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...decades in the FBI's secretive national-security division, she knows her way around terrorism. And now she has been thrust into one of the most difficult manhunts in her career, as on-the-scene boss of the investigation in East Africa that the U.S. hopes will one day nail down the names and addresses of the terrorists who ruthlessly massacred 257 innocents and wounded more than 5,000 in the twin bombings of the U.S. embassies...
...Another nail in the coffin for an old illness: The FDA has just approved a new vaccine for pertussis, or whooping cough. Unlike previous vaccines, this version uses only one protein, making it safer for infants who sometimes had reactions to older vaccines--and bringing us closer to eradicating pertussis...
Meanwhile, U.S. and French experts devised a plan to support local moderates and destabilize Karadzic politically. Holbrooke wanted to isolate Karadzic by jamming all his electronic communications. "But the CIA fought the idea tooth and nail and told me it was technically impossible," fumes Holbrooke. "And that's bull!" A former senior CIA official confirms that such a plan was discussed...
...even if Starr wins the case, he will not be able to get testimony before the November election. Though he could still send Congress an interim report on his investigation before then, even House Republicans are hoping he won't. That would make it too easy for Democrats to nail his inquiry as a partisan attempt to discredit a popular Democratic President. Says a House G.O.P. source: "Nobody here is shouting...
Mitchell was responding to a federal lawsuit filed last week by 11 black motorists and backed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Maryland N.A.A.C.P. The suit claims that state troopers, who have stepped up efforts to nail drug couriers, have targeted blacks on Interstate 95, a favored route for weapon and drug smuggling...