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...great believer in the U.S. as a force for good, the thought of Guantánamo Bay leaves me sickened and disillusioned. The detentions show that in some significant ways, the U.S. has become like its terrorist enemies. Gitmo exists because of a technicality: it is not on U.S. soil. It would have been dismantled long ago if it were in Texas. Wayne Rosen Calgary Guantanamo as a font of intelligence is a dubious notion, for the value of information obtained under torture is highly questionable. Believing that useful information can still be gleaned from some of the detainees after...
...China's Nanjing Automobile Group wants to raise the bar by selling roadsters in the U.S. from 2008 under the famous MG marque. Nanjing, which bought MG Rover last year, hopes to build the $25,000 MG TF coupes in Oklahoma at the first Chinese auto factory on American soil-a long way from MG's British roots, and even farther from Nanjing...
...east London raid, confidence in the police and the security services plummets. One might reasonably assume the opposite: that the public should feel reassured that authorities are giving primacy to the protection of the general population - and be further comforted by the absence of additional attacks on British soil. The fact that many people say they aren't speaks not only of a concern for civil liberties, but of a broader unease that the government doesn't fully grasp the modern terrorist threat. Until that knowledge gap has been filled and communicated, the clampdowns, arrests and pumped-up legislation...
There have been 441 arrests in domestic terrorism investigations since Sept. 11, but drawing any conclusions about homegrown terrorism from these cases is risky--largely because so many of them involve foreign nationals arrested on American soil. As for native suspects, Seas of David--a partly Christian, Muslim, martial-arts, Bible-study group that wore black outfits with a Star of David on the sleeve and met in a pastel orange clubhouse--should defy any attempt at logic. But in cases from Toledo, Ohio, to Lodi, Calif., we do have a rough sketch of which Americans are getting nabbed. Mostly...
...contents of the Western offer have not been revealed, but are believed to include a comprehensive package of economic incentives, including the building of light-water nuclear reactors, if Iran agrees to refrain from enriching uranium on its own soil. Reports out of Iran suggest that a majority of the Iranian leadership are ready to accept the principle of limiting the scope of its nuclear program, and will seek unconditional talks with the West to achieve that...