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...years out of Harvard, Blumenfeld found himself worried over what he perceived as an increasing risk of nuclear annihilation. With the Cold War heating up and foreign tensions nearing their height, most people simply hid under their school desks or purchased fallout shelters. Blumenthal decided to take slightly more drastic measures...
...generals arrayed around the globe can talk to the Pentagon boss--and with his boss, if he happens to stop by. That is exactly what happened last week when Central Command chief General John Abizaid, appearing via videophone from Qatar, admitted that he was worried about the political fallout back home from the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal. Hearing this, George W. Bush peered back at Abizaid, who oversees two continuing wars in Asia, and told him to ignore the static. "You worry about getting the job done," Bush said. "You let me worry about the politics and the things...
...their expressions of outrage and regret, Bush officials have stopped short of admitting to high-level wrongdoing. But late Friday, Pentagon officials said the rules for interrogation in Iraq had been drastically tightened--while still insisting the now banned techniques had never been approved for use. The fallout from the scandal may have a far-reaching impact that goes to the core of how the U.S. fights terrorism. Human rights groups have predicted that the Administration might come to rue the extremes to which it pushed the envelope on interrogation. "After 9/11 the government said we couldn...
Woolman was concerned that students would not be able to monitor the fallout of the policy...
...fallout from Abu Ghraib looks set to challenge Washington's grip on Iraq, by turning more Iraqis and more Arabs against the occupation. The Bush administration - and, indeed, the Democrats - remain committed to "stay the course" in Iraq. But once a majority of Iraqis don't want them there, it becomes unclear where exactly "the course" leads...