31.   The defense also sought access to an unidentified CIA official who was with slain CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann when Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Afghanistan.

32.   The nationality of the slain officer was not available.

33.   The seven officers were killed shortly after attending a funeral for another slain officer, said the Arabic daily Al Charq el Awsat.

34.   The slain officers were the first Dagestan policemen to die on the job this year, ITAR-Tass said.

35.   The slain officers were not being escorted by British soldiers, as often is the practice in Northern Ireland, and apparently had no chance to return fire.

36.   The slain officer was shot three times, Holder said.

37.   The slain officer was the second in Harris County to be shot to death Tuesday.

38.   The slain officer was not identified.

39.   The bodies of the slain officers were found here on Monday.