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Bakr spoke about his first meeting--and many others over several months--with al-Zarqawi in a recent interview with TIME in Baghdad. He admitted he was using a pseudonym and asked that some details of his experiences be omitted in order to avoid al-Zarqawi's wrath. The anecdotes and other details in his account were verified by several sources, including a second al-Qaeda fighter who has spent some time close to al-Zarqawi, commanders of two Iraqi insurgent groups who have met the Jordanian-born terrorist, U.S. counterterrorism officials-- who confirmed some aspects and cast doubt...
...agreed to visit the family twice a week to make sure they were holding together. Most controversial, however, was Finch's proposal that if Karla and John should decide to use drugs, they do so when Justin was not home but at a relative's, to protect him and avoid losing custody. "We don't encourage parents' using," says Christie Bausman, another county social worker, "but we know that they might. If they're going to use, we ask them, 'How can you use when your children aren't around and in a way that won't damage them...
...credentials. I am also a high school dropout. There was some encouragement for me to leave, but I made the decision. I was too smart for my own good--and too angry. After 10 years of lousy jobs, I dropped back in. My goal now is to help students avoid the foolish mistake I made 17 years ago. Like Sarah Miller in your story, I was worried that I would "look stupid," but I finally worked up the courage to go back. To Sarah I offer this advice: it is not too late to go back to school. There will...
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...even during questioning by his own lawyer, Lay appeared to avoid answering some questions directly, saying only what he wanted to say, when he wanted to say it. "Ken Lay wants you to believe he relied on his lawyers while at Enron, but he's not relying on them at trial," says Houston attorney Joel Androphy, author of a the textbook White Collar Crime. Lay's lead attorney, Mike Ramsey, has not returned to the courtroom after heart surgery. While his team of three attorneys, along with Lay's daughter Elizabeth Vittor, have been in charge since, Lay appears...