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...intelligence work and the demands of homeland security. Intelligence agencies have tended to avoid arresting a suspect until the last possible moment, in the hope that tracking him will yield valuable information about the enemy's methods and networks. But it's hardly surprising in the current climate of finger-pointing over September 11 that the authorities may be inclined right now to avoid taking any chances by rolling him up early. An alternative explanation might be that they already knew al Muhajir was not the tip of some organizational iceberg, but rather a solo volunteer, like shoe-bomber Reid...
...shadow of every national tragedy, there's always someone standing there, pointing his finger at the government and calling it a conspiracy. That Meyssan could even consider that the U.S. government would cause such a tragedy as Sept. 11 is bad enough. But that he is profiting from a best seller full of such screwed-up nonsense is worse! JEFF FISHER Decatur, Mich...
...been part of many championship teams, and Harvard played like a championship team,” Wielgus said. “They’re experienced. They have five seniors that have not put a ring on their finger, and they got it this year. That’s what you need to win—experience, depth and a little bit of luck...
...American, what might have been will be maddeningly, eternally unknowable. But Rowley has at least forced the FBI and the Administration to confront their failures directly and publicly, rather than sweep them under a self-stitched rug of wartime immunity. The congressional investigations may yet get bogged down in finger pointing and political grandstanding, but for now they represent the main opportunity to learn the lessons that could help guard against the next 9/11. Before Rowley came along, the Administration had succeeded in derailing such inquiries by calling them unproductive and suggesting that its critics might be unpatriotic. Last week...
Sometimes it seems nobody wants peace in Kashmir. When two masked gunmen dressed in Indian police uniforms gunned down Abdul Gani Lone at a rally in the leafy summer capital of Srinagar last week, the list of suspects was notable for including almost everyone. Some naturally pointed the finger at India and its secret service: for decades Lone had staunchly opposed Indian rule in Kashmir. But the 70-year-old former lawyer had modified his stance in the past two years, and that had survivors, including Lone's son Sajjad, pinning the assassination on Pakistan, its powerful intelligence agency...