The article quoted two unidentified witnesses who said Sprewell broke his hand throwing a punch at a guest and hit a wall instead.

Khanty had enough spies everywhere that she knew where two unidentified witnesses were.

And he announced cryptically that the defense would call a new, unidentified witness with "startling" testimony, possibly by Wednesday.

It appears to be based largely on interviews with almost 90 former drug traffickers, reputed Salinas associates and other, mostly unidentified witnesses.

Another, he said, contained information about an unidentified witness who made an allegation about the possible involvement of someone else, also unidentified.

An unidentified witness confirmed the account, the police said.

According to an unidentified witness, Mr. Houghton left a travel case, then departed.

The antiterrorism law authorizes police officers to detain suspects for up to 90 days without a trial and to accept testimony from unidentified witnesses.

Arguedas also criticized the agency for attempting to have Montgomery respond to "'anticipated" testimony from unidentified witnesses.

"They fired without mercy for several minutes at the colonel, who was hit more than a hundred times," an unidentified witness told Radio Caracol.