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...That interaction, and the politicization of the government information machine under Campbell, goes to the heart of his darkest period. Campbell's bitter dispute with the BBC after its correspondent Andrew Gilligan said in 2003 that Campbell had "sexed up" a government dossier about Saddam Hussein's weapons capability still occludes his achievements. The row claimed several scalps at the BBC, including Gilligan's and the broadcaster's top two bosses. The government scientist David Kelly, unmasked as Gilligan's source, took his own life. "Campbell won his battle with the BBC," says veteran journalist turned p.r. man Michael Prescott...
...Tibetan nation is passing through its darkest period in 2,000 years.' THE DALAI LAMA, in a May 9 speech in the U.S., on his continuing struggle with China for greater Tibetan autonomy. The spiritual leader, 71, said he wants to retire in a few years...
...deputy attorney general would know best about the qualifications and the experiences of the United States attorneys community, and he signed off on the names." McNulty may feel the need to address the issue again, to clear up the question of precisely why the prosecutors were dismissed. The darkest theories are that their removal was designed to affect the prosecution of specific cases - particularly ones that might have affected the outcomes of close electoral contests. McNulty would be in a position to testify as to how much political pressure, if any, the White House was putting...
...highly contagious form of rabies that wipes out large portions of the human population. Palahnuik fills in this loose structure with a metaphorical social commentary voluminous and tangential enough to justify the title “Rant.” As in his other novels, Palahniuk magnifies the darkest spaces of modern society and runs wild, creating a world of post-apocalyptic human depravity without the Second Coming or the nuclear destruction of “1984.” The world’s population is split by strict curfew between “Daytimers?...
...Russian President Vladimir Putin is no different [April 9]. But real-life politics is not as simple as predicting your opponent's moves. In trying to wade through muddy and turbulent waters, Kasparov may get quite wet if not submerge completely. After all, he will be dealing with the darkest impulses of human beings, which don't yield easily predicted moves. It may be more meaningful for Kasparov to keep igniting the interest of young chess players around the world or be a unicef ambassador to help abjectly poor children. Treading the ugly path of politics might...