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...troubling charge in Congress's joint 9/11 inquiry last month was that the FBI failed to investigate adequately Anwar al-Aulaqi, an American Muslim cleric who ministered to several of the hijackers. The FBI concluded al-Aulaqi was merely a spiritual adviser eager to assist followers, and an FBI official says, "I've heard no [further] interest [at the FBI ] in this guy." But the report quotes an FBI dissenter as saying, "There's a lot of smoke" surrounding his contacts with the hijackers. U.S. officials reportedly want further investigation...
...they were increasing security in these areas, in the case of the Marriott, the hotel's management says no warning was ever delivered. Such an omission is particularly alarming when Jakarta security officials themselves knew that JI had at least one cache of explosives in the city and was eager to recommence its campaign of terror...
Though they were eager to support their candidates of choice, many Harvard-affiliated donors expressed distaste for the system which they said forced them to show that support financially...
DiGiovanni said he was eager to hear students’ thoughts on the future of local business, largely because he considers the Square and the University to be closely—and uniquely—bound through their proximity...
...antsy. His shift starts at 2, and it's only a 20-minute drive, but he likes to get there early. He jams a blue baseball cap on his head, turns to Annette and says, "I'm gonna go." She replies, "O.K., let me pack you lunch." Brittany, eager to help out, slathers a little extra mayonnaise on his bologna. He grabs the sandwich and pecks his wife on the lips. She tells him she loves him--offhandedly, casually, the way such things go. And then Fogle strides out of his kitchen, through his living room and out the screen...