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ANYTHING GOES. "Good writers, too, who once knew better words/now only use four-letter words/writing prose..." An outstanding production of a great Cole Porter, 8 in the Leverett Old Library...
...famous "fly swatting" remark. Bush had asked Rice for a comprehensive strategy for dealing with al-Qaeda; he didn't want any more futile pinprick attacks. "What fly had he swatted?" Kerrey demanded. And a minute later: "Why didn't we respond to the [bombing of the U.S.S.] Cole? Why didn't we swat that...
Rice replied that she had been "blown away" by a "brilliant" speech Kerrey had given in which he suggested the best way to avenge the Cole was to "do something about the threat of Saddam Hussein. That's a strategic view. And we took the strategic view. We didn't take a tactical view." Earlier, Rice had described her problems with Richard Clarke's first al-Qaeda action memo: it was too tactical; it didn't consider the larger picture, the strategic impact on the volatile situation in Pakistan of any U.S. actions against the terrorist bases in Afghanistan. Indeed...
...practicalities of any sort--except the military details of an Iraq invasion--were bumped down the ladder to deputies. The terrorist threats that were setting George Tenet's and Dick Clarke's hair on fire in early 2001 took a backseat to "brilliant" strategic notions like responding to the Cole by "doing something about" Saddam Hussein. Even the Aug. 6 memo to the President from the CIA, which was titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in U.S.," was seen as merely "historical," although it contained the shocking information that the FBI had 70 ongoing full field investigations of alQaeda activity...
...COVER: Model Ujjwala Raut wears a Chloé dress, an Oscar de la Renta belt and Harry Winston jewelry. Verner Panton chairs for Vitra. Palm Leaves wallpaper by Cole & Son. Photographed for TIME by Gentl & Hyers. Interior editor: Michael Reynolds. Styled by Samira Nasr. Hair by Laurent Philippon for Bumble and Bumble. Makeup by Romy Soleimani for Jed Root. Manicure by Roseann Singleton for Art Department