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...appreciate why. Mammalian cloning is an intricate process involving at least three animals, hundreds of eggs, hundreds of more mature cells and not a single sperm. The key challenge is to undo the development of an adult cell--which, like all cells, contains in its DNA the genetic blueprint of the entire organism--that has been programmed or "differentiated" to be one kind of cell (skin or bone or nerve) and no other kind. Somehow, scientists must trick this mature, fully developed cell into resetting its genetic clock so that it can begin life anew as an embryo...
Imagine a blueprint for a paint-can-like device spewing hydrogen-cyanide gas gleaned from a computer in Saudi Arabia. Virulent anthrax developed by terrorists in Afghanistan. Most fearful of all, a fateful campfire meeting outside the Kandahar, Afghanistan, where al Qaeda leaders met secretly with a senior Pakistani weapons experts to discuss making al-Qaeda the first nuclear-armed terrorists in history. That's the witch's brew of what the experts call NBC - nuclear, biological and chemical - weapons. It's the terrorists' trifecta and the scary spine of Ron Suskind's new book, The One Percent Doctrine: Deep...
...Pence, a rising star in the House, is suggesting a temporary worker program based on a database run by private industry. And unlike the leading plan in the Senate and the blueprint sketched by Bush, his ?Border Integrity and Immigration Reform Act? would require all applicants to leave the country first. Pence tweaks a phrase from Bush?s address to the nation by calling the compromise ?a REAL rational middle ground.? Even though Bush has said his preferred solution ?ain?t amnesty,? Pence appeals to hard-liners by calling the compromise a ?no-amnesty solution...
...piece of legislation--the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004--that was passed in December of 2004 and set up the office of the DNI [director of national intelligence] and Ambassador [John] Negroponte. In my mind it's a flawed piece of legislation. There is no strategic blueprint for the intelligence community. And therefore there's confusion over roles and responsibilities. The CIA is caught up in that confusion...
...than 20% of 7 World Trade Center's 1.7 million sq. ft. are spoken for. But at least the building is real. Of the commercial buildings, cultural centers and memorial planned for the site (10 in all), 7 World Trade Center is the only one that exists much beyond blueprint and imagination. In the 412 years since 9/11, ground zero has been excavated, purified and turned into a place of pilgrimage. When completed, the new World Trade Center memorial will attract 10 million visitors a year, its handlers expect. Ground zero has inspired dozens of books, several documentaries and passionate...