Protests also flared across Pakistan in the hours before Mr. Bush arrived in Islamabad. There was heavy security as Air Force I arrived after dark with lights off and window shades pulled. Just yesterday in Karachi, a suicide bomber killed an American diplomat. Today police broke up a crowd trying to march on the consulate there.The US defense department released today the names of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A federal judge ordered the release in a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act. The Bush administration withheld the names for four years. It argued that identifying the men publicly would violate their privacy and endanger them and their families.
Another video shed light on official confusion after hurricane Katrina hit. The Associated Press(AP) obtained the tape of a federal-state briefing. It was hours after the storm came ashore and officials were asking about the New Orleans levees. Governor Kathleen Blanco discussed the flooding on a telephone hookup. --- We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees. We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee, we have not breached the levee at this point of time.At that same briefing, the Federal Emergency director Michael Brown said President Bush was asking about possible levee breaks. In fact, the National Weather Service had reported a break three hours earlier.
The maker of the Blackberry wireless device settled a patent dispute today. Research in Motion agreed to pay $612 million to a small Virginia firm NTP. The settlement ensured thousands of users will not lose service. The handheld Blackberry sends and receives email and serves as a digital planner and phonebook.
