Monday Monday Monday…. Alas a short weekend and a monday full of busy work. Jeez I hate coming back to work and having 50 emails and 50 things to do.

Here’s what’s going on in the news.

U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained new information indicating Iraq is holding captive a U.S. Navy pilot shot down during the Persian Gulf war, The Washington Times has learned. British intelligence provided the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with the new information several months ago, and intelligence officials said it could assist in the ongoing investigation into the fate of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher.
Cmdr. Speicher was declared killed in action in 1991 after his F-18 Hornet was shot down over Iraq. But last year he was re-classified as “missing in action” by the Pentagon, based on information from an Iraqi defector.
According to U.S. intelligence officials, the British intelligence information was based on an additional intelligence source

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