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...tape. I know I'm not supposed to tape, but I have it.? That's when Herald attorney Robert Beatty, who was on speaker phone with Diaz, questioned DeFede more closely about the tape. DeFede says the attorney asked him why he recorded the conversation, whether he had ?malicious intent? or did it out of ?concern? for Teele. DeFede says the attorney assured him everything would be alright. ?There are privacy concerns and legal concerns, but I think they are remote,? DeFede recalls the attorney telling him. ?But the Herald will support you,? the attorney added. ?Absolutely, absolutely,? echoed...
...Iran is in talks with three European countries over the future of its nuclear energy program. Tehran has signaled its intent to resume such uranium-enrichment activities as are permitted under the Non Proliferation Treaty, but the Europeans insist that it forego even those. How is Iran likely to proceed on this front...
...fighters and its navy's acquisition of destroyers and submarines could help make China a threat farther afield. Still, says Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies: "The threat to the region is [currently a matter of] capabilities, not necessarily intent." Thomas Christensen, a Princeton University professor of politics and international affairs, says the point of the latest report is that "given the political uncertainties in China, the military capability that's being developed could be turned against the U.S. or its allies in the future." That fear was exacerbated...
From the mound at Fenway Park, Summers chucked a ceremonial first pitch that had absolutely nothing to do with women in science or agitated professors. The toss reached home plate but strayed low and outside: a ball in effect, if not in intent...
...9/11, the U.S. was rudely injected into a Muslim civil war--the jihadists are intent on conquering the entire region and re-establishing an ancient caliphate--except that only the jihadist side was really fighting. By taking the fight to the Arab/ Islamic heartland, the U.S. has forced Muslims to commit. The most remarkable effect of the wars to liberate Afghanistan and Iraq is that, whereas on 9/11 we stood alone against the terrorists, today there are two large and energized Muslim populations--with legitimate governments building armed forces--engaged in the same struggle against jihadism...