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...easy to forget that when the U.S. began interrogating al-Qaeda operatives in 2002, the CIA had no idea what it was doing. The last time the agency had been charged with conducting hostile interrogations was during the Vietnam era, and most of those officers were long retired. The wisdom inside the CIA has always been that the best intelligence is obtained through persuasion rather than coercion. New CIA recruits have even been counseled against using blackmail because the information it produced couldn't be relied...
...kind of hitting we’re capable of, and we’re just going to keep that going.”Harvard’s bats have helped take the pressure off of its pitching staff, which currently ranks second among Ivies with a 2.56 team ERA. “It’s such a huge help,” Brown said. “I think a lot of pitchers will agree that you pitch differently when you have a lead, because you know the other team might be down, so you want to do your...
...patient explanation of complex issues was Obama at his best - and more than any other moment of his first 100 days in office, it summed up the purpose of his presidency: a radical change of course not just from his predecessor, not just from the 30-year Reagan era but also from the quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age. The speech received ho-hum coverage on the evening news and in print - because, I suspect, it was more of a summation than the announcement of new initiatives. Quickly, public attention turned to new "tempests...
...agency's officers in Vietnam who understood hostile interrogations were long retired. In the post-Cold War era spying had become a relatively genteel occupation - the best intelligence was obtained through persuasion rather than coercion. New CIA recruits were even counseled against using blackmail because the information it produced couldn't be relied upon. So it shouldn't come a surprise when we hear self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in one month. The CIA interrogator, who was once my colleague, knew nothing about the cumulative effect of the practice, or if there...
...course of ballet and classical music.On Saturday night, the Harvard Dance Program performed a collection a dances honoring the centennial of the Ballet Russes in “Viewpointe 9: Rite of Passage.” The pieces, all inspired by the works associated with the Ballet Russes era, were expertly executed and enjoyable to watch. However, what the performance lacked was the true essence of the Ballet Russes—a sense of innovation and originality that pushes the limits of what ballet can be and inspires new understanding of artistic creation.The four vastly different dances were choreographed...