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While I was heartened to hear that USAF Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi, like Army Chaplain (Capt) James Yee before him, had been cleared of charges of espionage and treason, I am nevertheless still deeply disturbed by the lack of media attention given this case. Granted, the allegations made a huge splash when they first surfaced in the fall of 2003, fueled to a white hot frenzy by prosecutorial whisperings of possible death sentences. At that time, the government was happy to have us believe that the tentacled reach of Al Qaeda extended all the way to the ranks of...

Russia's ratification of the Kyoto ``greenhouse effect'' treaty will bring the agreement into force among those who have ratified, and that will increase pressure on the United States to join in. The next president, whoever he is, should resist this siren's call. U.S. policy should be devoted to trying to produce a new treaty on entirely different lines without loopholes big enough to drive a small asteroid through. The major loophole is what it has always been: failure to impose any requirements on rapidly industrializing countries - or even to include them as members of the endeavor. Their inclusion is...