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...answer to Takazato's plea is that the issue is a lot larger than Okinawa, as unsatisfying or patronizing as that may sound to the Okinawans. Japan's nominally pacifist postwar constitution paved the way for the U.S. to establish a military beachhead in the land of its World War II enemy. Okinawa, by virtue of geography, suits American purposes because it is near the Korean peninsula and the rest of Asia. It suits Tokyo's in two ways: the U.S. presence reduces Japan's need for fielding its own army, and it segregates a substantial portion of the American...
UKRAINE A Papal Call for Reconciliation Despite pleas from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II to cancel, Pope John Paul II went ahead with a five-day visit to Ukraine. There he ignored Orthodox priests waving banners that read "Orthodoxy or death" and continued his mission to reconcile the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, apologizing in Ukrainian for past "errors" and declaring that "unity and harmony ... is the secret of peace". NORTHERN IRELAND Showdown The British and Irish governments planned intensive negotiations to tackle the latest crisis in the peace process. The reason: Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble's resignation as First...
...Hanssen's attorneys confirmed Tuesday that Hanssen will walk into an Alexandria courthouse Friday and enter a guilty plea to espionage charges in an agreement with federal prosecutors that will save Hanssen from the death penalty...
...pushed for a plea, getting support in swaying Attorney General John Ashcroft from such corners as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and CIA chief George Tenet and would clearly prefer the back-room route from here on out. For one thing, a trial would have forced prosecutors to put on the witness stand the FBI's prize source - a Russian who stole Hanssen's KGB file from Moscow Center, as Russian intelligence headquarters is known, and handed it over to the bureau. For another, the National Security Agency would have had to reveal highly classified details about its communications intercept capabilities...
...pushed for a plea, getting support in swaying Attorney General John Ashcroft from such corners as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and CIA chief George Tenet and would clearly prefer the back-room route from here on out. For one thing, a trial would have forced prosecutors to put on the witness stand the FBI's prize source - a Russian who stole Hanssen's KGB file from Moscow Center, as Russian intelligence headquarters is known, and handed it over to the bureau. For another, the National Security Agency would have had to reveal highly classified details about its communications intercept capabilities...