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Dartboard was under the impression that the tension between the United States and Russia ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the events of the last several weeks showed us that relations between the two nations are far from warm and fuzzy. The arrest of an U.S. State Department worker in Moscow quickly followed by the FBI's arrest of a Russian embassy employee seemed, to us, to be timed to coincide with the release of the latest movie in the James Bond series, "The World Is Not Enough." Cheri Leberknight, the alleged American spy, was apparently carrying...
...Afghans ought to keep their eyes on the skies. The arrest of 13 alleged terrorists linked with Osama Bin Laden in Jordan Wednesday may spell trouble for Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement. The group, which included Jordanians, an Iraqi and an Algerian, was reportedly trained in Bin Laden's camps in Afghanistan, and had some nasty plans for the New Year - to attack U.S. and Israeli targets in Jordan. The revelations follow Washington's warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that they would be held responsible for any Bin Laden attacks on U.S. targets. The Taliban continues to harbor...
...Meinert's alleged crimes did affect students at GWU, where Meinert was a popular student before his arrest...
...local anesthetic. Except that it wasn't lidocaine; it was adrenaline, a powerful stimulant. A minute later Ben's blood pressure soared, and his heart began to race. Nine minutes later his blood pressure plunged, his heart rate dropped, his lungs filled with fluid, and he went into cardiac arrest. Within hours, Ben Kolb was dead...
...Washington have quarreled over how many spies to let into each other's country under diplomatic cover. The Russians feel the U.S. has been stingy; the U.S. says the Russians have been "brazen and blatant," but "we've thwarted" them. The tension broke last week in Moscow with the arrest of CHERI LEBERKNIGHT, 33, ostensibly a U.S. embassy official but actually a CIA spy, according to the Russians. More schoolmarm than Mata Hari in looks, she was snatched late Monday with "ink tablets for secret correspondence" and equipment for detecting surveillance, says Moscow. Administration and intelligence officials tell time they...