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...faith of the people in their own strength. The dejection in post-Soviet - and not just post-Soviet - countries was bred by the feeling that the people couldn't change anything in politics. Georgia and Ukraine prove that when the people trust in themselves, the politicians grow compliant. Is the drive behind the orange revolution fizzling out? The festive part is all forgotten. Our drive now is in working hard. It will likely take more time and effort to fix things than we ever supposed. What are your priorities as Prime minister? We knew the country was in bad shape...
...President does have a clear vision about intelligence reform, and it may not include the bureaucratic reshuffling suggested by the 9/11 commission. Bush, as always, is more interested in action than information. He wants a more aggressive spy service--a good thing. But he also wants a more compliant spy service--not such a good thing. He has hired Porter Goss to achieve both goals at the CIA. He has also issued a series of memos that begin to lay out his vision: one supports a 50% increase in the number of covert operatives--an excellent idea. Another seems...
...Nichols ’06 echoed the demand for cable over Ethernet and free printing, and I couldn’t quite tell what Teo P. Nicholais ’06 and Samita A. Mannapperuma ’06 were proposing, because their non-standards-compliant web site didn’t render properly in my browser...
...President does have a clear vision about intelligence reform, and it may not include the bureaucratic reshuffling suggested by the 9/11 commission. Bush, as always, is more interested in action than information. He wants a more aggressive spy service-a good thing. But he also wants a more compliant spy service-not such a good thing. He has hired Porter Goss to achieve both goals at the CIA. He has also issued a series of memos that begin to lay out his vision: one supports a 50% increase in the number of covert operatives-an excellent idea. Another seems...
...Most UN member states believe the Bush administration used the fact that Iraq had not been certified by the Security Council as compliant with its disarmament obligations as a pretext for invading, even though, as Secretary General Kofi Annan himself has charged, the Council provided no legal authorization for the invasion. Many foreign governments fear that Washington hopes to bring the Iran matter to the Security Council simply to provide a pretext for another military action that would be opposed by most of the international community. And last week's allegations by outgoing Secretary of State Powell that Iran...