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...imprisoned for life in 1987 for passing U.S. military secrets to Israel. Ever since the Pollard affair, Israel has publicly insisted it no longer spies on the U.S. "I can tell you here very authoritatively, very categorically, Israel does not spy on the United States," Israel's U.S. ambassador, Daniel Ayalon said last week. "We do not gather information on our best friend and ally." Federal law-enforcement officials say they remain on the lookout for signs that Israelis still pursue U.S. secrets. A former congressional official told TIME that in the 1990s Israelis in Washington were known to routinely...
BUSH [It's] not trashy, but I'm having so much fun reading Lady Catherine Manning's mysteries--our new ambassador from Britain's wife, who writes by the pseudonym Elizabeth Ironside. And there is a mystery writer named Jacqueline Winspear, whose book is called Birds of a Feather. It's set right after World War I. I love to read mysteries for relaxation...
...strategic decision making over Iraqi security remains in U.S. hands. (Accounts differ over who exactly decided to escalate the standoff in Najaf into a fullblown battle, but educated opinion appears to confine the range of possible answers to either the Marine commanders on the ground at Najaf, or U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte...
...role shift for Japanese Olympians from national ambassador to individual icon is all the more dramatic, given that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics. Back then, an ascendant economic power wanted to show just how spectacularly it had risen from the ashes of war. Japan spent $3 billion on those Games and sprinted past Germany for third place in the gold-medal count. In their patriotic frenzy, most Japanese medalists deferentially linked their victories to the country's remarkable economic rise. Still, the compulsion to reap gold for national honor sometimes proved disastrous...
...near the place of death. The Ministry of Defense gave the army clearance to purchase the caskets from a U.S. company at a cost of $2,500 for each casket. That this is the prevailing price for such caskets has been confirmed by U.S. defense authorities and the Indian ambassador to the U.S. A vague recollection by an officer that the U.N. was able to procure such caskets at a price of $172 has been flogged repeatedly without any concern for the truth. Only 150 caskets were ordered in the first lot. Also, the caskets supplied by the U.S. company...