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?White House spokesman Tony Snow holds the last press conference in the JAMES BRADY BRIEFING ROOM before the corps moves across the street and the dank former swimming pool gets a high-tech makeover. Even money on whether Bush will ever let the press back in.
"You're a real hero to the Chinese!" exclaimed a Chinese journalist at President Vladimir Putin's farewell briefing to press gathered for the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. Putin smiled modestly to thundering applause from the audience. Earlier, he had told them, "We believe that the summit has been...
Years of pummeling by the press and Congress, plus wrenching changes produced by the bureau's shift in focus to antiterrorism, have depressed morale, even in the highest ranks. That has coincided with lucrative employment offers to agents from firms desperate for experienced security chiefs in the wake of 9/11...
"The man's got to see this," Tenet said, and called the White House to clear a few extra CIA briefers for the next morning's presidential briefing.
After the Oval Office briefing, Bush ordered alerts sent through the U.S. government. Tenet held meetings with the intelligence chiefs. Rolf and Leon showed the device to the relevant people in law enforcement and other intelligence services. The word had to be spread. The device was unstoppable - for people walking...