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...Pakistani intelligence were not sure which of the houses might be harboring Zubaydah. During their month-long stay in Faisalabad, the al-Qaeda agents seldom, if ever, left their houses, even to pray at nearby mosques. But telephone and computer wiretaps had given the agents a strong hunch that Zubaydah was hiding in Shabaz Cottage, a monolithic gray villa in the suburb of Faisal Town. With high stone walls topped by vines of barbed and electric wires, the three-story place was bounded on two sides by grassy fields, which afforded a good view of anyone approaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of a Raid | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...this massive search, I had those two kids, and I didn’t really have any backup. There was nobody else. I read hundreds of guys, and I had sort of been conscious of Colin, and thought he might be great. I just had this hunch. It’s very hard to find people that are that good looking and also funny—I guess good looking people aren’t funny, and funny people aren’t good looking! Schuyler, I just think she’s fantastic. Incredibly open, honest, soulful. She?...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Splat: An Interview With the cast of 'Orange County' | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...tools of his success have generated considerable controversy. Bruguiere can issue search warrants and wiretaps on a mere hunch, and not all his hunches are right. In 1999 a French court rebuked him by acquitting dozens of suspects in one of his terrorist investigations. Critics say Bruguiere, who constantly puffs on a pipe and has a fondness for the media, is a dictatorial egotist. They derisively call him le sheriff. But his contributions to the war on terrorism shouldn't be dismissed because of his personality; unlike other countries in Europe, France isn't a terrorist haven. Says a former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Le Sheriff: JEAN-LOUIS BRUGUIERE | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

...faces and has learned of more links between them than any but the most nimble fingered could ever untangle. After nearly two months, there is much that we know about the global terrorist network that goes by the name of al-Qaeda--but an awful lot that is still hunch. Still, an international investigation by TIME into al-Qaeda's structure reveals that it is more global in its range, and more ruthless in its ideology, than all but its most dedicated students could have ever imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate Club | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...faces and has learned of more links between them than any but the most nimble fingered could ever untangle. After nearly two months, there is much that we know about the global terrorist network that goes by the name of al-Qaeda?but an awful lot that is still hunch. Still, an international investigation by TIME into al-Qaeda's structure reveals that it is more global in its range, and more ruthless in its ideology, than all but its most dedicated students could have ever imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate club | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

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