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...unless there was some confidence we'd be able to prove it in a court of law," says one. The same officials claim that criticism of the particulars in this case and others like it misses the point. Since 9/11, they say, their marching orders have been very clear: disrupt first, prosecute later. That may mean potentially sacrificing a legal victory by gathering evidence in unorthodox or inadmissible ways, or resorting to the Al Capone strategy of using lesser charges--like immigration violations, minor perjury or food-stamp fraud--to keep a suspect off the street. That can make...
...Peace PAKISTAN The government reached agreement with India to launch a bus service on April 7 between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, towns on either side of the cease-fire line dividing the disputed region of Kashmir. But Kashmiri militant groups declared their opposition to the service and threatened to disrupt...
Perot seems to realize he will never be President; too many Americans distrust and dislike him after his paranoid and imperious performances, from his baseless charge during the 1992 campaign that the G.O.P. was trying to disrupt his daughter's wedding through the 1993 debate with Vice President Al Gore over trade. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted last week, 54% of those surveyed believe Perot's formation of the new party is "good for the country." A two-thirds majority, however, think Perot should not be that party's candidate for President...
...more like the active-duty force. "People in the Guard never thought they'd make up 40% of the force [in Iraq] and have six months of training and a year of boots-on-the-ground overseas," he says. "It's become a serious commitment that's going to disrupt your civilian life indefinitely...
...police, the A.F.P. and other agencies seized chemicals that could have been used to produce a metric ton of crystal methamphetamine; Operation Auxin identified more than 700 Australians suspected of using child pornography online; a joint center for police cooperation was established in Jakarta, and a terrorist plot to disrupt its opening was thwarted. But the modest and diplomatic Keelty deflects praise from himself to those he says most deserve it: frontline officers, their families, and colleagues in other agencies. "Nothing the A.F.P. achieves is done by us alone," he says. "Our role is only as good as our ability...