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Legal
‘Quite difficult to prove’: One year after launch, no charges made under new Swedish counter-terror law
(Breitbart) Despite being in force since March 2020, no one has been charged under Sweden’s anti-terrorism law that enables the [prosecution] for membership of terrorist groups. The lack of prosecutions comes despite many Islamic State fighters returning to Sweden over several years. Per […]
Government & Politics
9/11 victim’s son claims fiery 2019 remarks targeted at Rep. Ilhan Omar at Ground Zero got him banned from annual ceremony
(NY Post) The son of a 9/11 victim claimed he’s been “banned” from reading the names of the fallen at the annual Ground Zero memorial service — ever since publicly blasting Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019 over her thoughtless “some people did […]
Law Enforcement
Man accused of leading 9/11 plot was denied a lawyer, then confessed The confession at issue in the case came after the accused mastermind asked about a lawyer. He would not get to see one for 15 more months.
(NY Times) Prosecutors called a retired F.B.I. agent this week to testify that the man who is accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks freely discussed the deadly hijacking plot during four days of questioning in January 2007. In doing so, the […]