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...political grandstanding, but for now they represent the main opportunity to learn the lessons that could help guard against the next 9/11. Before Rowley came along, the Administration had succeeded in derailing such inquiries by calling them unproductive and suggesting that its critics might be unpatriotic. Last week a patriot came forward to help steer the country back toward the truth...
Windtalkers (June 14): In John Woo’s World War II drama about the Allies’ use of the Navajo language to convey messages, Nicolas Cage plays a Marine guarding a Navajo man involved in the operation. In recent summers, historical war movies like The Patriot and Saving Private Ryan have fared well at the box office, and Woo’s Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II have met with similar success. Whether Windtalkers will succeed is another matter; it appears to be a more serious endeavor than the stylish, bullet-clogged popcorn flicks Woo has concentrated...
...Fears (May 31): In this newest installation of the Jack Ryan saga, Ben Affleck replaces Harrison Ford (Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games) as Ryan, a CIA analyst who’s tracking down bad guys in possession of an unlicensed nuclear weapon. If you like seeing professionally-made thrillers that you feel like you’ve seen before, you’ll like seeing this...
Last night, the Crusaders (1-13, 0-6 Patriot) probably wished the Crimson had just beaten Yale and ended its losing streak there. An angry Harvard team jumped all over Holy Cross from the outset, taking an 8-1 lead by the end of the first quarter...
...lawyers expect the IRS to come down like a ton of coconuts on a few high-profile miscreants to send a message. The Caymans and other countries recently signed information-exchange agreements with the U.S. And the Patriot Act that Congress passed after Sept. 11 requires U.S. banks to sever ties with cash-laundering "shell" banks in foreign lands...