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...this wasn't just optimistic bluster. The software titan, who three years ago told a group of Intel executives that "this antitrust thing will blow over," genuinely has nothing but disdain for the Justice Department. "That's been his line all the way through," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "At no point has Gates taken the government's case seriously...
Last week, after Iraq announced it would halt U.N. weapons inspections, U.S. officials accelerated plans to dynamite Saddam Hussein into compliance. As the Pentagon refined its strategy, Defense Secretary William Cohen and National Security Adviser Samuel Berger hit the road to sell the plan to Arab and European leaders. While they got a frosty public response, officials say the private message was a tacit green light. Result: President Clinton may decide to hit Iraq without a U.N. vote, something that has bottled up attack plans in the past. The strike could come this week...
...Defense Secretary Cohen on Thursday continued his Middle East tour, finding little enthusiasm for U.S. military action. Washington has no desire to ratchet up the crisis before it has a game plan -- which may be why its closest U.N. ally, Britain, sponsored the open-ended resolution. Right now, Washington needs time to think...
...point to make. "There's a lot of frustration internationally at the U.S. making empty threats about the use of force," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Washington is feeling the pressure to render military strikes a credible option, and there's no better target than Saddam." Defense Secretary Cohen is in Europe Tuesday to get Gulf War allies on board for action against Iraq's new defiance of the U.N. The Security Council meets Wednesday to formulate a response to Baghdad, which could be a prelude to military strikes -- although Russia, France, China and pro-Western Arab states...
...Avadis Tevanian, hoping that Gates's performance will cast a shadow over his corporation's motives: "A lot of this trial comes down to the perception of whether or not a monopoly played within the rules and used its market share in an appropriate way," says TIME correspondent Adam Cohen. "The video testimony hurt Microsoft because it presented their CEO in an unflattering light -- the government wanted to paint Gates as an unsympathetic character, and for that purpose there's nothing like having him up onscreen doing things the audience can evaluate...