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...could also mean a CIA that once again steps beyond the realm of collecting secrets to intervening forcibly in the affairs of foreign states. In that area, the agency's history has often been one of blunders and worse, from Iran and Guatemala in the 1950s through the Bay of Pigs fiasco under John F. Kennedy to the Nicaraguan war that led to the Iran-contra debacle in the '80s. Some longtime intelligence watchers are wondering whether a reinvigorated paramilitary wing of the CIA could be a mixed blessing for America once again. And the military itself...
...Obviously, it was aimed a level to be popular,” said Stanley Fay, a professor of Calculus at Mass Bay Community College. “Consequently it did not have any proof...
...Murdering Pearl on camera, however, may not have been part of the original plan, some investigators say. It was Pearl's bad luck, they believe, that during the week of his captivity, the television news featured images that would have infuriated his captors: shackled and blindfolded prisoners at Guant?namo Bay, and Israeli tanks smashing down Palestinian homes. Nor did it help Pearl that a Pakistani newspaper reported that he was Jewish. On top of that, the Pakistani authorities had just begun rounding up Islamic radicals across the country. "The international events were sufficient for any Islamic militant to become emotional...
...Buccaneers paid that hefty price to acquire coach Jon Gruden last offseason in a trade with the Raiders (who also made out like, um, bandits), but he put them over the hump after they stalled in the playoffs four of the last five years. Now Tampa Bay has wiggled out of the undistinguished group of franchises that have never advanced to the Super Bowl: Arizona, Carolina, Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville, New Orleans and Seattle. Considering only one of those teams, Cleveland, even made the playoffs this season, it's no stretch to say they'd all accept a similar deal...
...Props to not even consider: Tampa Bay to win by more than 37 points (60/1) and Raiders will score exactly 4 points (750/1...