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...morning of June 6, Eisenhower carried in his wallet another message he had written, to be issued only if the Allies failed to gain a foothold in France. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available," it read. "If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone." For several hours after the landings began, some of the commanders feared that statement might have to be released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: IKE'S INVASION | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...waiting to sneak them back to Tehran. The morning after the murder, as police reconstructed their flight, they arrived at the Swiss border by taxi. An official suspected that their visas were forged and refused to admit them. Five days later, they arrived in Annecy, where they left a wallet full of incriminating information in a phone booth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...Iranian government. Yet the judge was already tracing the link through France's computerized national telephone system, which automatically stores a record of every call. By running a computer analysis on 20,000 calls made from public phones along the escape route -- particularly the booth where the wallet was found -- investigators were able to zero in on a few key numbers called by the fleeing suspects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...aide who had searched him before. Simply to attend a service at the Nation of Islam Temple No. 7 in New York City, reporter Sharon Epperson was frisked and her pens were examined to see whether they concealed knives. Nation of Islam women also checked her lipstick, compact and wallet. Questions about such basics as the group's size -- estimated at 30,000 to 200,000 members -- and budget are routinely deflected, as are questions about the family life and background of Farrakhan and his aides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louis Farrakhan: Pride and Prejudice | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...drawn from Gillooly's account was provided by Harding. So far, the trail seems to be cold, save for Eckardt's claim in the Oregonian that Gillooly offered to pay Stant and Smith a bonus to get the job done -- showing them a $10,000 USFSA check in his wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Did Tonya Know? | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

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