European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 stars and stripes thursday april 5 2007 Ben freelance vide Grapher Joshua Wolf Waves to journalists tuesday As he exits the parking lot of the Federal correctional institution in Dublin Calif Wolf was released tuesday after spending More time behind bars than any other journalist for refusing to testify to a grand jury freelance journalist freed after 226 Days in a Federal prison by David kravets the associated press Dublin Calif video blog Ger Joshua Wolf who spent a record setting stint behind bars for refusing to turn Over his foot age of a chaotic 2005 Street pro test walked out of prison after Cut Ting a Deal with prosecutors Wolf 24 said tuesday he was looking Forward to pizza and a Beer after having spent 226 Days in than any journalist who refused to testify under the Deal with prosecutors Wolf agreed to turn Over the uncut video which he also posted on his web site tuesday but he re fused to testify before the grand jury about the events at the pro test or the identities of participants i will not under any Circum stances testify before a grand jury Wolf said his prison time surpassed the previous record set by Vanessa Leggett a Houston based freelancer who served 168 Days in 2001 and 2002 for declining to reveal unpublished material about a Mur Der Case Wolf had been found in con tempt for refusing to obey a subpoena to turn Over his video from a july 2005 protest during the g8 economic Summit where anarchists were suspected of vandalizing a san Francisco police car one City officer was struck during the rally and his Skull was Frac tured Wolf a freelancer sold some footage to san Francisco television stations and posted it on his web site but refused to turn Over unpublished material the footage Wolf posted online tuesday does not capture the alleged crimes authorities Are investigating defense lawyer David Greene said wolfs lawyers had argued that the first amendment gave him the right to refuse the subpoena to turn Over the rest of his tape now that the fences of the Law and the tradition that has protected the press Are broken Down the people Are the victims the first amendment As i read it was designed precisely to prevent that tragedy Wolf said in prepared statement he read tues Day on the Steps of san Francisco City Hall Iraq american on trial for allegedly spying on dissidents the associated press Chicago the trial of an alleged Sleeper agent for Saddam Hussein intelligence service began tuesday with a Federal prosecutor accusing him of spy ing on iraqi dissidents in the us Sami Latchin a 59yearold Iraq born us citizen is accused of spying on us based critics of the deposed iraqi dictator who was hanged dec 30 there is a spy in this room assistant us attorney James m Conway told jurors in the court room of us District Latchin is not accused of espionage prosecutors say his spying was aimed Only at iraqi civilians in the United states the former airline employee was arrested in August 2004 when prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with Mak ing false statements to immigration authorities on a us citizen ship application authorities claim he failed to disclose that he had been a Mem Ber of the baath party and had served in Iraq intelligence ser vice if convicted on All counts Latchin could face a maximum of 25 years in prison three former iraqi intelligence officers Are expected to testify against him defense attorney Mary Higgins judge called them professional career trained liars foreign policy is making Many americans anxious by Desmond Butler the associated press Washington americans Are expressing growing nervous Ness about their country foreign policy according to a Survey with about two thirds saying relations with the rest of the world Are on the wrong track the poll completed in March found that Public pessimism extends beyond the War in Iraq More than eight in 10 respondents said they were worried about the Way things Are going for the United states in world affairs three quarters of americans also said they worry about global warming up from two thirds in september 2006 the poll included an anxiety indicator that calculates the level of angst in the country based on answers to five questions the indicator registered 137 on a scale of Zero to 200 with Zero being the most secure and 200 the most anxious the figure registered in the latest Survey moved up seven Points since a similar Survey in september the anxiety indicator is mov ing closer to the 150 Mark the red zone that to me would signal a full blown crisis of Public Confidence said Survey researcher Daniel Yankelovich chairman of Public Agenda the nonpartisan Public policy Institute that re leased the study wednesday along with the publication for eign affairs the indicator reflects data from individual polls about whether respondents worry about the nations position in the world whether they think the country faces increasing dangers abroad whether us policy is on the wrong track and whether they be Lieve the United states is viewed negatively abroad this was the fourth Public Agenda Confidence in us for eign policy Index the first was in june 2005 the second in Janu Ary 2006 the third in september Here Are some of the other find Ings 82 percent say the world is becoming More dangerous for the United states and its people with 48 percent saying much More dangerous 73 percent say the United states is not doing a Good Job As a Leader in creating a More peace Ful and prosperous world with 34 percent saying it has done a poor Job 68 percent believe the rest of the world sees the United states negatively with 34 percent say ing very Survey was based on Telephone inter views with 1013 adults Between feb 21 and March 4 the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage Points