Word: oversight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also need improved cooperation among free-world intelligence services. As long as we have a leaky Congress and a leaky oversight process, friendly services are simply not going to share with us. Another important thing is that we must prove we're serious, that we have the political will to continue the fight against terrorism after this episode is over. One problem is that our moods change all the time. Back in 1975, the CIA was ridiculed and pilloried for allegedly doing things we didn't do, and the things we did do were pretty small beer compared with what...
...warfare of any magnitude. In this respect, the Soviets enjoy a permanent advantage. The First Chief Directorate of the KGB, the principal clandestine arm of Soviet foreign policy, can engage in dirty tricks while preserving its "plausible deniability." The CIA's Directorate for Operations, by contrast, is subject to oversight by a notoriously leaky and fastidious U.S. Congress...
...departmentalism," meaning corruption and profiteering by local officials and managers, who have greater powers today than in the old days of Soviet-style central planning. Citing Deng's recent exhortation for "lofty ideals and moral integrity," Zhao announced a decision to reimpose some bureaucratic controls aimed at increasing government oversight of financial operations. The move was seen as an attempt to consolidate the reform program, rather than retreat from...
...until now they never paid much attention to the fact that some thrifts were not insured by the U.S. Government. The privately insured S and Ls wear window decals that look as authoritative as the FSLIC symbols, but the thrifts are often not subject to the same degree of oversight as institutions that are insured by Uncle Sam. Some Ohio thrifts may not have sought Government protection because they wanted to avoid the paperwork and scrutiny that comes with U.S. insurance. Ducking the expense of complying with federal regulations may have helped institutions offer savers unusually high interest rates...
...officers deputy status in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. The means that HUPD officers have greate powers of arrest than the Cambridge police force, which only has jurisdiction in Middlesex county. But while the Cambridge police are monitored by a independent review board. Harvard officers are subject only to internal oversight...