t’s a conspiracy plot straight out of a spy novel: on Monday, the Guardian reported that as part of the Osama Bin Laden capture effort, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) set up a fake vaccination clinic in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to collect DNA from Bin Laden’s children. The idea was to look for a match with DNA from Bin Laden’s sister, who died in early 2010 in Boston, to verify that the Bin Laden family was in the compound before attacking. It’s not clear whether the ploy worked; the CIA isn’t talking.
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Daily Archives: 15 July 2011
June Was Deadliest Month for U.S. in Iraq Since 2008
Three more American soldiers were killed this week, the United States military announced on Thursday, bringing the combat-related deaths for United States forces in Iraq to a monthly toll not seen since 2008. (Read more from nytimes.com)
Ron Paul Paid $352 By Lobbyists, Boehner Paid $202,165, Pelosi Paid $695,282
Great charts of who and how much here.