{"id":847,"date":"2008-11-26T11:34:16","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=847"},"modified":"2008-11-26T11:34:16","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:34:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-112608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/26\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Fourth Amendment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s requirement of reasonableness \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but not the Warrant Clause \u00e2\u20ac\u201d applies to extraterritorial searches and seizures of U.S. citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211; Judge Jos\u00c3\u00a9 A. Cabranes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/25\/nyregion\/25embassy.html?_r=1&#038;ref=us\">Court Backs Warrantless Searches Abroad<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a step to establish civilian authority, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence&#8217;s &#8216;political wing&#8217; is quietly shut down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-spy26-2008nov26,0,7573632.story\">Pakistan Spy Agency Dissolves its &#8216;Political Wing&#8217;<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently established security forces help curb violence in Hebron, an area in which Palestinians fall victim to some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/20\/AR2008112000756.html\">most extreme Israeli settlers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/26\/world\/middleeast\/26hebron.html?pagewanted=1&#038;ref=world\">Palestinian Forces Dilute Hebron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Volatile Brew<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Foreign Press Association has filed a petition requesting the supreme court to overrule the ban on journalists allowed into Gaza:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1126\/p06s01-wogn.html\">Israel Bans Press in the Gaza Strip<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parliament&#8217;s vote on the security pact viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Maliki&#8217;s performance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1126\/p01s01-wome.html\">Discontent Over Maliki Threatens US-Iraqi Security Pact<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t have a clear idea of how long it will be, the Afghan government has no choice but to seek political solutions,&#8221; including &#8220;starting to talk to Taliban and those opposing the government&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/20081125165119149939.html\">Karzai Urges Withdrawal &#8216;Timeline&#8217;<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US to increase troops in Wardak and Logar, two volatile provinces that have traditionally lacked Western forces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/24\/AR2008112402587.html\">U.S. to Boost Presence Near Kabul<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Fourth Amendment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s requirement of reasonableness \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but not the Warrant Clause \u00e2\u20ac\u201d applies to extraterritorial searches and seizures of U.S. citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211; Judge Jos\u00c3\u00a9 A. 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