Happy New Year!  The Central Intelligence Agency abducts, Khaled El-Masri, a German national, in Skopje, Macedonia, because his name is similar to that of 9-1-1 (9/11/2001) recruiter, Khalid al-Masri.  There is no tribunal or judge to check the evidence against those picked up by the CIA is also responsible for policing itself for errors.

       Postscript: Masri was held for five months in Afghanistan where he was kept in a cold and dirty cell, that was continuously dark.  He was severely beaten on his first night of captivity.

       [added 12/17/2023]

Subsequent Events:

3/31/2004                    6/18/2004

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Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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