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...could take the CIA to the end zone after he replaces the widely criticized Porter Goss, but what the Senators were really curious about was Hayden's tenure as head of the National Security Agency, when he was involved in the Bush Administration's programs that allowed warrantless intercepts of some domestic phone calls and a recently disclosed program that reportedly compiled the phone records of millions of Americans. And on those questions, the thin, balding Hayden, dressed in his Air Force uniform, appeared to follow the playbook of many administration officials testifying in front of Congress: say nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hayden Before the Senate: Playing the Game Well | 5/18/2006 | See Source »

...image taken at the loading port. If the images and sensor data match, it can be safely concluded that the shipment has not been tampered with and it can be released. The containers should then be tracked as they move to their final destination, allowing the ability to intercept the shipment in the face of late-breaking intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Why America Is Still An Easy Target | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...campaign, Operation Spotlight, is a new--and some fear dangerous--tactic by the self-named Minutemen, the anti- illegal-immigrant group that in April began standing watch on the Arizona-Mexico border to intercept people crossing into the U.S. The group has caught few border jumpers but generated lots of attention for its cause and is now turning its focus in from the border, staging Operation Spotlight protests not only in Phoenix but also in the California cities of Laguna Beach, Lake Forest and San Bernardino as well as Herndon, Va. There are plans for demonstrations at day-labor centers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stalking the Day Laborers | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...That mistake was almost made again by Bulldog players during the second overtime. Quarterback Liam O’Hagan’s would-be touchdown pass fell short of his intended receiver—just short enough for a Yale defender to intercept it in the endzone. Two plays later, though, a strip by defensive end Brad Bagdis and the ensuing recovery by linebacker Matt Thomas kept Yale on the sidelines for the time being...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Give Me Five | 11/19/2005 | See Source »

...recent contact with them - the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which would probably offer some protection against the virus. "We would do everything in our power to contain the virus within the country of origin," says Horvath, "while at the same time upgrading our border responsiveness" to intercept infected travelers at Australian airports and docks. If containment measures failed and a virulent, highly infectious flu began spreading through Asia, the government could ban incoming flights from affected countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boosting the Defences | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

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