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...Lindh's early critics. Rumsfeld agreed to the idea of a plea. Next, a Justice Department lawyer spoke to White House counsel Al Gonzalez, who briefed President Bush. But while the top officials of the U.S. government were ready to strike a deal, Lindh was not. Brosnahan says his client wanted assurances that he could continue his Islamic studies in prison and be given space for the five daily prayers required by his faith...
Pentagon officials, following Rumsfeld's orders, insisted that Lindh retract his claim of being mistreated by the military. Brosnahan says his client never felt he was intentionally abused by guards, though several took snapshots of one another next to his bound form. Defense lawyers wanted the charges alleging ties to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups dropped. Says Brosnahan: "We were not going to sign anything that he was a terrorist...
...yearly returns," says Bach. "For a while it was possible to back-test a hypothetical portfolio of 10 stock funds for 10 years and see those kinds of returns. So it wasn't pure fiction. But we ran our assumptions at 10% or 12%, and we never got the client." In the postbubble market, Bach says, he plugs in 6% returns and prays that he's being conservative enough...
...billion in bribes last year, but Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is determined to modernize the economy - by ordering businesses to comply with international accounting standards by 2004. BOTTOM LINES "Women invest with their heads and men with testosterone." Angela Knight, CEO of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers, on why female investors outperform males by 9.5% in Germany "If these are the opinions you honestly hold, call me collect. We can do business." Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, on executives who claim stock options cost nothing "I always thought it was good for you." Caesar Barbar...
Throughout the makeup humiliation, Stern, whose ever presence is starting to make me worry about the state of his client's appeal case, takes pictures of me with a disposable camera. At 1:15 a.m., after half an hour of washing my face and returning to bed to watch the beginning of The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, I tell Smith I have to leave. When she gets out of bed to hug me goodbye, I palm the disposable camera with the incriminating pictures and slip it into my pocket. The truth is, no matter...