Word: grist
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...urged that he be allowed to stay to enjoy the freedom he'd be denied in Cuba. The almost soap-operatic human dimension of the story of a boy separated from his natural father - who, by most accounts, was his primary caregiver - by an ideological dispute has been grist to the mill for Castro's propaganda machine, which has used it to rally Cuban public opinion against Washington...
There is certainly a lot more unreleased material to stimulate that crowd and provide grist for an official investigation. This week, in response to a subpoena from Burton's committee, the Texas Rangers will deliver a report on the pyrotechnic rounds. The Rangers still have 24,000 lbs. of Waco evidence in their vaults, and they are under orders to turn over the material to U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr. once logistics are worked out. Smith is committed to opening the evidence to public scrutiny--against the advice of the Justice Department. Documentary filmmaker Michael McNulty has already examined...
...theories about a conspiracy. Of course, despite al-Fayed's protestations about "getting to the truth," this ? and his potential appeal in France ? are seen largely as a defensive moves; al-Fayed, as owner of the Ritz, was Paul's employer, and is therefore potentially liable. All in all, grist enough for several more years of Diana stories...
...Waco has all of these, and a built-in audience: the antigovernment militia types who consider their inalienable rights to be under constant siege from the same government that's supposedly sworn to protect them. Whether you call this contingent patriots or terrorists, conflagrations like Waco are their spiritual grist. And the feds are just making it worse...
...likely to face charges of elevating politics and commercial interests over national security. After White House stonewalling on two other China-related investigations (the fund raising and the technology transfers), Republicans will assume the worst about the Lee case. Says Republican Senator Richard Lugar: "This kind of thing is grist for the mill for endless investigations." With an election year coming up, Wen Ho Lee may prove to be the most dangerous man for Democrats on the campaign trail...