News - USA, December 16, 2009

	Welcome to Gitmo, Illinois
	US: Guantánamo Prisoners Not 'Persons'
	House OKs $634 Billion Defense Bill, Doesn't Include Surge

Frontline

	Kucinich Bill to End Afghan War Gains Co-Sponsors, Including 4 Republicans
	Federal Court Weighs 'State Secrets' Claim
	After ABC Report of Secret CIA Prison, Lithuania's Head Spy Resigns
	Occupation Threatens Secularism in Israel
	US Eyes Vietnam, Libya Arms Sales
	House Vote on Iran Sanctions

The War at Home

	NYPD Must Show GOP Convention Surveillance
	Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans
	Homelessness on the Rise for Female Vets
	Back From Combat, Women Struggle for Acceptance

'War on Terror'

	Al-Qaeda Killing Mostly Muslims
	Chicago Judge Denies Bond for Terrorism Suspect
	Agency Will Not Reinstate Man Who Criticized Gitmo Policies
	American Suspect in Mumbai Attack Was DEA Informant
	Man Hounded by Ottawa Loses 'Terrorist' Tag at Last
	Libya's Coup: Turning Militants Against al-Qaeda

Frontline

	Congress Readies Defense Budget
	GAO Upends $2.8 Billion Defense Contract
	Report: Other Islamic Militant Groups Rising as al-Qaeda Fades
	Canadian Court Says Jail Reformed Terror Suspect
	22 Million Missing Bush White House E-Mails Found
	US Takes Pragmatic Rights Approach to China, Russia

'War on Terror'

	Cases of Accused al-Qaeda Operatives May Be Brought in Brooklyn
	2 Men Sentenced for Aiding Terrorists With Videos
	US Says Chicago Man Knew of Mumbai Attack Beforehand
	Al-Qaeda No. 2: Obama Cares Only About Israel
	Obama Shifts Bioterrorism Strategy to Preventive, but Congress Slow to Move
	UK Appeals Court Decision Over Guantánamo Detainee
	Spain: 11 Guilty of Belonging to Terror Group

News, December 14, 2009 -- U:S.

	A Sharp Turn Toward Another Vietnam by George McGovern
	Kristol Pivots from Afghanistan to Iran

	Obama: Afghan Decision Toughest of Presidency
	Feds Weigh Public Risk, Evidence in Terror Probes
	UK: Miliband Steps Up Bid to Hide Proof of Torture
	A Surprise Today Show Trip to Kabul, With Curious Timing
	US Agents Hold Suspected Iran-Bound Helicopter
	Web Posts Began Tale of Detained Americans

'War on Terror'

	Imam Claims Innocence in NYC Terrorism Case
	Flight 297 Passenger: Incident Bigger Than Airtran Claims
	Bulgaria Could Take in a Guantanamo Prisoner
	Attempt to Secure Freedom for Last Briton in Guantanamo Bay Is Rejected
	Sentencing Delayed in US Hamas-Funding Case
	Canadian Science Fiction Writer, Beaten and Arrested at US Border

News, December 13, 2009 -- U.S.

	Islamic Extremism Raises US Terror Fears
	Memo Points to Illinois as Site for Gitmo Detainees   Obama Administration Files to Dismiss Case Against John Yoo   US and Russia Open Talks on Limits to War in Cyberspace   UK Nursery Children Monitored for Signs of Radicalization
	Defense Secretary's Trip Encounters Snags in Two Theaters

Blackwater 'Used in Raids Against Insurgents'
War Tax Advocate Sees Echoes of Vietnam in Afghan War

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