Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 26, 2009. Stephen Goose, director of Human Rights Watch's arms division, called the decision to keep the Bush-era policy "an appalling decision."
Gareth Porter, IPS News. July 14, 2009. The five Iranian detainees were grabbed in a 2007 raid on vague claims by the U.S. military that they were part of a "clandestine network."
Agence France Presse July 14, 2009. "The Iranians are building a huge embassy in Managua," Secretary of State Clinton said in May. "And you can only imagine what that's for." Right-wingers seized on the claim.