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...action. At one point, Clooney’s Bob Barnes is instructed to assassinate a foreign prince because it is in America’s best interest—an action which damages the future stability of the country and creates incentives for two young men to join a terrorist organization. Such unintentional repercussions demonstrate how the narrow-minded aims of the powerful elite dictate much more than they could anticipate. Gaghan juxtaposes terrorists and senators to prove that no one, despite their best, or worst, intentions, has seen the big picture. Critics may accuse “Syriana?...
...Bauer says that "no information would indicate" Alpizar had any terrorist connections. But authorities plan to explore that possibility as the post-shooting investigation goes forward. "There will be two parallel investigations," he says. "First, the shooting will be investigated by Miami-Dade homicide investigators. Second, the FBI and federal air marshals are investigating whether this has any national security concern. Right now there's nothing to indicate any national security concern...
Before 9/11, there were 33 U.S. air marshals in the skies. Since then, the U.S. has hired thousands (the precise number is classified) to help prevent another terrorist attack. None has had to fire a weapon in the line of duty post-9/11 until Wednesday, when a federal air marshal shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen who authorities say claimed he had a bomb, on a plane in a Miami airport...
...Before Air Force One even sets down in North Carolina, two familiar voices will have weighed in on the theme that carried the president to re-election last year: homeland security. This morning, the 9/11 Public Disclosure Project releases its progress report on American preparedness for another terrorist attack. Their diagnosis: The nation has made little headway on their recommendations of greatest import. "We may be giving grades tomorrow and I'll tell you there are more F's, unfortunately than there are A's," the former Republican New Jersey governor, Tom Keane, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet...
...largely because the crescent of red maple trees resembled an Islamic prayer station, pointing toward Mecca. Some critics tipped their hats last week at the bowl-shaped redesign, above, until ERROR THEORY pointed out that the "Islamo-fascist shrine ... still contains all of the features that made it a terrorist memorial." One element that was retained: the flight path lined with 44 translucent blocks, one for each person who died in the crash--including the four hijackers...