Concerns over identity security and privacy have civil libertarians and some state governments resisting new standards for a national ID card:
- U.S. Issues National ID Standards, Setting Stage for a Showdown (New York Times)
DNI Mike McConnell’s says waterboarding would be torture “if used against him, or if someone under interrogation was taking water into his lung”:
- Intelligence Chief Couches Reference to Waterboarding as ‘Torture’ (Associated Press/Washington Post)
Iran’s Supreme Leader makes a defiant speech directed at US regional policy and the UN’s nuclear watchdog announces “outstanding questions†on Iran’s activities will be answered in a month…
- Khamenei: Iran Will Not Bow to US (Al-Jazeera International)
- Iran Nuclear Answers ‘In a Month’ (BBC News)
…meanwhile Bush continues to put pressure on Iran by hyping up the recent naval incident in the Persian Gulf and accusing it of “being the world’s one number sponsor of terrorismâ€:
- Bush says Iran Threat to World Security (Reuters/Washington Post)
Iraqi parliament bill meant to ease restrictions on de-Baathification laws makes only incremental changes:
- Iraq Eases Curb for Former Officials of Hussein’s Party (New York Times)
Army-backed caretaker government formally charges Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina with corruption:
- Bangladeshi Court Charges Ex-PM (BBC News)
“”The original Islamic movement spread its doctrine by a combination of military action and compassion. Charity was a key tenet…. That ingredient is missing in the al-Qaeda/Taliban approach to the world. To them, winning hearts and minds means, ‘Agree with us or else.’” – Gary Anderson, George Washington University lecturer
- Why Al-Qaeda Is Losing (Washington Post)
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