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Such blatant allusions cannot possibly have been the work of a single Crimson writer, the so-called "Michael R. Grunwald." Would a lone madman mention the Warren Commission report and then italicize the following: "The Committee will expect a careful answer to this question...
...science unit actually at work is a far cry from seeing it depicted in the current hit thriller The Silence of the Lambs. In the film, agent trainee Clarice Starling, played by Jodie Foster, matches wits and quips with toothsome terror Hannibal ("the Cannibal") Lecter and chases down molting madman Buffalo Bill, right into his creepy lair. In real life, behavioral-science agents remain largely deskbound at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., hunkered down in a windowless converted bomb shelter 18 m (60 ft.) below ground. But the film is right on target in one major respect: few people...
...sadist (Ted Levine) who flays his victims to "harvest their hides," the other an evil genius (Anthony Hopkins) who might be amused to help Starling solve the crimes. With or without him, she is bound to achieve her double mission. She will save a young woman whom a madman has put down a deep hole, and she will prove herself up to doing...
Those not content with the bogeyman view of current events still find Saddam difficult -- devilishly difficult -- to understand. The simplest solution may be that proposed by a Saudi prince: "We always thought he was possessed of a pure criminal mentality, but now he is going crazy." The madman theory seems a bit more respectable, intellectually, than simply calling the Iraqi a monster. Long-distance psychoanalyzing of Saddam has been going on for some time, particularly in the U.S. and Israel, with not very helpful results. He suffers from malignant narcissism. He craves challenges. He is paranoid, distrustful of everyone...
...Madman? Monster? Narcissus gone wild? To fathom the cruel complexities of Saddam, one must explore the world that shaped...