Archive for January 23rd, 2007
Letter to the editor earns 81-year-old Pa. man a visit from Secret Service agents
AP | Jan. 22, 2007
An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein’s execution that “they hanged the wrong man” got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush.
The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday’s edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It [...]
U.S. warns Iran to back down
AP | Jan. 23, 2007
By Jim Krane
A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington’s way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday.
Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with [...]
The Rockefeller File
