{"id":684,"date":"2008-06-12T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=684"},"modified":"2008-06-12T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T15:33:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-61208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/12\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basing itself on expert testimony and global opinion polling, Congressional committee report finds hypocritical policies, not rejection of culture or religious differences fuels anti-Americanism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/afp\/Iraq_perceived_hypocrisy_fuel_recor_06112008.html\">Iraq, Perceived Hypocrisy Fuel Record Anti-Americanism: Report<\/a> (AFP\/Raw Story)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>American judges fight to uphold the rule of law, acknowledging Gitmo detainees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 right to challenge their detention in civilian courts, while newly declassified documents show the FISA court&#8217;s increased skepticism of the FBI wiretapping program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/12\/AR2008061201695_pf.html\">High Court: Gitmo Detainees Have Rights in Court<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2008\/06\/secret-spy-cour.html\">Secret Spy Court Repeatedly Questions FBI Wiretap Network<\/a> (Wired.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6however in Britain, Big Brother has scored another victory, leading pro-liberty opposition leaders to take drastic measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/11\/AR2008061103360_pf.html\">Anti-Terror Bill Passes In Britain<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/politics\/7450627.stm\">David Davis Resigns From Commons<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though having their scholarships reinstated, Gazan students may end up getting them revoked again if Israel continues to prevent them from leaving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0612\/p01s11-wome.htm\">Scholars Accepted to Grad School, but Stuck in Gaza<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NY Times editorial argues that private contract interrogators should also be subject to oversight and the rule of law:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/12\/opinion\/12thu1.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">Interrogation for Profit<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A look at how Kurdistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journalists speak truth to the power of its own regional government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0612\/p07s06-wome.htm\">Kurdistan&#8217;s Muckraking Media Test Free Speech Limits<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basing itself on expert testimony and global opinion polling, Congressional committee report finds hypocritical policies, not rejection of culture or religious differences fuels anti-Americanism: Iraq, Perceived Hypocrisy Fuel Record Anti-Americanism: Report (AFP\/Raw Story) American judges fight to uphold the rule of law, acknowledging Gitmo detainees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 right to challenge their detention in civilian courts, while newly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}