International

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)- U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Republican-Michigan, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement to mark the failure of the Obama administration to meet its rushed, self-imposed one year deadline to shutter the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and implement the so-called High Value Detainee Interrogation Group

 WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (Democrat-Maryland), chairman of the Judiciary Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee, on Friday called for a careful examination of the Administration’s plans for the indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees. He released the following statement:   “One year ago today, President Obama ordered the closure of the Guantánamo

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the Government of Algeria. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of

TOLEDO, Spain (Press Release)—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday traveled to Toledo, Spain, at the invitation of her Spanish colleague, Interior Minister Alfredo Rubalcaba, to meet with her European counterparts regarding ways to bolster international aviation security measures and standards. “The attempted terrorist attack on Dec. 25 threatened the lives of individuals from

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida (Press Release) – Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command commander, stated on Thursday that he was very concerned to learn that rifle scopes being used by some troopers deployed within the CENTCOM area have coded numbers referencing Bible verses on them, in addition to the normal markings on the scopes. “The codes on

uSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Jewish Academy (is commencing its SDJA Cares: Project Haiti drive on Sunday, January 24th, for victims of the recent Haiti earthquake.  Five years ago, the school  garnered media attention by collecting over 30 tons of supplies in four days. The supplies were then flown to the victims of Hurricane

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–A Kentucky-bound flight was diverted to Philadelphia after the crew mistakenly believed phylacteries used by a Jewish man for prayer were a bomb. A 17-year-old Orthodox Jew traveling from New York to Louisville on a US Airways flight had been using the prayer items, and even though he had explained the ritual to

HANIA, Crete, Greece (WJC)–A Greek and two British men have been arrested in Hania, on the Greek island of Crete, following suspicion that they carried out two arson attacks again the town’s medieval synagogue on 5 and 16 January that caused significant damage. The three – a Greek aged 24 and two Britons aged 33