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...Tenet has also made mistakes in his six years in the job. The biggest, say some critics, was failing to gain control of all U.S. spy operations, from the Pentagon to the FBI. "In 1998 [he] declared war on terrorism, and most of the intelligence community ignored him," says former Senate Intelligence chairman Bob Graham. Critics say the situation has not improved much since the Sept. 11 attacks: the FBI has been slow to reform its internal-communications system, while the Defense Department has gone off in its own direction, trying to carve out new propaganda and analysis shops that...
Sung Chul Yang, the South Korean ambassador to the U.S., spoke of a “consistent signal” from North Korea that he said indicated the nation’s desire to emerge from isolation and gain international respect. Yang said these signals included a failed attempt last summer to introduce market systems in the communist country and formal, amicable communications with regional powers...
Given the heavy infrastructure already on the property, long-range planners would have the most to gain from buying the land, said Turnpike spokesperson Sean O’Neill...
SYRIA Damascus is worried about rebellion among its Kurdish population should Iraqi Kurds gain independence after a war. In addition, the government is reluctant to see U.S. influence in the region grow. Although Damascus will not contribute troops to a U.S. alliance against Iraq, as it did in 1991, it is not adamantly opposing...
Harvard posted an even more significant gain in the USCHO.com Pairwise Rankings where it took over the No. 1 spot for the first time all season. Because the Pairwise Rankings attempt to mimic the NCAA’s selection and seeding criteria, the rise suggests that the Crimson is back in control of its own destiny of earning the top seed...