Epstein Secrets

had a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the role the military should play in postwar Iraq. Gen. Franks retired in mid-2003. with perfect timing. Baghdad had fallen, and he left the mess from that "fundamental misunderstand- ing" for someone else to dean up. The Army is supposed to publish unclassi

anizations and candidates— committed those acts with five underage girls. In the past week, New York Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer has returned about $50,000 in campaign contri- butions he received from Ep- , stein, and Mark Green, a / candidate to replace Spitzer in / See EP

idate Eliot Spitzer has returned about $50,000 in campaign contri- butions he received from Ep- , stein, and Mark Green, a / candidate to replace Spitzer in / See EPSTEIN, 580' EFTA00188353 Lawyer: Jurors often believe adults over ki ► EPSTEIN from IB his current job, has returned $10,000 to him

s a form of statecraft. Ina WikiLeaked U.S. State Department cable, for example, senior Iraqi tribal chief Abu Cheffat confided in a U.S. diplomat in Baghdad that Tehran effectively wielded influence over Iraqi politicians -- ostensibly visiting Iran for "medical treatment" -- by offering inducements inclu

sked them to pray naked in front of him). While American politicians might bounce back from such transgressions with their own television show (see: Spitzer, Eliot), the revelation of the incident reportedly led Zarei to attempt suicide while in prison. The shame of sexual malfeasance has been routinely

2163 4A THE PALM BEACH POST • MONDAY. AUGUST 14. 2006 Mayhem mounts despite added troops Five bombings kill 57 civilians in a Shiite area of Baghdad. As New ler* Times itAGIMAD — As U.S. forces conducted a new se- curity sweep in western Baghdad on Sunday, five ap- parently coordinated bomb.-

al candidate Eliot itzer has returned about S. .000 in campaign contri- butions he received from Ep- stein. and Mark Green, a candidate to replace Spitzer in See EPSTEIN. 58 IP Emily 1. Minor's column will return soon. • State raises Vali, for three schools after appeils, 3B • Gunfire scatters cro