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...they have hardly tried. Sources close to the case tell TIME that federal prosecutors haven't pressured the alleged terrorist, who is now behind bars in Alexandria, Va., to find out what he knows about the Sept. 11 terror plot. Capital punishment is often used as a threat to extract information, but the government has not played that card since charging Moussaoui in December, the sources say. "They know there are others out there who were involved in planning the attacks and that they haven't solved this case," says a lawyer. "They should be talking to this...
...tests, since they are frequently performed without the knowledge of the second parent or the child. In fact, the DNA labs often get used toothbrushes or pacifiers from their customers instead of the normally requested mouth swabs. The majority of labs will also use these personal effects to extract DNA samples. Because he considers surreptitious genetic fingerprinting "a massive invasion of personal privacy," Joachim Jacob, Germany's Commissioner for Data Protection, is moving to ban DNA paternity tests. It's unfair that "the unauthorized opening of a letter is a criminal offense, while clandestine paternity tests are not," he says...
...allow for negotiations—on an equitable basis recognizing the basic needs of both sides—to resolve outstanding issues such as borders, the final status of Jerusalem and refugees. If the United States is to be a true ally, it may be time to help Israel extract itself from a no-win situation. At no added cost, the U.S. could help by diverting a fraction of the $1.8 billion in annual aid to Israel from military expenditures toward implementing a peaceful withdrawal. First, the Israeli government should remove the economic inducements currently enticing new Jewish settlers...
...sophomore class spends a year falling into all the hidden traps and sinkholes of Harvard College, from which first-years are gently steered clear by prefects, concentration advisors, deans and their own prudence or trepidation. Juniors, having somehow managed to extract themselves over the summer, now cautiously avoid these pitfalls of their own accord. The sophomore class spends a year discovering that no one at Harvard College really cares whether they fall...
Absent are the romanticized, photographic series of rundown tenements and lost-looking individuals—normally designed to extract our pity, our sentimentality, our condescension. Actual images of impoverished populations are as scarce as the homes they need...