In essence, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that suicide – even when a physician plays a role – is not a crime. Now, the state legislature is likely to argue the issue.
Citizens of 14 nations will be subjected to intense screening but American citizens will no longer automatically face the full-range of intensified security that had been imposed, an official said.
The American embassy cited “ongoing threats by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,” the branch responsible for the failed Christmas Day attack on an airliner bound for Detroit.
When I first read this headline, I thought this would be a great segment for a Saturday Night Live skit ["Critics Say Obama Lacks Emotion," usnews.com].
AP - Western embassies in Yemen locked up Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group's expanded reach in the poor Arab nation where an offshoot apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner.
AP - U.S. intelligence agencies did not miss a "smoking gun" that could have prevented an alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday.
AP - Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.
In one of the worst blows ever to America's intelligence service, a suicide bomber killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan. Now U.S. enemies seem to be competing for credit for the attack.
The Transportation Security Administration announced Sunday new security measures to be implemented by domestic and international air carriers on flights bound for the United States, effective Monday.
Human error and system lapses, not deliberate concealing of information, allowed a terror suspect to board a U.S.-bound airplane, the White House terrorism czar says.