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...possession. Minutes after his arrest, though, Coffee County police learned that the warrant in the neighboring town had been previously recalled. Herring argued that the drug and weapon charges should be inadmissable because the arrest was unlawful. The district court and appeals court denied his request to suppress the evidence. What's at Stake: The pertinent issue in Herring's case is whether evidence should be the excluded if it is obtained during an arrest precipitated by what seems to be correct information given by another law enforcement agency, but in fact is erroneous. In hearing this case, the Supreme...
...Despite the mounting tension, Defense Secretary Robert Gates concedes that neither the clandestine U.S. raids or the increased efforts by the Pakistani military have done much to suppress the insurgency. "If you ask me today - after the successes that we've had against al-Qaeda in Iraq - where the greatest threat to the [U.S.] homeland lies," he said Tuesday, "I would tell you it's in western Pakistan...
...warning, according to Mayer. At lunch with Tyler Drumheller, at the time the Chief of the CIA’s Clandestine Operations in Europe, the official said, “You need to learn from our history.” He cited the failure of British efforts to suppress the Irish Republican Army with coercive tactics. “We decided to turn the terrorists’ tactics back on them. For a time, it worked. It stopped the immediate attacks. But watch out, it’s dangerous. It makes you the bad guys. And when it gets...
...again give up on figuring out the menu, agree to something I don't understand, and end up with bowl of Ramen and pork chops. I wash it down with a painfully cloying iced tea. When I have a question in the bill, the employees seem to barely suppress the urge to explode at me. All romantic notions of lingering to sip and chat are gone. I pay my bill and leave, unsettled. What...
After his visa was revoked August 5, Cheek said the Chinese government official who called him said he was "not required to give a reason" for revoking the visa. "The Chinese government's efforts to suppress athletes...who speak about essential human rights is a violation of that core Olympic spirit," Cheek said in a statement (Cheek did not immediately respond to a phone call and email from TIME.) During our pre-trip talk, Cheek has been more optimistic. "Ultimately, the legacy of these Games haven't yet been sealed," he said. "There's still great hope, despite...