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...Guide to the Terrorism Bills Much of Bush's war on terrorism has been waged in the shadows. But with secret surveillance and detention programs now exposed, the Administration has been forced to reckon with the lights...
...whole winter's worth of lessons? When they are melted in the high heat of summer freedom, they find out just how flexible they can be, how bold, how resourceful; so that when the air cools and school resumes they swagger back into their orderly lines, with a secret, and another mark on the wall...
...ammunition before the November congressional elections. Negroponte has up to 90 days to deliver the report after Bush signs the defense bill into law, likely at the end of September. Negroponte's spokeswoman did not say when he will complete the document. Even so, war critics believe the secret estimate (an unclassified summary must also be released) will have a powerful impact whenever it's finished. Abizaid's testimony was "extraordinary," says a Senate Democratic aide, but news coverage of it "disappears the next day. An NIE has more impact because everybody would jump on it for a longer time...
Nesher was a 23-year-old rookie in the Israeli secret service when he was captured May 1,1984 by Syrian forces, who occupied parts of Lebanon at the time. Israeli and Syrian forces were facing off over the Bekaa region - the area near Syria that Israel attacked earlier this week, including bombings on the town of Baalbek. There were fears that Nesher's capture would touch off a large-scale confrontation. He was brought to Damascus where he says he underwent two months of interrogation and torture. He was eventually released as a part of an exchange for more...
...thought the Lebanese would protect us, but the government had no influence on the warriors in the field. We were taken to a prison in the middle of Damascus. The prison, run by the secret police force, was built underground to protect it from Israeli air force attacks...