News Cycles: Sept. 11

Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat (Reuters)

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.

Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security (Reuters)

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.

ACLU denounces Gitmo judge's replacement (AP)

Chief military judge in Guantanamo to retire early (Reuters)

Military judge in 9/11 case replaced (AFP)

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.

How the Al Qaeda Terrorism Threat is Mutating (U.S. News & World Report)

Morgan Keegan invests in resilience (InfoWorld)

Budget deficit hits record; jobless claims surge (AP)

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.

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge (Reuters)

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.

WTC owner, developer in arbitration over late fees (AP)

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.

Report: Terrorists use cash, avoid financial ties (AP)

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.

At Gitmo, life sentence for bin Laden propagandist (AP)

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.

Judge tells White House to release wiretapping docs (Reuters)

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.

Judge orders White House to produce wiretap memos (AP)

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.

An expanding war in Afghanistan awaits next US president (AFP)

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.

Verdict reached but not read at Guantanamo (Reuters)

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.

On ballots this Nov: More Muslim American women (AP)

Freedom Tower concrete testing company indicted (AP)

Post Sept. 11 security program has more problems (AP)

Proposed paid holiday on Sept. 11 draws criticism (AP)