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...Salute Seen from Many Angles As the sister-in-law of Peter Norman, the late Australian Olympic sprinter, I was disappointed to read your story on Salute, the new documentary about Peter [Aug. 4]. You report that his son Matt, the director, seems to be "angry on his uncle's behalf" with the two athletes Peter supported in their black-power salute at the 1968 Olympics. I believe Peter would turn in his grave if he read that. He had nothing but support for Tommie Smith and John Carlos and was honored to be asked to the unveiling...
...Iraq Windfall Profits in Iraq? Thanks to soaring oil revenues, Iraq could have a cumulative budget surplus of $79 billion by the end of the year, the Government Accountability Office reported. And yet, of the $67 billion the Iraqi government spent from 2005 to 2007, just 1% went toward infrastructure projects. Senators Carl Levin and John Warner, who requested the report, expressed outrage at Iraq's weak spending record; U.S. taxpayers have spent $48 billion on Iraq reconstruction...
...faced considerable criticism for failing to press the Chinese authorities to keep their promises that being awarded the Games would make China a more open society and improve its human-rights record. Amnesty International reported on July 22 that instead of improving human rights, the hosting of the Games had actually had the opposite effect. "In fact, the crackdown on human-rights defenders, journalists and lawyers has intensified because Beijing is hosting the Olympics," the report stated. "The authorities have stepped up repression of dissident voices in their efforts to present an image of 'stability' and 'harmony' to the outside...
...very taken with the idea and asked if he might elaborate on it for TIME. Thus began a rewarding collaboration that yielded his powerful piece in this week's issue--part of our special report on the economy--as well as a stimulating roundtable on the subject of creative capitalism...
...White House, the possibility of using Diego Garcia for detaining high-value targets was discussed," he says. Clarke did not witness a final resolution of the issue, but adds, "Given everything that we know about the Administration's approach to the law on these matters, I find the report that the U.S. did use the island for detention or interrogation entirely credible...