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President Bush Renews Focus in the War on Terror
Will the latest White House version of military tribunals guarantee fair trials? Plus, Valerie Plame Wilson's real job before she was outed as an agent of CIA.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush has repeated his challenge to Congress to establish military tribunals for suspects in the war on terror. Will the new rules prevent torture and guarantee fair trials?Can the President change the subject away from Iraq before the November elections? Plus, the dispute continues over the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. Was it a White House conspiracy?Does it still matter?
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3 storiesPrime Minister Tony Blair to Quit within a Year
President Bush's international ally in the war in Iraq has been Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, but yesterday eight members of Blair's own government resigned, and today Blair confirmed that he too will resign some time in the next year.
Read the story6 minPresident Bush Renews Focus in the War on Terror
President Bush today repeated his challenge to Congress to give him the tools he says he needs to try notorious suspects in the war on terror. In his fourth speech of a series leading up to September 11, he referred again to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks on New York and Washington five years ago.
Read the story34 minThe Spin and Scandal of the War in Iraq
A new book by two Newsweek investigative reporters claims to report "what was really behind the US-led invasion of Iraq." It reveals the original source for the newspaper column that outted Valerie Plame Wilson and describes what she really did at the CIA.
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