Dick Cheney Dead: How 9/11 shaped the ‘Cheney Doctrine’ and created America’s ‘war on terror’ | World News

FILE – Vice President Dick Cheney is seen during a medal ceremony and rally with troops at Camp Speicher, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and the architect of the “war on terror”, has died at 84. His death closes a turbulent chapter in […]

9/11 mastermind’s plea blocked: US court scraps deal; backs Pentagon’s authority

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has thrown out a proposed plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, effectively halting what was expected to be a major development in one of the most prolonged military prosecutions in US history. In a 2-1 decision, the court ruled that then-Defence […]