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...argued that this film is largely addressing mistakes and grievances that are now beyond redress. But that's not strictly true. The kinds of errors it examines are entirely duplicable. And it is important to have this grand compilation of serious, sometimes anguished, testimony to remind us that big talk is always cheap and essentially dreamy. Who knew that a bunch of medium shots of well-spoken, nicely dressed men and women could transcend mere journalism and bring us very close to the authentic tragedy lurking behind the Green Zone's concrete walls...
...Grand Jury...
...Constitution requires a grand jury to indict a suspect before he can be tried for a federal felony, and about half the states have a similar setup. This panel of ordinary people is supposed to check the prosecutor's power by making him present a preliminary case in a kind of minitrial, though one without a defense attorney. But because the prosecutor gets to decide which witnesses to call and which questions to ask, Davis wants to make the process less one-sided by requiring prosecutors to tell jurors about evidence that helps the suspect...
Bonds, 43, will probably be around for another season or two. But Michael Vick, star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, may have thrown his last NFL pass. A federal grand jury has indicted him for owning a property that held dog fights in which the animals fought to the death (some dogs, the feds allege, were put to death by drowning, gunshot or electrocution). The league is pursuing its own inquiry into the case...
...that broader strategic contest that hangs over the talks between the two sides in Iraq. Absent a "grand bargain" in which Iran and the U.S. find a formula for peaceful and stable coexistence throughout the region, occasional and very public encounters in Iraq are unlikely to produce much progress...