The UK court ruling in the case of Binyam Mohamed demonstrates once more that judges on both sides of the Atlantic have had enough of governments hiding behind national security “secrets” to shield themselves from their many trespasses in the “war on terror”. The court’s decision to publish a seven-paragraph summary of intelligence given to MI5 by the CIA has been met by the convenient, and wholly unbelievable, argument from British and American officials that the release could damage intelligence co-operation and sharing between the two allies
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The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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Most people don’t believe Sarah Palin will win the Republican presidential nomination – but the idea is worth taking seriously Things look bleak for our Sarah, according to a new Washington Post poll . More than 70% of Americans now say she’s not qualified to be president
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Most people don’t believe Sarah Palin will win the Republican presidential nomination – but the idea is worth taking seriously Things look bleak for our Sarah, according to a new Washington Post poll . More than 70% of Americans now say she’s not qualified to be president. More surprisingly, just 45% of conservatives call her qualified, down from 66% last autumn.
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