- AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a former Florida professor once accused of being a top Palestinian terrorist. - AP - A French judicial official says the convicted Venezuelan terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal has been ordered back to court over four deadly bombings in 1982 and 1983. - AP - Germany's governing coalition partners want to change the constitution to allow for military deployment within the country if needed to combat terrorism, officials said Monday. - 
AP - Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about."
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AFP - Democratic leaders warned Sunday they will fight fire with fire in the final push for the presidency, after Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin sparked outrage by attacking Democrat Barack Obama for "palling around with terrorists."
- CQPolitics.com - This sprawling department was created after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the activities of several different agencies that have jurisdiction over domestic security. - 
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.
- Bloomberg - Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in some
of her sharpest attacks on Barack Obama, linked the Democratic
presidential candidate to a domestic terrorist group from the
1970s, telling supporters Obama is someone who used to ``pal
around with terrorists who targeted their own country.'' - 
AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, a harsh attack on his character that she repeated at three separate campaign events without substantiation.
- Bloomberg - Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in some
of her sharpest attacks on Barack Obama, linked the Democratic
presidential candidate to a domestic terrorist group from the
1970s, telling supporters Obama is someone who used to ``pal
around with terrorists who targeted their own country.'' - CQPolitics.com - In the seven years since the World Trade Center was toppled and the Pentagon was pierced by hijacked jetliners, some venerable spying operations have been reorganized and significant new intelligence entities have been created -- all in the cause of making sure that, from now on, the United States will get the terrorists before they get us. - 
AFP - US Attorney General Michael Mukasey has signed new guidelines for FBI operations he said are designed to better protect the country from terrorist attacks, but that raise concern of some lawmakers and civil rights groups.
- AP - The Bush administration issued new rules Friday designed to allow the FBI to pursue potential national security threats with the same vigor and techniques used against common criminals. Civil libertarians said the guidelines will come at a cost to constitutional protections. - AP - A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements to suspected terrorist supporters sought a new trial Friday, saying prosecutors lacked evidence and inflamed the jury. - 
AP - A car exploded Friday, killing seven soldiers outside Russia's military headquarters in South Ossetia, and Russian authorities charged it was a terrorist bombing meant to wreck the tense cease-fire that ended their war with Georgia.
