News and Analysis (11/8/07)

Mukasey causes unease among some members of Congress by mimicking previous attorney generals by not only remaining ambiguous on waterboarding torture but also on his views of expanded presidential power:
· Wartime Powers and Mukasey (Christian Science Monitor)
In another shooting incident involving Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department conducts only a slipshod investigation of the deaths of three Iraqi bodyguards and finds the accused shooter innocent of killing with out provocation, but Iraqis themselves say otherwise and are outraged over the lack thoroughness in their investigation:
· How Blackwater Sniper Fire Felled 3 Iraqi Guard (Washington Post)
Continuing to quash any potential dissent, Musharraf has hundreds of Bhutto supporters arrested in advance of a planned mass rally to prevent protest of on going martial law in the country:
· ‘Hundreds Held’ in Bhutto Raids (BBC News)
New head of Britain’s domestic spy agency, MI5, says radicalism continues to spread among British Muslims and PM Brown’s government proposes to increase time they can detain someone with charge, however other worry such measures “will sacrifice the very freedoms that terrorists are taking aim at; and terrorism experts warn that it will impair relations with the Muslim community”:
· Home-Grown Terrorist Recruitment Rising, Says British Spy Chief (Christian Science Monitor)

Alejandro

Alejandro Beutel is program assistant for the Minaret of Freedom Institute with expertise in religious freedom, democratization and security issues.