sept. 11 attacks

Colorado delegation applauds appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in Russia probe

May 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation backed Wednesday’s announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller had been named special counsel for the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Lawmakers praised the selection of Mueller, a former prosecutor who ran the FBI for 12 years, as a sound choice, even as some Democrats said…
YESTERYEAR: Hart, Strickland discuss terrorism in wake of 9/11 attacks

Oct 20, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Tom Strickland discussed the changing face of terrorism at a forum sponsored by the Colorado Young Democrats on the Auraria campus. “The events of Sept. 11, in my judgment, completely blurred the line between war…
GOP consultant Dustin Olson stresses authenticity, ability to connect with stories

Sep 22, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Republican political consultant Dustin Olson has been at the center of national politics and numerous local campaigns – he and his wife, Carolyn, just celebrated the 10th anniversary of Olson Strategies & Advertising, their Colorado-based firm – but it was a few days he spent touring Civil War battlefields and shopping at Wal-Mart with a comic…
Pneumonia diagnosis fuels questions about Clinton’s health

Sep 12, 2016

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Lisa Lerer

For weeks, Hillary Clinton dismissed questions about her health as little more than a conspiracy theory, part of a “wacky strategy” cooked up by rival Donald Trump as he embraced an “alternative reality.” Those concerns are now unavoidable, made real by Clinton’s abrupt departure Sunday from a 9/11 anniversary ceremony and a video showing the Democratic nominee…
May: How the world has changed since 9/11

Sep 11, 2016

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Clifford D. May

The divide between the multiculturalists and the medievalists continues to widen The 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 should be a time for mourning, commemoration, reflection – and strategic planning. But many people prefer to avoid thinking too much about how life was interrupted on that sunshiny Tuesday morning: mothers and fathers…
After 15 years, the last artifacts of 9/11 are put to rest

Sep 11, 2016

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Associated Press

Behind the barbed wire, the white minivan’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac, between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft hangar, it’s doubtful passing drivers notice it at all. In the long struggle with the searing memories of…
Trump, Clinton not planning to campaign on 9/11

Sep 6, 2016

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JONATHAN LEMIRE

Neither of the two New Yorkers vying for the White House is expected to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks with a visit to ground zero. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are not slated to attend the annual commemoration at the World Trade Center on Sunday, a spokesman for the memorial told The…
Giuliani, backing Trump, appears to briefly forget 9/11

Aug 16, 2016

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JONATHAN LEMIRE

Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump’s national security plan, said Monday that in the “eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States.” That’s an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history. Giuliani was mayor of New York City on Sept. 11,…