News you may have missed #0077
August 24, 2009 Leave a comment
- US military to stay in Philippines. This probably partly explains the frequent visits to the Philippines by US intelligence officials in recent weeks.
- Egypt begins trial of 26 alleged Hezbollah spies. Egypt began the trial on Sunday of 26 men suspected of links with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and accused of planning attacks inside Egypt.
- Obama administration renews efforts to quash wiretap lawsuit. The Obama administration is again urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by now-defunct Saudi-based charity, Al-Haramain, against the Bush Administration’s post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping scheme.