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...Rice, chose retired General Wayne Downing to head counterterrorism operations at the National Security Council, Downing abruptly resigned, frustrated by his lack of power. His successor, retired Air Force General John Gordon--a former deputy director of the CIA--gets higher marks from insiders, though some complain that the Counter-Terrorism Security Group, of which he is chairman, is "too bulky." Meetings of Gordon's committee sometimes have representatives from 15 agencies, among them minor players. If there are 20 to 30 people in a room, some without the highest security clearance, the FBI and the CIA will not share...
...Corps amphibious assault ship, the Belleau Wood, has been in the area since August. Sources tell TIME the U.S. is looking to use the port of Assab in Eritrea as a naval base to keep an eye on traffic between Yemen, Sudan and Somalia. At home, the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC) now has a staff of 1,100 analysts and covert operatives, almost triple the number it had a year ago. Technologists are working on new gadgets to track terrorists, as well as hardware to process the 75,000 cables that come into the CTC from field offices...
There, two members of the troupe introduce the fight to the confused shoppers. Butterbean hits Knoxville, sending him down. Knoxville gets up twice before going down for good. As Knoxville falls the third time, his skull catches the corner of a jewelry counter, and blood spurts from his head, creating a growing pool on the carpet. Knoxville, who does not snore, is snoring in his concussion. The set medic runs over and wraps gauze around his head. No one is laughing. In person, this is not funny...
Epstein argued that a free and open legal system will counter discrimination more effectively than one that is based upon formal laws against discrimination...
Finale will keep its bakery counter open from 10 a.m. until closing but will only offer table service in the evenings, after...