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Counterterrorism Fight Blurs Lines Between Government, Private Sectors

 

Published 12/27/2008 by Richard Leiby at Wash Post Obama Administration

After a federal jury in New York swiftly convicted a major Afghan heroin trafficker and Taliban supporter named Haji Bashir Noorzai, the government promptly issued the usual celebratory news release thanking the men and women of the DEA and FBI for their "countless sacrifices" in making the case. (link)

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