Word: breach
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...Scooter's Fate The indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's aide Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice [Nov. 7] was the first breach in the protective wall of lies and deception that allowed the Administration to drag us into the senseless, totally unjustified war in Iraq. Now that the wall has been broken in one place, the truth will come flooding through. In a democracy, citizens are guilty of the sins of their leaders because voters chose them. We cannot pretend we are blameless. We elected them, and we are just as guilty as they...
...conclude that most people no longer trust the President is wrong. Americans twice chose to elect Bush. Barbara Schaaf Hollister, Missouri, U.S. Scooter's Fate the indictment of vice president dick Cheney's aide Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice [Nov. 7] was the first breach in the protective wall of lies and deception that has allowed the Administration to drag us into the senseless, totally unjustified war in Iraq. Now that the wall has been broken in one place, the truth will come flooding through. In a democracy, citizens are guilty of the sins of their leaders...
...Great Chinese Takeaway--in which Charles calls Chinese diplomats, including then President Jiang Zemin, "appalling old waxworks." The paper claims that the journal was never private--the Prince reportedly distributed copies to friends and relatives--but last week Charles' lawyers filed suit against the Mail's publisher for breach of copyright and confidentiality. Just goes to show that even decades of making small talk can't teach a person to keep his mouth shut...
...Wire Act, a 1960s law aimed mainly at mobsters that prohibits anyone in the gaming business from transmitting bets by wire communication. And in March the World Trade Organization in Geneva upheld a complaint by Antigua that U.S. restrictions on cross-border Internet gaming amounted to a breach of free-trade rules. Says lawyer Mark Mendel, who represented Antigua: "They say all Internet gaming is illegal throughout the U.S., but that simply isn't true...
...immigrants, which is dividing Republicans like few other issues. But it's not just his policies that are in danger; his presidency is hampered by a CIA leak investigation and trials that could cripple him for his remaining 39 months in office. Now the President can repair the breach with conservatives. They are likely to quickly forgive him this indiscretion. And he will, at the very least, have Harriet Miers, his sweet, amiable and able friend just down the hall to help...