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...defendants have a constitutional right to interview witnesses who might help prove their innocence. But the Pentagon and the CIA refused to make Binalshibh available, saying he was undergoing interrogation and that vital national-security concerns made him off limits. The clash prompted a flurry of court filings and intense discussions within Justice about whether to abandon the case and refile it in a military tribunal, where Moussaoui's rights would be more limited and intelligence issues could be kept under wraps...
...Access to the Philippines is of "vital importance" to JI's continued existence, notes Singapore-based terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna. Given that fact, it's not surprising that Washington is so eager to gain additional access of its own to the region. The Philippine constitution prohibits foreign combat troops from operating in the country, but hundreds of U.S. special forces have been training Filipino soldiers in counterterrorism tactics for the past two years. The U.S. is also supplying the country with military hardware to hunt down militants, including 20 "Huey" helicopters. After Bush's visit, Arroyo told foreign journalists that...
...1970s and 1980s the Rainbow Coalition made great strides in building a national coalition that included communities of color, labor and gays and lesbians. However, since the late 1980s, the Rainbow Coalition’s infrastructure, so vital to the evolution of a progressive agenda, has been left by the side of the road, and conservative groups, both Republican and Democratic, have passed...
With your help, we will provide that vital spark to bring Dr. King’s Dream and the American Dream together, not only in the hearts and minds of our leaders, but in the priorities and policies of our nation as we traverse the 21st century, together...
Winger insists that such a vital, lively work deserves more prominent placement. If Breathing for a Living showed up on the front tables of the Coop, she says, Harvard students—the readers who she says will most appreciate Rothenberg’s perspective on life and death—would run into the book without searching it out, while “running from one class to another...