Under a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA partially discloses past misdeeds that similarly resonate today:
- CIA Release Files On Past Misdeeds (Washington Post)
- Comparing Today’s Tactics With Those Used in the Past (New York Times)
Letters from human rights and civil liberties lawyers slam earlier op-ed by Air Force official attempting to whitewash record of detainees’ treatment at Gitmo:
- All Is Not Well at Guantánamo (6 Letters) (New York Times)
“Ultimately the question is: Who gets to rule? Sixteen generals or 160 million people? Sooner or later we have to decide that once and for all.”- Zarfarullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and opposition figure
- Musharraf’s Military Reaches Deep Into Pakistani Society (Washington Post)
Prosecutors in Padilla case show ’97 television interview with Bin Laden; defense claims irrelevant to case and only serves to inflame sentiments of jury over 9/11:
- Defense Objects as Padilla Jury Sees Video (Washington Post)
Although constraints on Egypt’s journalist have been relaxed–for now at least–but “[a]ny story, any column can lead to a suitâ€:
- Press Restrictions Ease in Egypt (Los Angeles Times)
Being a female Afghani journalist is an increasingly difficult job as Taliban rebels seek to quell their voices through threats of violence and assassinations:
- Afghan Women Journalists Targeted (New York Times)
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