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There was something a bit rich about Washington ordering other countries to place armed guards on certain flights entering the U.S., as Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge did on Dec. 29. After all, the country making the rules still does not inspect the vast majority of its cargo or all of its checked baggage at its airports, standard procedures in some countries. And America's several thousand armed air marshals have figured in 600 reports of misconduct from October 2001 to July 2003. Last year a marshal was fired for drawing his gun on a man who had stolen...
...improved deal from the Clinton Administration (the 1994 Agreed Framework, with free oil and free nuclear reactors in exchange for a freeze on D.P.R.K. nuclear sites). When Kim & Co. seemed to be cheating on the Agreed Framework in 1999, Washington paid 500,000 tons in food aid to inspect a single suspect nuclear site. (In the course of those negotiations, North Korea warned about a possible "pre-emptive strike" on the U.S. if the talks failed...
...Taliban and al-Qaeda forces are trying to wear down our staying power. I believe we need more troops to be able to provide that security." HILLARY CLINTON, Democratic Senator from New York, during her trip to Afghanistan to inspect the security situation...
...going to inspect bags, let’s go all out. Dartboard wants pat-downs for every tenth student, and more invasive body searches for every 20th. And why stop with students? Just like with plagiarism, professors should be held to the same standard as students when it comes to uncomfortable searches for contraband...
...have an incredibly good track record in all of our USDA inspections,” Gibbons said. “We have three different groups that can inspect us without notice...