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...spinning out of control, U.S. officials are no longer simply whistling a happy tune. Yes Iraq is out of control, officials on the ground admit, and it could remain that way for some time yet. But, they add, help is on the way: Once sufficient numbers of Iraqi security personnel are trained and deployed - sometime next year - the burden borne by 130,000 U.S. troops will begin to ease. As silver linings go, it's a tempting explanation, both because it admits the current problems are in large part a result of U.S. failures - to devote sufficient resources to training...
...fundamental challenge in transferring security responsibility to Iraqi forces is political. The U.S. must convince Iraqi personnel that they're fighting for Iraq, rather than fighting under the command of an unpopular foreign army. While the administration may have convinced its domestic audience that by transferring political authority to Allawi they have essentially handed the Iraqis back their country, they have yet to persuade many Iraqis of the same idea. Allawi is a U.S. appointee, and his power is based almost entirely on the backing of the U.S. military - a tough assignment in a country where even opinion polls commissioned...
Maull declined to comment on the reshuffling because it was a personnel matter...
...court's serial bungling help matters. Three times court personnel released privileged information, even posting the accuser's name on the court's website. A transcript of a closed hearing that offered details of her sex life--specifically that another man's semen was found on her body and in her underwear--was mistakenly e-mailed to news organizations. And last week a jury questionnaire that also contained the accuser's name as well as a list of 150 potential witnesses was inadvertently leaked. Karen Salaz, a spokeswoman for the Colorado courts, says she is haunted by the mistakes...
...that time, the FBI was already deep into its investigation of AIPAC. A former U.S. official interviewed by the FBI more than a year ago told TIME that the bureau sought information on key AIPAC personnel, their meetings with White House and other national-security officials in Washington and even details about their personal lives. At one point, the FBI was surveilling a meeting between an Israeli diplomat and an AIPAC official when the Pentagon's Franklin suddenly appeared, igniting concerns. Franklin, a former Air Force Reserve officer, served briefly in the U.S. military attache's office in Israel...