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...domestic and foreign policy. Many readers were eager to bid good riddance to scandals and a faltering war strategy, while others remained wary or skeptical of any bipartisan gain Re "Reaching for the center" [Nov. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew from historical experience that even the most righteous can succumb to the temptations that power brings. Troy Lee Zukowski Portage, Michigan...
...Russian military was ahead of the U.S. Many CIA analysts were convinced Moscow was actually lagging behind. Melvin Goodman, a former division chief in SOVA, testified at Gates's hearing that "Casey seized on every opportunity to exaggerate the Soviet threat... Gates's role in this activity was to corrupt the process and the ethics of intelligence on all of these issues... He pandered to Casey's agenda." Goodman accused Gates of trying to change SOVA reports stating that the Soviet empire was in decline. Two other CIA analysts who were still in the agency at the time also sent...
...Reaching for the Center" [NOV. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew from historical experience that even the most righteous can succumb to the temptations that power brings...
Most of us write it off, in one way or another: as résumé-padding for the political types; as a black hole for good money, good ideas and good intentions; as a self-satisfying parliamentary procedure workshop; as inept, corrupt, self-important, and so on, ad infinitum...
...Since the military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sept. 19, Thailand has been in limbo. At first, public support for the coup was strong: the generals had removed an administration widely viewed as corrupt and divisive, and vowed to quickly restore democracy. Now that support is waning. Martial law is still in place, a date has yet to be set for fresh elections, and no formal corruption charges have so far been brought against Thaksin. But interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has moved more swiftly in the south. He has departed radically from Thaksin's iron-fisted...