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...heart of power in Canberra; in the past four years, the A.F.P.'s head count has doubled to 5,000 officers and its annual budget has almost quadrupled, to $A926 million. Australian agents now work in 33 cities in 26 countries. Recalling a talk given to A.F.P. executives by Peter Shergold, the head of the Prime Minister's Department, Keelty says the new status is a "double-edged sword." "He said, 'The good news is that we're at the center of government, getting a lot of resources and attention. But the bad news is that it puts...
...position that Spain and other allies took on issues such as Iraq." Prime Minister John Howard disagreed, dismissed any link between Spain and Australia, and maintained that Australia was not at greater risk of terrorist attack because of its involvement in Iraq. Senior ministers, and Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove, rebuked Keelty, a 30-year police veteran; behind the scenes the government, facing an election later in the year, pressured the police commissioner to issue a clarification. "We've moved on from that," says Keelty of the humiliating episode, ever keen to emphasize that the Howard government has been...
...different game,” junior defenseman Peter Hafner said. “You’ve definitely got to protect the middle of the ice. You can’t get spread out with the bigger ice surface because you give up more scoring opportunities like that...
...Peter and his colleagues find themselves in a moral dilemma over the use of force to deal with this threat. A military strike would lead to the death of an old friend, now a scientist in Pakistan’s nuclear program. Peter is left dirtied and disillusioned by the web of intrigue with which he has become involved, ending with all the aspects of his life being drawn into...
Perhaps Nye was aided by his intimate familiarity with the book’s material. While he stops short of declaring that the protagonist is directly based on himself, he did say that Peter Cutler grew out of experience he had at the State and Defense Departments and in the intelligence community...