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- 08-02-02 Judge Orders US Government to Identify Detainees (MSNBC)
"A federal judge gave the government 15 days Friday to disclose the names of people detained in the investigation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The government was expected to seek a stay of the order pending an appeal." 7-02
- 08-09-02 Combatants Should Get Counsel According to the ABA (Bloomberg.com - Rowley)
"U.S. citizens detained as enemy combatants during the war on terrorism have a right to a lawyer and to challenge their detention in court, an American Bar Association task force said."
" 'United States citizens who are detained by the government have a right under the Constitution to seek release from their detention,' the panel said. Access to the courts to challenge detention is 'a fundamental right which Congress has not suspended.' "
- 08-21-02 Lawmakers Say Oversight is Blocked (Washington Post - Eggen)
"Lawmakers on the House and Senate judiciary committees are complaining that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft is blocking attempts to review Justice Department counterterrorism policies, setting the stage for another round of clashes between the Bush administration and Congress."
- 10-17-02 North Korea Found to Have Nuclear Weapons Program (Guardian Unlimited)
"U.S. officials publicly reveal discovery of North Korea's nuclear weapons program."
- 12-11-02 Bush Administration Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons (Fox News)
"The United States is declaring that it will pull out all the stops and use any means necessary — including nuclear weapons — against Iraq or other hostile countries in response to a chemical or biological attack." 12-02
- 12-28-02 North Korea Expels U.N. Inspectors (Independent - Reeves)
"Washington faced a deepening dilemma last night after North Korea declared it would expel United Nations nuclear non-proliferation monitors." The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is the official name of "North Korea."
"North Korea has two incomplete reactors, with estimated capacities of 50 megawatts (MW) and 200MW, which, according to at least one US estimate, could produce enough plutonium for nearly 30 atomic bombs a year."
"Earlier this week, as part of a series of moves calculated to provoke Washington amid the Iraq crisis, North Korea moved hundreds of fuel rods to a storage room near an atomic research reactor, which it says it will fire up within two months."
- A Senior Al Qaeda Operative Captured (CNN)
"A senior al Qaeda leader described as "a big catch" is in American custody, U.S. government sources told CNN Friday." Other captured senior al Qaeda leaders include "Abu Zubaydah and Ramzi Binalshibh, both of whom are being held by the CIA at undisclosed locations overseas, according to U.S. officials."
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