day-to-day operations of the
organization he leads," CIA Director Michael Hayden told a group in Washington.
Morgan Keegan invests in resilience
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - For Morgan Keegan, the dire events of Sept. 11 drove home the importance of resiliency in advance of disaster. Inspired by those who rallied toward recovery in the immediate aftermath, and aware of the importance of operational continuity in the financial services sector, the regional investment firm began its project to build greater reliability into its systems the very next day.
Budget deficit hits record; jobless claims surge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081113/capt.28c407e586b64becb1e18152b8222df8.jobless_claims_nykw214.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nqIRQ0Oi_cNH2dpkp9.wZw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Professional recruiter John Kasyanenko, right, of Express Employment Professionals gives his business card to a woman seeking a work at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a seven-year high, the government said Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - The nation's financial picture grew darker Thursday, a day marked by breathtaking numbers: a quarter-trillion-dollar budget deficit for a single month and projections of up to $1 trillion for a year, a half-million new applications for unemployment benefits and a 900-point swing on Wall Street.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081113/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_jobless"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081113/2008_11_13t112500_450x319_us_usa_economy_jobless.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=mCocrGwoD98.ex891Tt.ng--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="People search for jobs on computers at the Verdugo Jobs Center, a partnership with the California Employment Development Department, in Glendale, November 7, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless benefits hit a 25-year high this month and imports suffered a record fall in September, according to reports on Thursday that underscored a rapid drop-off in the U.S. economy.</p><br clear="all"/>
WTC owner, developer in arbitration over late fees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_re_us/attacks_redevelopment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081113/2008_11_13t132436_450x328_us_finance_summit_spitzer.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=L0QZ0fTGPxzpn8wESGvYgQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="John Whitehead, chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks at the Reuters Finance Summit in New York November 12, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The agency that owns ground zero and developer Larry Silverstein went to an arbitrator Wednesday to resolve a multimillion-dollar dispute over a land turnover that has stalled rebuilding.</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: Terrorists use cash, avoid financial ties
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081108/ap_on_go_ot/terror_financing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081106/capt.e212434d072446a691e89e66cef52a24.iraq_airstrike_bag115.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=C0XcMLNytf_6rF41j4xRsw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A burned car is seen folowing a U.S. airstrike near the northern city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. A U.S. helicopter gunship killed two suspected terrorists Wednesday near the northern city of Mosul after the men opened fire on the helicopter from their car. The U.S. army said that one of the men was a suspected local leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)" border="0" /></a>AP - The international system for tracking and cutting off terrorist financing has achieved major successes but is fraying seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, two former Treasury Department officials report. Some U.S. allies in the fight against terrorism pose the weakest links.</p><br clear="all"/>
At Gitmo, life sentence for bin Laden propagandist
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_military_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t004217_323x450_us_usa_mukasey.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=W.Tcd4sPq5tTdduBqRLLsg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey speaks about the Administration's legal approach in the conflict with al Qaeda and the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington in this July 21, 2008 file photo. (Joshua Roberts/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A U.S. military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden's media specialist to life in prison for terrorism, a victory for Guantanamo prosecutors who painted him as a hardened al-Qaida operative during his war-crimes trial.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge tells White House to release wiretapping docs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081102/ts_nm/us_security_usa_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081102/2008_11_02t122708_450x300_us_security_usa_court.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=A91z7gWcDIgtE5hJBN10hQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The White House is pictured shortly after sunrise in Washington, August 1, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Bush administration must give to a federal court documents related to government wiretapping of domestic communications without a warrant after the September 11 attacks, according to a recent court order.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge orders White House to produce wiretap memos
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/warrantless_wiretapping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081102/capt.46d66598dc8e48228b83839aedcba49b.warrantless_wiretapping_nyol599.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7yWc7Cc4MxdS9dfqKRjGBA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President Bush listens to a speech during a graduation ceremony for FBI Special Agents in Quantico, Va., in this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, file photo. A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program.</p><br clear="all"/>
An expanding war in Afghanistan awaits next US president
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081101/pl_afp/usvoteafghanistanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081101/capt.cps.obw24.011108205157.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=6umJiBLfpeSUKTBxRrsuCQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A cowded street is pictured in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, north of Kabul. An expanded US military involvement awaits a new US president in Afghanistan where the unfinished business of September 11 has flared over the past three years into a major insurgency.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An expanded US military involvement awaits a new US president in Afghanistan where the unfinished business of September 11 has flared over the past three years into a major insurgency.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verdict reached but not read at Guantanamo
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081031/us_nm/us_guantanamo_hearings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081031/2008_10_31t022257_450x344_us_guantanamo_hearings.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=4h_VwwoWEED3x6pDjp_MWw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="In this courtroom illustration, Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul appears before a military commission at Guantanamo Naval Base August 26, 2004 in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Art Lien/ Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. military jurors reached a verdict on Friday in the Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's accused media chief, who is accused of inciting murder and inspiring September 11 hijackers.</p><br clear="all"/>
On ballots this Nov: More Muslim American women
(AP)
AP - Many things have changed for Muslim Americans in the seven years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: Interrogations from FBI and immigration officials. Additional screenings from airport security. The feeling of being targeted by the contentious Patriot Act.
Freedom Tower concrete testing company indicted
(AP)
AP - A company that tests concrete at New York City construction projects has been indicted on racketeering charges, though officials point out that the material used at two of its well-known projects Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower skyscraper at ground zero have passed strength tests.
Post Sept. 11 security program has more problems
(AP)
AP - A post-Sept. 11 security program for workers with access to seaports faces a fresh delay because an important system collapsed without a backup in place.
Proposed paid holiday on Sept. 11 draws criticism
(AP)
AP - Some officials and people who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, are criticizing a proposal by police in a Massachusetts city to get extra holiday pay for working on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
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