Amy Goldstein
"The transformation of a chubby Catholic boy named Jose Padilla into an Islamic terrorist suspected of plotting to unleash a 'dirty bomb' on an American city is the mystery of the moment. No one could explain why a Puerto Rican kid who spent much of his adolescence in juvenile hall ended up researching radiological dispersion devices and learning how to wire explosives in Afghanistan and Pakistan." [more]
"The Justice Department is removing hundreds of Pakistani detainees from the United States at a 'hectic' pace and U.S. officials have told the Pakistani government that most of those arrested immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks will be returned home by the end of next month, a Pakistani official said today." [more]
"Since September, the Bush administration has followed a policy of concealment in [Oulai's] case and in those of hundreds of other foreigners similarly detained in the terrorism investigation." [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more]
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