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Liberty counts for much, but not enough to turn away from those who are hopelessly overwhelmed by the demands of modern life. To permit those who would flounder even in the slowest lane to fend for themselves on very mean streets is an act not of social liberality but of neglect bordering on cruelty. In the name of a liberty that illness does not allow them to enjoy, we have condemned the homeless mentally ill to die with their rights on. --By Charles Krauthammer
...face practical accounting problems. Units are often dispatched in a hurry, requiring large cash advances. If requisitions and paper procedures are elaborate, too many people could learn about a mission, compromising both its secrecy and speed. "That's the penalty you pay," said a retired Army general, "when you permit an organization to report only to God." Since the Army will not admit publicly that Delta Force even exists, proving that its members pocketed money that was also carefully concealed may not be easy...
University police officials took the threat seriously enough to discuss it with the local mental-health agency. But state law does not permit extended commitment unless there is a likelihood that the person will hurt himself or others. Two Washington psychiatric evaluations earlier this year characterized Lang as "a paranoid schizophrenic [and] seriously psychotic," but one of them concluded: "We have no reason to believe that she shows a significant likelihood of dangerous behavior to those around her." Last week in a Manhattan office that prognosis proved to be fatally flawed. --By William J. Mitchell. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/New...
...does not permit wholesale copying by a commercial organization of works that are still in copyright,” Morris wrote in an e-mail earlier this year. “It is also illegal to make those works available digitally once they have been copied...
...example, anyone with access to an ethernet jack or within a wireless network on campus can delete or register a Harvard network connection with only an individual’s ID and last name. This could permit someone to illegally share files which would be traceable to another person’s IP address...