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...allegedly discussing secret information with the press, including the Washington Post's Dana Priest, whose story on a network of covert CIA prisons for suspected terrorists was informed by this source and won a Pulitzer Prize last week. CIA spokesmen refused to name the analyst, but other officials confirm that she is Mary McCarthy, a CIA veteran who served on the National Security Council under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Government insiders say McCarthy, who did not return calls to her home, was dismissed after irregularities in a polygraph test led her to admit that she had made...
...spokesman for Random House, Stuart Applebaum, said he could not confirm or deny the authenticity of the letter to Little, Brown. But, he said: “Publishing protocol dictates that one contacts the publisher of the book whose text may bear alleged similarities. So it is customary, it would be customary, for us to reach out to the publisher you name...
...from their home in broad daylight early last month were shown on Islamic websites being beheaded by militants loyal to al-Qaeda kingpin Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Their British colleague faced a similar fate. Two Italian women taken four weeks ago were also reportedly executed, though Rome would not confirm the claims. Ten employees of an Iraqi cell-phone company were abducted in Baghdad and Fallujah. That rebels could so easily stage such brazen attacks has left many observers questioning whether the U.S. can possibly bring sanity--to say nothing of stability--to the country it has inherited...
Though the Interior Ministry has approved vote totals, Italy’s highest court must still confirm the results, and Berlusconi has already called for a recount of the Chamber of Deputies votes...
...right now, Vance says that the injury does not bother him at all hitting-wise. His performance yesterday would confirm as much, as the sophomore reached base six times—once with a walk, thrice via hit-by-pitch—and scored five runs. He also stole two bases in two attempts, upping his league-leading total...