Word: guards
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Demian, an off-guard who has played on the varsity squad since the end of his freshman year, averaged 5.2 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game in 22 starts and hit 40.4 percent of his three-pointers...
...people operating as a loose guild in agencies that waste billions of dollars in redundant services. Five organizations buy or run spy satellites, while eight process and analyze their photos. In addition to the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have their own intelligence services. The Energy and Treasury departments, FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have intelligence units as well...
Meanwhile, Deutch still faces opposition. Despite Perry's backing, the Pentagon's military brass is fighting a rear-guard action to limit Deutch's control over their spy operations. Veteran CIA hands and Congressmen, on the other hand, are worried that Deutch is going overboard, satisfying the Pentagon's hunger for battlefield secrets at the expense of collecting political and diplomatic intelligence that his principal customer, the President, might need...
...special interest in bin Laden because of the bombing that occurred last November at an American-run National Guard training center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Seven people were killed, including five Americans. Last week, Saudi television broadcast the confessions of four men arrested in the bombing, and they said they had been influenced by faxes sent from bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee. U.S. officials investigating the bombing believe bin Laden's involvement may have gone further, and one says he is "high on our suspect list...
Speaking of Dream Teams, U.S.A. Basketball has named Sacramento Kings guard Mitch Richmond and Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley to fill the final two spots on the Olympic team. Richmond, the N.B.A.'s second-highest scoring guard (next to Michael Jordan) and a tough defender, was an expected pick. But the outspoken Barkley, a member of the gold-medal squad in Barcelona, was a surprise selection because he had initially told officials he wasn't interested...