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President Franklin Roosevelt said it well: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." TIME's reporting on the NSA seems aimed at making the American people paranoid. Let the civil libertarians be fearful and anxious. If monitoring our phones keeps just one American from being harmed, the government can listen to my calls anytime it wants...
...unless you bribe the judges,’” Daniloff recalls.Daniloff neither bribed the judges, nor received the scholarship. But he did fulfill his father’s wish that he get into a final club.“My father, being an immigrant and refugee, was anxious for me to develop strong American roots,” Daniloff says. “With this mentality that everything gets done through bribes and personal contacts, he thought that I should get into a final club if at all possible.”While he was admitted...
...patients, the medical staff assumes a God-like status. I recall how big a deal it was for my orthopedic surgeon, Major Gregory Hill, to spend a few minutes going over my prognosis. But the documentary shows the specialists as anxious, overworked and bored as any grunt. One night they repair to the roof of the hospital to smoke cigars and look over the rooftops of Baghdad, spotting explosions a few miles away. "We just see the consequences," says one doctor. Another says, "There's one with your name written all over...
...everything and build it back up, and to not waste time," he explains. "He is in favor of gradual reform. He is a utopian, leading a state like the wise man of a village. That's where I say, 'Life is more complicated than this.'" Seif al Islam is anxious to end speculation that he'll get his own chance to lead Libya some day. He rules out succeeding his father "100 percent," saying his goal is limited to encouraging a civil society as part of Libya's democratization process. No interest at all? "Zero," he replies...
...Here's how it works: Select TSA employees will be trained to identify suspicious individuals who raise red flags by exhibiting unusual or anxious behavior, which can be as simple as changes in mannerisms, excessive sweating on a cool day, or changes in the pitch of a person's voice. Racial or ethnic factors are not a criterion for singling out people, TSA officials say. Those who are identified as suspicious will be examined more thoroughly; for some, the agency will bring in local police to conduct face-to-face interviews and perhaps run the person's name against national...