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...known links to al-Qaeda would be the first to blame the President for not preventing another attack. I am not an apologist for Bush, but he did get this one right. Terrorists need to know they can't use our eavesdropping laws against us. The President took an oath to protect the American people, and I am glad he is doing it. GABE GROTE Fort Worth, Texas...
...Although Zarqawi two years ago swore an oath of loyalty to Bin Laden, he is believed previously to have had something of a competitive relationship with the al-Qaeda leadership. And the public statements attributed to Zarqawi and those of Ayman al-Zawahiri have been noticeably at odds over questions of beheading kidnap victims and of wanton violence against Shiite Muslims. Zarqawi may have embraced the Qaeda brand with Bin Laden as its figurehead, but his essentially autonomous field operation in Iraq has become the movement's center of gravity...
...Most news analysts are saying that Alito is a shoo-in as a Justice. But I can't be the only one who is deeply troubled by his inexplicable memory lapse while under oath. Honest sworn testimony is the very foundation of our judicial system. Experiences involving strong emotion are the ones we remember best. No way that he forgot his position on dear old alma mater...
...Cambridge City Council elected Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 mayor at its inaugural meeting on Monday, returning him to an office that he previously held for two terms in the 1990s.After taking the oath of office before the packed chamber, Reeves extolled his fellow council members and the city of Cambridge in a statement in which he promised to “stand up, speak up, and be brief.”“Any one of us could be the mayor; every two years we change the mayor. It is an odd process. I promise...
...Jones seemed particularly annoyed by the Dover school board members, who denied under oath that the approval of intelligent design was based on religious conviction, despite the testimony of several witnesses who said board members made overtly religious comments during their deliberations. ?It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy,? Jones wrote...