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Sifting for truth in the war on terrorism
SUDDENLY , War and Peace looks short. Consider the 12,000-page weapons declaration shipped from Iraq to the UN last month. Imagine sifting through reams of irrelevant data in the quest to uncover one or two useful clues.
In a way, the experts given that task represent a whole class of specialists at work in the war on terrorism who cull valuable nuggets of information from mountains of worthless gravel. They might, for instance, answer a phone-tip line—one where the public calls in, theoretically, with leads on possible threats. But apparently real leads are rare.
About the author
Channing Walker is a contributing editor.

January 13, 2003 issue
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Is life a gamble?
Bill Dawley
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letters
with contributions from Melanie Shoop, Shirley Ball, Debby Kowit, Evelyn Horn
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items of interest
with contributions from Sarah Ruth van Gelder, Marilyn Elias, Terry Mattingly
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Living with certainty
By Margaret Rogers
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GAMBLING: Does it pay or does it cost?
Steve Carlson with contributions from Lamar Smith, William E. Moody
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'I DIDN'T WANT TO TRUST A RANDOM GOD'
Jan Keeler
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'I FEEL COMFORT AND INNER PEACE'
Art Colyar
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Three episodes in a journey of healing
By Lynne Darnell
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If Jesus held a press conference on the economy
By Brian Clendenen
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Course focuses on FORGIVENESS
BY Sentinel Staff
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Red flag alert: I've got mail for you!
By Kim Shippey Senior Writer
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Love me, love my typewriter
By Ginny Luedeman
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with contributions from Whittier, Theodore Parker, Emerson
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Sifting for truth in the war on terrorism
By Channing Walker
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Spiritual healing isn't chancy
Jenny Sawyer
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Breast-feeding pain and infection healed
Melanie Wahlberg
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A transformation took place in my life
Marcelo Souza de Carvalho
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Christian Science—and the future of Christendom
Mary Trammell