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Western diplomatic cables from the Afghan capital of Kabul seemed to back them up. The reports put guerrilla casualties at no more than 50 dead and several dozen injured. According to the dispatches, the rebels were in good spirits and had ample supplies, while the morale of Afghan soldiers was...
Garrity said the USIA was sending cables to its field offices overseas asking them to provide estimates of how many reporters were coming from their areas.
A more serious objection from many in the intelligence community is that Woodward's expose has divulged classified information that will damage U.S. spying efforts. The book, for example, includes a detailed explanation of Ivy Bells, an eavesdropping operation aimed at Soviet underwater cables, betrayed to Moscow by Spy Ronald...
Nor has anything slowed down Herbert Hoover's Quercus alba, standing a proud 60 ft. In fact, the Hoover white oak has grown rotund, reminding visitors of the fellow who planted it 56 years ago. It makes you wonder if there is some mystic force in Irvin Williams' 18 acres...
One solution would be to make it once again respectable -- perhaps even mandatory -- to tape important discussions and phone conversations for the historical record. The tapes would become the property of the National Archives and could be tightly sealed from all scrutiny for at least two decades, the way that...