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...arrests could also help investigators unravel the inner workings of al-Qaeda. FBI sources say Attash, a key suspect in the October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, attended a meeting that January in Kuala Lumpur where al-Qaeda leaders mapped out the Sept. 11 attacks. And because Attash once worked as one of bin Laden's bodyguards?until losing a foot several years ago in Afghanistan?investigators hope to press him about the whereabouts of his boss...
...starter Jason Brown, who started strong for the Crimson despite having thrown three times in the last five days, began to unravel in the bottom of the fourth when the Bears’ Matt Kutler reached him for a leadoff double. A throwing error by freshman second baseman Zak Farkes on the next play scored Kutler, opening up the proverbial floodgates...
Leung's double life began to unravel after Smith retired. In the process of re-evaluating her, agents began to suspect she was a double agent. After a year of surveilling her movements and monitoring her phone calls, faxes and e-mails, they confronted Leung last December. She admitted to her relationship with Smith and produced classified documents from her safe. These included memos on Chinese fugitives and informants, directories of FBI personnel and files from the espionage case of Peter Lee, a defense-contractor employee who pleaded guilty in 1997 to giving secret radar technology to China...
...archaeology of liberation began to yield the secrets of the regime. U.S. soldiers moved through the city streets and tunnels, searching for clues that would unravel the mysteries of Saddam's weapons program. Soldiers explored the Old Palace, imagining what it would be like to take a shower in the gold-and-marble bathrooms. It turns out that Saddam favored Colgate toothpaste and French cuffs; Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz read both Henry Kissinger and Danielle Steel. There were skinny lions, cheetahs and bears in pens on the grounds of one palace, which had 64 bathrooms. The Los Angeles Times...
...Leung's double life began to unravel after Smith retired. In the process of re-evaluating her, agents began to suspect she was a double agent. After a year of surveilling her movements and monitoring her phone calls, faxes and e-mails, they confronted Leung last December. She admitted to her relationship with Smith and produced classified documents from her safe. These included memos on Chinese fugitives and informants, directories of FBI personnel and files from the espionage case of Peter Lee, a defense-contractor employee who pleaded guilty in 1997 to giving secret radar technology to China...