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...domestic generals--Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI chief Robert Mueller, Thompson and Ridge--have not found a way to coordinate their message or let just one voice deliver it. If they do, that person will have to start inspiring confidence, or he will do more harm than good...
...cyclospora and hepatitis. As if to underscore the point, investigators last week identified salmonella in two of several plastic vials of undisclosed substances included in a packet of papers sent to former President Clinton's office in Harlem, though the bacteria apparently grew naturally through fermentation and caused no harm. Still, the concerns of Thompson and his colleagues are understandable. Even without any diabolical intent, U.S. packing houses in recent years have accidentally passed along meat infected with deadly E. coli O157...
...practically hear the House members choke on the news. "All these Senators were out there implying that we were lily-livered," a senior House Democratic aide griped. "We made the right decision," Gephardt insisted. "What message would it send to the terrorists if we stupidly put people back in harm's way, to be infected by anthrax? That hardly, to me, is an intelligent response." After a briefing Thursday afternoon by Capitol police, Gephardt told his staff the situation in Daschle's office was even worse than earlier thought. One aide said that decontaminating it would require fumigating that entire...
Where war is unavoidable, it must be fought under an extremely strict moral code. Non-combatants cannot be hurt under any circumstances. Even trees, animals and non-military buildings must be spared harm as far as possible. Prisoners of war cannot be harmed or tortured. Enemy casualties must be buried with dignity. All treaties must be respected, unless broken first by the other side. Wells cannot be poisoned—perhaps the world’s first prohibition of bioterrorism. These precepts may seem familiar from today’s Geneva Conventions—even if continuously violated in world...
...course, asking to see students’ IDs before you swipe them in seems like a prudent thing to do. Why would I want to allow a stranger into my House or dorm, someone who could harm me or my neighbors? We don’t push the uncomfortable demand—we are often on the other side of the situation, trying to get in. Instead, we let almost anyone in, assuming that they are a Harvard student from another dorm...