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...True, victory can't be assured (nor easily defined). But to predict another Vietnam for America and its allies is unduly pessimistic. The war against terrorism might be more pertinently seen as a new cold war?because of several important parallels...
...While no one can predict the precise shape of the final legislation, Banks believes there are a few items assured of easy passage - and others doomed to the cutting room floor. "I think the proposals include some that should have been brought forward before this series of attacks," says Banks, "including those dealing with advances in technology and surveillance. And then there are some that should never be brought up here in the United States, including the idea of indefinite detention...
...suspect uses, or to go through e-mail from any computer he works on. But once the roving tap is okayed, no judge would further oversee how it was carried out, leaving the FBI to decide on its own how many devices to tap. What Ashcroft's critics predict is a world of "anticipatory monitoring" in which a multitude of innocent bystanders is caught up. It doesn't help that he also wants Congress to allow the FBI to use routinely its controversial Carnivore software, which can comb through millions of e-mails and Web searches, looking for suspicious online...
...Leaming provides a fascinating glimpse into one of the 20th century?s most famous marriages, and her assertion that Jackie Kennedy deserves more credit than she?s typically gotten for her husband?s successes is persuasive. FORECAST: Leaming?s bio of Katharine Hepburn was a bestseller, and one can predict generous sales for this title...
...content before being rebroadcast. Despite big budgets and famous Hollywood stars, Jackson’s cutting-edge videos were no longer the events they had once been. Although Dangerous bought forth several No. 1 singles, the album failed to perform as well as its predecessors, leading many critics to predict that his career was on the ebb. His new appearance won him little sympathy, while the children of the 1980s had mostly grown up and moved on. Jackson was in fact a cliché whose time was coming to an end, aided and abetted by his strange habits?...