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...boss of ISI, Lieut. General Ehsan ul- Haq, is regarded as moderate, professional and without political ambition. But some wonder if he is ruthless enough to overhaul an agency still filled with Islamic sympathizers. ISI, says a diplomat, "has to be cut down to size...
...asked the audience to imagine an employee telling his boss, “I can’t find the letter you wrote. I’m going to burn the file drawer...
...grotesque monument to ambition, insecurity and deception. Kissinger whined constantly to Nixon about his own enemies in the Administration, threatened repeatedly to resign unless stroked more thoroughly by the President, and then lied to the outside world about his role in policymaking and gossiped with the press about his boss's many weaknesses...
...Marabh had not been charged with any offense and had not asked for a lawyer, sources told TIME. Investigative sources suggest the slacker pose was just a cunning cover. Still, Al-Marabh didn't try very hard to evade capture last week: minutes before his arrest, he told his boss at 7 Days Liquor in Burbank, Ill., that the authorities wanted him for something that had happened in Boston. "I knew you were coming," he said when FBI agents came to take him away...
...advocate within the Administration for a policy of "regime change" in Baghdad, Wolfowitz has been convinced of Iraq's menace since long before the Gulf War. In 1979, as an analyst in the Pentagon, he authored a secret report warning of Saddam's dangerous ambitions. Now, supported by his boss, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and by Cheney's chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Wolfowitz argued for a far-reaching military response beyond anything Powell had envisioned. Targets would include not only Saddam's regime but also other states that have supported terrorism in the past, like Syria and Iran...