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...reviewing the intelligence before the bombing started. Cheney made repeated visits to the CIA in the prelude to the war, going over intelligence assessments with the analysts who produced them. Some Democrats say Cheney's visits may have amounted to pressure on the normally cautious agency. Cheney's defenders insist that his visits merely showed the importance of the issue and that an honest analyst wouldn't feel pressure to twist intelligence. The House intelligence committee (and possibly its Senate counterpart, sources say) plans to question the CIA analysts who briefed Cheney, and that could lead to calling Cheney...
...hudna is a source of alarm rather than comfort for the Israelis. They insist, with American backing, that the roadmap requires not an agreement by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade to refrain from terror attacks, but instead the systematic dismantling of these groups. Israel is insisting on nothing less than an all-out "war on terror" by the PA, but Abbas is both unable and unwilling to use force against the militants for fear of starting a Palestinian civil war he would likely lose. Instead, the PA hopes to draw these groups into...
...clergy are gay. But the appointment in May of Jeffrey John, canon theologian at London's Southwark Cathedral and a gay-rights advocate who's been in a relationship with the same man for 27 years, is regarded by evangelicals as a step too far. While critics insist that they are not anti-gay, they argue the Bible condemns homosexuality and that a bishop should follow the rules and set an example. Many also worry that the move is a liberal fait accompli that preempts a full church discussion on the issue. And Anglican conservatives feel they have...
While University administrators insist that no employees will be fired, they have said they will not continue to hire a mixture of in-house and outsourced security guards...
...file stories wirelessly from any location, and game statistics will be logged directly from courtside into the data-crunching network used by TV broadcasters. Perhaps the most useful innovation is the "Hawkeye" system that determines where a ball will land based on its trajectory. IBM and the BBC insist that they're not out to second-guess official calls - as if a mere machine could stop the John McEnroes of the sport from yelling at the line judge. - By Jim Ledbetter Feel Lucky? Fat Chance One-armed bandits often seem to have more than one leg up on Lady Luck...