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...sleuths collect enough leads to be pretty sure something's up but not enough to know precisely what's coming or when. Publicizing the information not only gives targeted populations warning but could also cause the attackers--who may think intelligence officials are closer than they really are--to abandon their plans...
...When I saw Saddam, I thought, 'This person is an accused.' If I had started to think, 'These are men who killed many thousands of Iraqis,' I couldn't do my job." SADDAM'S JUDGE, RAID JUH AL-SAADI, who has decided to abandon his anonymity, when asked if he was nervous about confronting the Iraqi dictator...
...repositioning, the Bush team was not going to abandon one of its best weapons--hitting Kerry from on high. On Air Force One the day after Kerry spoke in Boston, aides described for the President, who hadn't watched the address, the Democrat's line of attack, including his claim that he would always fund U.S. troops. Afterward, Bush asked to pump up the portion of his stump speech that lampooned Kerry's explanation of his vote against the $87 billion to fund the U.S. occupation of Iraq. "There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat," Bush said...
...President's. It does, however, differ in nuance--in its reliance on diplomacy rather than unilateralism and, for future military actions against al-Qaeda, in its reliance on covert intelligence and special operations rather than conventional military assaults. Kerry is not going to bug out of Iraq or abandon the broader war against Islamist radicalism. He even outflanked the President on the right by proposing a larger military. As the campaign progresses, we'll see whether the President outflanks Kerry on the left by bringing some troops home...
...Kennedy, who suggested his own chief of staff, Mary Beth Cahill, to replace Jordan. On Nov. 7, Kerry called Cahill and offered her the job without an interview. On Nov. 9, he sacked Jordan. It was as if a dam had burst. Within a week, Kerry began planning to abandon New Hampshire and transfer 100 staff members to Iowa. He demanded that the reluctant Michael Whouley, a genius organizer, take over the Iowa field operation. He decided to opt out of the federal campaign-finance system, which limits the amount that can be spent in each primary state, even though...