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...really that easy for the U.S. government to keep someone in solitary for nine months on evidence so shoddy that once the facts have to be produced, 98% of the charges get dropped? As Judge James Parker said last week, "The Executive Branch has enormous power, the abuse of which can be devastating to our citizens." And it exercises this power more often than you might think...
...million Amount John Osorio, a former Texas insurance commissioner, claimed in a lottery prize last week...
...another front-page story. This one took pains to explain that building an espionage case is an "imprecise art" and that federal investigators may have "focused too soon" on Lee. The paper's editorial page has also redirected its barbs, prodding the President to appoint an independent examiner. Last week the Times maintained that "if racial profiling is found, investigators and prosecutors should be called to account for their conduct...
...conduct, the Times says it has faithfully reported on all angles of the case. But after White House spokesman Joe Lockhart railed against the climate of "near hysterical investigative reporting" late last week, the Times released a statement by managing editor Bill Keller that it is "looking back at the full run of our coverage to see how it stands up in light of the latest developments and whether there are lessons to be learned." The paper quoted Keller's statement in a front-page story last Saturday. Presumably the review will look at whether the paper should have relied...
OLYM-POKE GOLD A heated exhibition of skill, reflex and endurance will begin in Sydney next week. No, not the Olympics. It's the first Pokemon World Championship. In case you're clueless--or past age 14--here's how it works: players "train" six creatures on their Nintendo Game Boys, upload them to virtual stadiums and they bludgeon one another into comas. U.S. hopes rest on national champ Ian Garvey, 13, from New Hope...