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Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. Full story

Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. Full story

Obama to deliver speech on drones, Gitmo

  Newsweek's Daniel Klaidman is reporting that President Obama is getting ready to deliver a big speech on drones, Guantanamo, counterterrorism and the administration's national security agenda. Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, the only member of either house

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Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

NY authorities probe money trail in smuggling ring

Woodward and Bernstein agree: IRS scandal isn’t Watergate…yet

2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Four men in Minnesota sentenced to prison for aiding Somali rebel group

U.S. says looking to revive vacant Guantanamo policy job -Holder

Attacks on Sunni mosques fuel fears in Iraq

Carlos the Jackal: Ex-enigma now mired in court

Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases

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  Sideshow: Ghosts of National Security Past

Jon Stewart takes us back in time to revisit the Ghosts of National Security Past.

  Suicide attack in Afghanistan threatens peace

Former Defense Secretary William Cohen discusses the attack and the cell which claimed responsibility for it. Cohen also shares his thoughts on the recently released Benghazi emails.

  White House releases emails on Benghazi talking points

NBC’s Peter Alexander reports on the White House’s release of emails on Benghazi talking points.

  White House releases additional Benghazi documents

NBC’s Chuck Todd, Michael Isikoff, and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, about the White House’s release Wednesday night of a hundred emails regarding the Benghazi talking points.

  White House reveals 100 emails to reporters on Benghazi

The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman and NBC’s Michael Isikoff join Hardball to talk about the White House emails released to reporters about the Benghazi talking points.

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