The Wake-Up Call

Scandal Sheet- The definition of chutzpah: Shirlington Limousine, the company with $25 million in government contracts to shuttle imprisoned Congressman Duke Cunningham and escorts around town, is suing DHS for cutting them off. 

- So, who has Jack Abramoff been ratting out in an attempt to get his sentence reduced? 

- Too little, too late: About 70 percent of American priests accused of molesting kids are either deceased or have left the clergy. 

War on Terror
- Al-Qaeda wreaks havoc in North Africa, killing 17 and injuring 80 in bomb attacks in Algeria. 

Activism
- Seattle clears arrest records of WTO protesters, pays $1 million in settlement, agrees to overhaul training 

- Is the US-Vietnam thaw hazardous to dissidents in that country? In recent months, activists have experienced the worst crackdown on human rights in 20 years. 

Pictured on the left is Father Ly Van Nguyen, who was physically muzzled after reciting four lines of his own poetry in court, where he’s charged with propagandizing against the government.

The beginning of his poem: “Communist trial of Vietnam, A lewd comedy for years, Jurors a bunch of baboons, Servants of dictators, who are you to judge?”

Corporate Culture
- White-collar criminals go unpunished for defrauding investors and embezzling money because the FBI is focused on national security.

- The U.S. has quietly been negotiating a nuclear cooperation agreement with India, the first such deal with a country that has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. That’s despite recent revelations about the theft of sensitive U.S. military info by Indian nationals.

Risky Reporting
Two men arrested in execution-style killing of Mexican TV reporter Amado Ramirez.

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