The Icelanders won that one after they threatened to close a NATO base and the defense alliance moved in to mediate the conflict.
McClellan closes with a defense of the Constitution; however, in the name of fighting crime, he originated or vigorously supported almost every recent proposal to undermine that foundation of freedom the Bill of Rights--he led the fight in Congress & out, to make the Supreme Court an unequal branch of gov't.
(Reuters) MIDDLE EAST IRAN: JEWS' TRIAL NEARS END -- Four of 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel returned to court for a brief hearing as the trial approached its close, and a defense lawyer hammered away at what the state calls confessions of guilt by eight of the accused.
In fact, the county's overall unemployment and poverty statistics would probably make it ineligible for a designation, but the county is seeking to qualify in a different category, one that provides relief from the closing of a defense plant or military base.
The source, "close to the defense investigation," called the woman a prostitute — an angle the Post has pushed.
Afterward, Susan R. Necheles, a lawyer for Mr. Espada, and Russell M. Gioiella, a lawyer for his son, will close for the defense.
After a year he was switched to close defense.
Architecturally, though, the closest thing to a defense came from John Jurayj, co-chairman of the Modern Architecture Working Group, a preservationist organization.
Browne has hardly said a sentence that wouldn't fit in a a closing statement in a defense built around post-traumatic stress disorder or diminished capacity — the loving husband and father broken by the war.
The closing argument of George Pease, a defense lawyer in the case of a suburban Chicago man sentenced to death, was described by a federal judge as "a rambling, incoherent discourse".
