Terrorism

Reader: Who cares where Boston Marathon bomber's body is buried?

When we shared yesterday's post about the Colorado Muslim Society's disassociation from a founder's offer to pay for the burial of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, we asked if it mattered to readers where the body winds up. This question prompted some interesting and strongly expressed answ ... More >>

Terrorists setting wildfires? Rumors heating up with Obama's visit

This has been one hot summer -- and it's bound to get even hotter. Tempers are flaring over the handling of the wildfires, and rumors are heating up over their possible cause: terrorists are setting the fires. And President Barack Obama's visit to the Waldo Canyon fire today is fanning the conspirac ... More >>

Najibullah Zazi, beauty-supply bomber, testifies at terrorism trial

The story seemed too crazy to be true: A DIA shuttle driver conspiring to blow up New York's subway system with bombs made from components found in Aurora beauty-supply stores? But after days of questioning in September 2009, 26-year-old Najibullah Zazi was indicted and shipped off to New York, wher ... More >>

Rod "Blago" Blagojevich headed to FCI Englewood: Country club prison?

Rod Blagojevich.​Last December, we reported about convicted Illinois governor Rod "Blago" Blagojevich's desire to complete his sentence at FCI Englewood, a facility Forbes called one of the best places to serve time a few years back. Now, a U.S. District judge has granted his wish. But is the ... More >>

Mohammad Zazi, terrorist's dad, asked by judge: "What wouldn't a parent do for a child?"

Mohammed Zazi was reaching for the American dream -- and wound up in a nightmare. A native of Afghanistan, he'd emigrated to the United States, driving a taxi to support his family and becoming an American citizen in October 2007. Two years later, his son, Najibullah Zazi, was accused of plotting a ... More >>

Blago in Colorado? If so, FCI Englewood says he won't find country club

Rod Blagojevich.​Word has it that disgraced but nicely coiffed former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich would like to complete his prison sentence at FCI Englewood, a facility Forbes called one of the best places to serve time a few years back. But ask about its reputation as a country club p ... More >>

A Manhunt Manifesto

Tom Tancredo is glad that it's Osama, not Obama, who's dead. Really!

Tom Tancredo​While Governor John Hickenlooper was tangling with legislative leaders Tuesday, Tom Tancredo, the renegade candidate who got 36 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race last November, was tangling with MSNBC host Martin Bashir. Who won? You be the judge.

Osama bin Laden and marijuana: Was the terrorist a stoner?

​Among the juicy details emerging in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death last week was the fact that a bunch of marijuana plants were found growing next to his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan. The discovery has launched an Internet's worth of bad puns and stupid jokes: "Osama bin Smokin,'" "Bi ... More >>

Tonight: Catch a $10 preview of the B-Team, starring a bunch of white guys

​Some directors might get a hold of the script for David Holstein's The B-Team -- about a group of second-string terrorists who fail at everything they try -- and think, "A play about Pakistani terrorists must be cast by Pakistani-Americans. Obviously. Of course." But not Jeremy Make. No, he c ... More >>

Hall of Shame: Westword's worst of the worst from 2010

Fight Fire With Firefighters

Gary Faulkner, if you think Osama's put a bounty on you, you really are crazy

Watch out, Gary!​The vote is in: Here's our latest Shmuck of the Week: Bend over, media. You -- and by "you," I mean "us," too -- have been enabling self-proclaimed Osama hunter Gary Faulkner. With Greeley's latest micro-celeb now claiming bin Laden's put a hit on him, the story's gone from e ... More >>

Ali Hasan rips Jihad Jane Norton over 9/11 video

Muhammad Ali Hasan. ​GOP Senate hopeful Jane Norton surely expected to outrage Dems with her video attacking "liberals in Washington" for being soft on terror. But when the founder of Muslims For Bush denounces your tactics as stupid race-baiting, maybe it's time to re-evaluate. "Nothing has ... More >>

Killing Osama Bin Laden: Gary Brooks Faulkner makes Colorado's (anti) terrorist beat

Larimer CountyWhere's the latex mask?​Colorado's reputation as a breeding ground for gun-toting xenophobes and religious fanatics got a nice boost today when a Greeley man -- armed with a pistol, a forty-inch sword and some hashish -- was detained in northern Pakistan after he tried to cross o ... More >>

Playing the name game with Denver's War on Terrorism Memorial

Senator Dave Schultheis says he wasn't comparing Obama to a 9/11 hijacker (cue raucous laughter)

Nice explanation, Dave. Really believable.​Yesterday, we told you about a tweet sent out by Shmuck of the Week emeritus Senator Dave Schultheis, in which he essentially compared President Barack Obama to a 9/11 hijacker: @Sen_Schultheis: Don't for a second think Obama wants what is best for U ... More >>

Police: "We haven't forgotten" about alleged wife-killer turned 9/11 conspiracy theorist Kurt Sonnenfeld

​In the early hours of New Year's Day in 2002, Denver police arrived at a home in Congress Park after dispatchers received a call about an attempted suicide. But when they arrived, the front door was locked, and the man, Kurt Sonnefeld, either wouldn't or couldn't open the front door. Polic ... More >>

Attorney General Eric Holder: Aurora a central front in war on terror

Eric Holder.​Most of Attorney General Eric Holder's prepared remarks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference today are of the attaboy variety: At one point, he says, "I have come to Denver today with one simple message from Washington: 'We got your back.'" But t ... More >>

Paranoid Production

Are you watching Yankee Tavern, or is it watching you?

Bob Newman fights for the haters

Bob Newman.​Our Tuesday blog about KOA radio host Bob Newman's decision to leave his show in favor of a mysterious counter-terrorism assignment in a country a nineteen-hour flight from Denver has prompted some memorable comments, most of which show little love for Gunny Bob. This response diff ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Big House on the prairie

​On January 22, new President Barack Obama signed an executive order promising that Guantanamo would go -- within a year. But closing the prison in Cuba -- and figuring out where to put the 229 suspected terrorists now held there -- has proved complicated. Moving at least some of them to facil ... More >>

DIA mustang sculpture designed to shoot down hijacked planes!

Really! Just look at this shocking video evidence of the Mustang zapping down a hijacked jet out at Denver International Airport. We knew those laser-beam eyes had to be put there for a reason. Beware terrorists. El DIAblo is coming for ya.

Live blogging St. Patrick's Day from the Fainting Goat: Happy Birthday to me!

This from a guest bar blogger: Hey all, we're having a great time here in Denver!!! We're discussing social networking and demographics, the future of journalism, and politics. Woo!!! We have found out that the 18-25 age demographic isn't as brain-dead as previous thought. They may actually have som ... More >>

Body of Lies, Ridley Scott's latest, is the post-9/11 tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

Exploring terrorism at the CELL with Governor Ritter

Musical for the Masses

A new theater production sings and dances through the Iraq War.

Graduation Day: Obama and Bush in Colorado

Changing Track

These filmmakers look at the loose ends of 9/11.

Denver Post Distributes Parade Magazine Article Presenting Benazir Bhutto as Still Alive

"60 Minutes" in the Slammer

No Conspiracies, Just Memories at DIA

The chunk of history that isn't on display at Denver International Airport

The Bourne Ultimatum

A star is bourne again in the thrilling culmination of the amnesiac-spy trilogy.

All Hail the Mighty Thor!

Best Candidate to Replace Gary Barnett

Ward Churchill

Examining 9/11

Next Stage probes everyday reality in Recent Tragic Events.

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

The Coast Is Clear

The Ground Zero Movement begins in the middle of the country. And that's just fine with this hip-hop crew.

Best Line Measurements

KOA's Airport Updates

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter.

Laurie Anderson

Life on a String (Nonesuch)

Hot Target

The Rocky Flats Web site is dark -- but terrorists may already have a blueprint for the former nukes plant.

Bombs Away

War is fueling the star power of Colorado's -- and possibly the nation's -- ballsiest military analyst.

Critic's Choice

Rock Bottom Remainders

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

A Dark Day

One Day in September recalls the Munich Olympic massacre.

A Plague on All Your Houses

Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

Off Limits

Let them drink Guinness...

The Politics of Giving

Should funds for Denver crime victims go to Oklahoma City bombing victims?

EDUCATING RITA

SCHOOL-BOARD MEMBER RITA MONTERO FOUND HERSELF IN EXPLOSIVE TIMES IN THE SEVENTIES.