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...with English soccer hooligans in the book Among the Thugs, came away believing it was the symptom of a "bored, empty, decadent generation." The culture is "so deadened," he wrote, "that it uses violence to wake itself up."--By Jeff Israely/ Rome. With reporting by Bruce Crumley/Paris and Hugh Porter/ London...
...include the bureaucratic reshuffling suggested by the 9/11 commission. Bush, as always, is more interested in action than information. He wants a more aggressive spy service--a good thing. But he also wants a more compliant spy service--not such a good thing. He has hired Porter Goss to achieve both goals at the CIA. He has also issued a series of memos that begin to lay out his vision: one supports a 50% increase in the number of covert operatives--an excellent idea. Another seems to support the transfer of operational control over the use of covert force from...
...will be the new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) that the bill establishes? CIA Director Porter Goss was the obvious choice. But the former Florida Congressman's first 2 1/2 months of righting the troubled agency have been bumpy, with five senior CIA officials quitting. Goss isn't out of the running, but because he would face a confirmation battle from Democrats worried that he's too political, the White House is considering others, such as 9/11 commission chairman Thomas Kean, former Senator Sam Nunn and ex--Navy Secretary John Lehman...
...Professor of Business and Government and Dunster House Master Roger Porter watched as Dunster made their way to victory...
...Porter University Professor Helen Vendler drew applause when she said that Sandel’s suggested areas omit important areas of study—particularly a “foreign cultures” requirement...