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...Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, doesn't generally publicize threats unless it has solid evidence of an impending strike. When the Palestinian uprising began in 2000, Shin Bet initially tried to keep information about imminent attacks secret. But whenever it put up new checkpoints to thwart the terrorists, radio stations would report the traffic snarls that ensued, and the government would be forced to acknowledge the terrorism threat. The Israelis noticed that this often prompted bombers to put off their journey or to make cell-phone calls to their handlers for traffic information, sometimes enabling Shin...
...captains Courtney Bergman and Susanna Lingman battled lingering knee, shin and hip injuries throughout the spring and watched from the sideline almost as often as from the baseline. Classmate Alexis Martire fared little better in her struggle to recover from a sprained ankle, missing the final three conference matches, among others...
...Carb Nation "Carbs, shmarbs! Fad diets come and go, but eating smart and exercising will always stand the test of time." JOHN SHIN, M.D. Edgewater...
...Shin Bet, Israel's domestic-security service, plays loud rock music and ties prisoners in uncomfortable positions for long periods, according to former and current agents. Interrogators tell prisoners their comrades have ratted them out, then leave them together in a cell and tape their conversations. All of this is downright charitable compared with other countries' practices. Many Arab governments, including the Palestinian Authority, beat and mutilate suspects on a fairly regular basis. Interrogators in other parts of the world aren't even coy about their work. Says a Philippine government interrogator: "Just the very act of stretching your arms...
...with so-called wild confessions," he says. In the 1980s the Israeli Supreme Court restricted interrogators to using "moderate physical pressure" in order to reduce the number of false confessions obtained under torture. But in 1999, after a prisoner died under "moderate pressure," the court banned the practice. The Shin Bet still justifies its use for "ticking bombs," suspects who may know something about an imminent attack...