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NOVANEWS ShareFrom CNN: From Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon correspondent Washington (CNN) — A former high-ranking CIA official who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal has worked on an alleged ad hoc spy program that the Pentagon is investigating, CNN has learned. Duane “Dewey” Clarridge — who was pardoned for his alleged role in the Reagan-era scandal by President George H. W. Bush in the waning hours of his presidency in 1992 — is using contacts in Afghanistan and Pakistan to obtain information for the Pentagon, according to former government officials familiar with the current program. They declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.The Pentagon has launched an assessment of the roles of at least three contractor companies with more than $20 million in contracts, acco...

NOVANEWS "Despite a February 15th United Nations review of its human-rights practices, Iran’s government has not curbed its censorship and repression of women’s rights activists. The morning after the review was held, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian feminist lawyer, was detained by the Iranian government. Her alleged crime is “to have spoken with foreign media” about human rights violations in Iran. Meanwhile, women activists report to Ms. that threats against them are ongoing and they believe their cell phones are tapped by the state." I am citing this although the credibility of Ms on women in the Middle East is like the credibility of Bush...in the Middle East. Posted by As'ad at 7:50 AM www.angryarab.blogspot.com