CBS investigation reveals that a key human intelligence source of fabricated and exaggerated claims about Iraqi biological weapons capabilities used to justify the 2003 invasion was a scientist with poor academic record and an arrest record for theft who simply wanted asylum in Germany:
- Faulty Intel Source “Curve Ball” Revealed (CBS News)
Seen as too costly economically and invasive of peoples’ privacy, as well as ineffective against terrorists, at least 38 state legislatures across America have bills that are opposing a national identification card:
- Why States Are Resisting U.S. On Plan For REAL I.D. (Christian Science Monitor)
In spite of accusations leveled at Virginia Saudi school of “teaching religious extremism†and threats to shut down the institution, without specific evidence to back their case, State Department officials have yet to talk to school officials and investigate its curriculum:
- U.S. ‘Studying’ Islamic School Report (Washington Post)
Lawyers and other activists take to the streets in Pakistan protesting Musharraf’s martial law powers only to be put by down by police forces through physical assaults and arrests, meanwhile a Christian Science Monitor editorial examines US policies during Islamabad’s current political upheaval and finds that Washington should have “talked less†about promoting democracy in Pakistan and instead “acted moreâ€:
- Police Battle Lawyers in Pakistan (New York Times)
- When An Antiterror Ally Fails (Christian Science Monitor)
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