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Thursday, April 1, 2004   7:01:59 PM   NY Times This Isn't America ... On the terrorism front, here's one story that deserves special mention. One of the few successful post-9/11 terror prosecutions [~] a case in Detroit [~] seems to be unraveling. The government withheld information from the defense, and witnesses unfavorable to the prosecution were deported (by accident, the government says). After the former lead prosecutor complained about the Justice Department's handling of the case, he suddenly found himself facing an internal investigation [~] and someone leaked the fact that he was under investigation to the press. Where will it end? In his new book, "Worse Than Watergate," John Dean, of Watergate fame, says, "I've been watching all the elements fall into place for two possible political catastrophes, one that will take the air out of the Bush-Cheney balloon and the other, far more disquieting, that will take the air out of democracy."  ."