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...committed to step up the murky struggle with the Soviet Union in the back alleys of the world. They were determined not just to contain but to roll back what they saw as a pattern of alarming Communist advances. They quickly grew impatient with congressional restrictions and the inbred caution of the State Department, the Pentagon and even the CIA. They turned increasingly to covert operations, including some not subject to the checks and balances of normal Government. That, combined with sloppy management from the President on down, opened the way to, if it did not make inevitable, the ascendancy...
Before he left the U.S. for Moscow, Helms made sure he had proper bedroom attire, since he figured he might be photographed by a hidden camera. He also assumed his room would be bugged, and so he put his mind on caution: say nothing sensitive in close quarters. He found himself utterly unsurprised by the city as he drove from the airport to his hotel: "It was drab, monotonous, massive." Only the dazzling, painted spires and domes of the Kremlin and St. Basil's cathedral seemed to challenge the glum and crowded streets. The place brooded, threatened, Helms thought...
Some experts are dismayed by the prospect that local zoning boards may now act with excessive caution. "I think communities must be free to plan and take chances," says Curtis Berger, a Columbia University law professor. "They ought not to be forced to plan at their peril." Worries Jim Williams of the Washington State Association of Counties: "Right now we've got a small tiger by the tail, and we don't know how big it's going...
Amid the welcomes there were a few voices of caution. Henry Kaufman, a partner at the Salomon Brothers investment firm and one of Wall Street's most famed Cassandras, warned that Greenspan's appointment in the short haul "is a negative both for the dollar and for interest rates." Allen Sinai, chief economist at the Shearson Lehman Brothers investment house, noted that Greenspan "does not have much experience in international finance...
...even proponents of such candidates caution there could be problems in choosing a Corporation member solely based on race and gender because of the tiny size of the Board. More important factors such as the Corporation's need for a scientific specialist may override pressure for a choice based on gender or race...