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Nobody was arguing with that, but not everyone was applauding Thursday when Attorney General Ashcroft announced that he was rewriting the rules that govern the way FBI agents launch and conduct probes of suspected terrorists here at home. The new rules, Ashcroft said, would help the feds prevent terrorist strikes rather than deal with them after they happen. But lawmakers of both parties complained that Ashcroft had cast off a 26-year-old policy without giving them any notice. Civil libertarians cried that the FBI was trampling on privacy in the name of security. And even George W. Bush...
...WATCH Unless it was in connection with a specific investigation, FBI agents could not launch broad Internet or database fishing expeditions to look for suspicious links or information that might attract or implicate potential terrorists...
...E.C.B. to cut interest rates, now 1.5% higher for short-term securities than in the U.S. The euro last week broke through the psychologically important barrier of 94?, its highest level since March 2001. But that's still way off the $1.17 the currency fetched when it was launched in January, 1999. Hans-Werner Sinn, chief of the German IFO economic think tank, said last week that he foresaw the euro reaching parity with the dollar by year's end. "The euro will continue to climb and without difficulties can reach a dollar," Sinn told Reuters news agency. Stephen...
...Faculty unanimously approves major changes to study abroad requirements, easing the process of applying. The Faculty also approves an Administrative Board policy that requires corroborating evidence to launch an investigation of peer disputes—including sexual assault cases...
...acceleration of diplomatic activity in pursuit of peace - as has been seen over the past week, with U.S. envoys in the region and President Bush's plans to meet the leaders of Egypt and Israel in the coming days - typically serves as a cue for radical elements to launch new outrages in the hope of sabotaging any progress towards a truce. But the sophistication of the attack is a worrying sign for Israel, suggesting Palestinian terror groups may be raising the stakes by varying their tactics (until now, attacks on buses have been more typically carried out by bombers boarding...