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...Henry Kissinger even wiretapped his own aides. But the "all fruit" assumption doesn't take into account the strict constraints placed on the intelligence community after the Nixon debacle, or the lethally elusive nature of the current terrorist threat. The liberal reaction is also an understandable consequence of the Bush Administration's tendency to play fast and loose on issues of war and peace-rushing to war after overhyping the intelligence on Saddam Hussein's nuclear-weapons program, appearing to tolerate torture, keeping secret prisons in foreign countries and denying prisoners basic rights. At the very least, the Administration should...
...chance to hobnob with the Big Man on Campus over a lavish spread of coconut cream pie, eclairs, and hot cider. But Summers, who was joined by his wife of three weeks, Professor of English Elisa New, spent less time on the dance floor this year. Asked to account for his reticence, the president called himself a “married man.” Standing at the edge of the dance floor, Summers complimented the students’ moves. “It’s a very spirited class,” he said, nibbling on a piece...
...Himmler and Adolf Eichmann - another gang that slaughtered Jews - would he portray them with the same degree of generosity and tolerance? Al Ramrus Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. I was a student at Hebrew University in Jerusalem during and after the Munich massacre. Also, I remember in later years the accounts in Israeli newspapers of the Israelis involved in the sanctioned killings. Those were people who did not enjoy killing but who felt no particular guilt about what they were ordered to do. They understood that it was about justice, not revenge. Rafael Guber Los Angeles In Time's interview with...
...California Institute for Federal Policy Research, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. ?This was risk-based all along. Maybe now it?s a little more risk-based, maybe not.? Now, as always, the formula is a secret. We just know what Chertoff told us: that it takes into account the threats and vulnerabilities facing a given city, in addition to the consequences of a possible attack. We have no idea why Phoenix and Las Vegas are now on probation and could lose funding altogether-while Milwaukee and Indianapolis remain in good standing...
...when he visited the student’s house, his family knew nothing about the supposed agents or their visits. Confronted by Williams, the student broke down and admitted that he had made up the entire story. Williams said he had no idea why the student made up the account. “In this case, I’m heartbroken that my trust in the student led to this,” he said in a telephone interview.Williams and Robert E. Pontbriand, a lecturer in the history department at UMass-Dartmouth, had relayed the student’s tale...