] Mohammed Kalif, a Mid-Eastern man with an intelligence
] file stemming from weapons smuggling and political
] dissidence, comes across CIA's technical intercepts radar
] screen. Tapes of his conversations reveal he is a
] procurer of small arms.

This is a poor description. This show is a dramatization of a successful effort by CIA to shut down a biological weapons attack on Los Angeles in July of 2003! Check it out...

Covert Action :: Operation Iron Grip

So what to do?

This is a good article. I think this view is correct.

War of Ideas, Part 1

Whatever happened, it is widely agreed here that the security breach was alarming.

Pakistan Bombing Aimed at Military Ruler Highlights His Role

] The U.S. Intelligence Community has received a
] substantial increase in the volume of threat related
] intelligence reports.  
]
] These credible sources suggest the possibility of attacks
] against the homeland around the holiday season and
] beyond.  
]
] The strategic indicators, including al-Qaida's continued
] desire to carry out attacks against our homeland, are
] perhaps greater now than at any point since September
] 11th.  

Alert level orange...

] The next six months in Iraq - which will determine
] the prospects for democracy-building there - are the
] most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a
] long, long time.

The Chant Not Heard

] Senior Defense Department officials said Sunday that the
] military may soon release to their home countries scores
] of detainees, perhaps more than 100, who are being held
] in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

U.S. in Talks to Return Scores Held at Base

Congressional negotiators approved a measure on Wednesday to expand the FBI's counterterrorism powers, despite concerns from some lawmakers who said that the measure gave the government too much authority and that the public had been shut out of the debate.

Lawmakers Approve Expansion of FBI's Antiterrorism Powers

] American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity
] said the evidence was strong that Mr. Arar had associated
] with suspected Islamic militants over a long period in
] Canada. They say he confessed under torture in Syria that
] he had gone to Afghanistan for terrorist training, named
] his instructors and gave other intimate details.

Is this the spin they are going to run with here? That a cosigned lease really is evidence of involvement with Al'Q, and that a confession obtained under duress in a Syrian prison is credible? If we're that gullible we're really in trouble.

Qaeda Pawn, US Calls Him. Victim, He Calls Himself.

] On 21 September 2002, The Memory Hole posted an extract
] from an essay by George Bush Sr. and Brent Scowcroft, in
] which they explain why they didn't have the military push
] into Iraq and topple Saddam during Gulf War 1. Although
] there are differences between the Iraq situations in 1991
] and 2002-3, Bush's key points apply to both.
]
] But a funny thing happened. Fairly recently, Time pulled
] the essay off of their site.

The Memory Hole: Reasons Not to Invade Iraq, by George Bush Sr.

"At times, the price of truth is so high that a democratic society is not prepared to pay it."

I recommend this speech because I like it. I'll opine that there is often a very fine line between the Department of Justice and his Department of Federal Prosecutors. That Israeli decision was discussed in a way too wordy article in the October Atlantic Monthly. When coercion was authorized by the courts, it was envisioned that it would only be employed in limited situations. 12 years later it was employed in 2/3rds of the cases involving Palestinians. Rarely does one see a better example of a slippery slope in action.

I don't really see this as simply a matter of having to give up the truth. These kinds of methods easily cross the line from investigation to punishment. When investigation becomes punitive there can be no justice.

Terrorism and the U.S. Criminal Justice System