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Orchard recently formed an ad hoc committee to research the “spectrum of considerations” in using the Paramount Theater...
...effort thus far has yielded an almost heartwarming level of cooperation among security agencies known for being fiercely territorial. The Secret Service may be calling the shots, but more than 60 federal, state and local organizations are working together in Salt Lake City, and ad hoc multi-agency task forces with heavy-duty acronyms--the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command (UOPSC), the Olympic Joint Terrorism Task Force (OJTTF)--are thick on the ground. More than 15,000 federal, state and local personnel will watch over the Games, among them 1,900 members of Utah's National Guard--the largest single...
...surveillance powers. The ability to spot new disease outbreaks, diagnose them properly and get word out on the medical wires is central to managing crises like anthrax as well as more routine problems like Lyme disease, tuberculosis and the flu. Emergency rooms often perform this function in an ad hoc way; the emergence of West Nile virus in New York City was first detected by a hospital physician who was suspicious of two cases of encephalitis among her patients and prodded the city health department to launch an investigation. The CDC relies on a national network of sentinel doctors...
...liberally interpreted. Though al Qaeda fighters do not automatically gain prisoner of war status under the standards of the convention, the United States should officially recognize them as POWs and treat them accordingly. The United States cannot decide to abide by international standards of humane treatment on an ad hoc basis...
Harvard’s tenure process is very secretive—individuals do not apply for tenure but are recommended without their knowledge, voted on by the relevant department and considered by Knowles and an ad hoc committee, where the President has veto power. It is difficult for those in the running to confirm whether it was, in fact, Summers who was the deciding factor...