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...developed by CIA director Porter Goss and director of national intelligence John Negroponte. The move would have represented a victory for the CIA in the intel turf battles that have occasionally erupted with Pentagon and FBI intelligence operations-though officials at the CIA, the Defense Department and the FBI insist conflicts are rare and coordination is already being improved. But Hoekstra says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter objected that the legislation would unduly expand Negroponte's authority almost before the ink has even dried on last year's law creating the new intelligence czar post...
...South Korean officials insist the new measures are aimed at protecting North Koreans from unscrupulous people smugglers. But the policy shift has once again put Washington and Seoul at cross-purposes?legislation passed by Congress last year seeks to lend more assistance to refugees. President Bush is expected in the next few weeks to name a special envoy for North Korean human rights. State Department and Congressional sources say the odds-on choice is Jay Lefkowitz, a lawyer who played a major role in shaping Bush's policy on stem-cell research...
...ability of the superhero to carry serious graphic literature has been a polarizing subject in the comics world since at least the 1960s. Hardcore fans of indie creators see superheroes as mere kid's stuff, while fans of traditional superhero books insist that the genre can be used to explore all kinds of sophisticated, adult concerns. As with any question of art, no definitive answer will ever be reached, but some fresh thoughts came to mind on the subject thanks to a new series by Paul Chadwick, Concrete: The Human Dilemma, and a recent panel I attended on the future...
...representatives insist that foreign literature is well-represented in Google’s digitization project...
...question on the minds of Iranians is whether Rafsanjani can deliver as President. His supporters insist that his experience and revolutionary credentials give him the clout to push through reforms--like greater press freedom, fewer dress-code and social restrictions, and better relations with the West--that are opposed by hard-line conservatives, who control the judiciary and security forces and are backed by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. In recent years, the mullahs have responded to the rising clamor for change by blocking reform initiatives of the elected leadership. Khatami was so intimidated by Khamenei that...