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Stories from 2003-07-16

Analysis: Beating Around the Bush

Julian Borger | Guardian | July 16, 2003

"Under fire for the CIA's handling of intelligence on Iraq, the agency's chief passes the buck back to the White House." [more]

Analysis: John Bolton vs. the World

Nicholas Thompson | Salon | July 16, 2003

"His job is to keep a hawk eye on dovish Colin Powell. And he's helped turn Bush foreign policy into an ideological hammer." [more]

Marooned Soldiers: 'Our Morale is Gone'

Tom Lasseter and Drew Brown | Knight Ridder/Tribune Wire | July 16, 2003

"Soldiers who were among those who took Baghdad [were] first told they would head home May 1. Instead, they were shipped to Fallujah. Word came that they would be gone July 1. Didn't happen. Then July 18 was the date to circle. Then Aug. 1." [more]

Protest Storm Gathers Over Sao Tome Coup

Abel Veiga | Reuters | July 16, 2003

"Troops on the archipelago seized power Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of bubbling political turmoil on the mountainous archipelago, fanned by arguments over what may be rich oil reserves lying near its shores." [more]

Analysis: Rumsfeld's Personal Spy Ring

Eric Boehlert | Salon | July 16, 2003

"The defense secretary couldn't count on the CIA or the State Department to provide a pretext for war in Iraq. So he created a new agency that would tell him what he wanted to hear." [more]

Senate to Kill Pentagon Surveillance Bill

Michael J. Sniffen | Associated Press | July 16, 2003

"No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense ... or to any other department, agency or element of the federal government, may be obligated or expended on research and development on the Terrorism Information Awareness program." [more]

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