A WOMAN in a headscarf, and decked out with a row of turquoise beads, sat on a bench that had seen better times. Her face was drenched in sweat. From within her small handbag a tiny digital tape recorder protruded that had been programmed to play recitations by the Grand Imam of Masjid-il Haram Mosque—she said it was "medicine to combat the frustration of hours of waiting." An official from the Department of Justice also paus