Libya's ex-Rebels Arrive in Jordan for Training

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4. Here are some observations of someone who actually taught at Amman's Int'l Police Center:

Don't count your chickens, just yet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/opinion/19iht-edsmith.3.13017839.html

The congressional investigators and journalists I saw were steered clear of any training that was substandard as well-rehearsed students put on demonstrations of police skills designed to impress laymen.

Staff members are ordered not to talk to the press or visiting dignitaries. Students only speak to the press in the presence of their minders.

I can only write these words because I resigned over what I saw as a failed program. Other staff members are kept silent by large paychecks and a promise that they will never work for the State Department again if they speak out.