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...this is home, and Magid began mobilizing his mosque to protect it. "There's no way you can be a quarter-citizen in this country," he told his congregants during Friday prayers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. "You have to be a full citizen and defend it." For Magid, that meant working with the FBI. In early 2002, leaders of two Arab-American organizations who had been conferring with the agency on counterterrorism programs asked Magid and other local imams if they too would work with the bureau. The lawmen badly needed contacts among Washington's Muslims to help...
...Still, when rich Chinese hire a security detail, protection isn't always their primary concern. Cui Fengxian, a Beijing lawyer, founded Beijing Capital Bodyguard Security Consultants, which in 2002 was the first firm of its kind to receive government approval to do business, because he believed China lacked adequate means to protect its richest citizens. Now he estimates that about 30% of his 200 clients hire his guards-all former secret-service members-for "ornamental" reasons. Cui travels with eight bodyguards himself and dresses them in long leather coats. "It's a question of image," he says. "[These...
Most often, Clubbers took great delight in glorifying and protecting their secrecy. After Phillips learned that she was “in,” she encountered her roommate Louise, who did not know about The Club. To protect the secrecy, she lied about where she had just been...
Students in Leverett House recently received an e-mail warning them to keep their curtains closed to protect their own privacy as construction of new graduate housing continues near Leverett G Tower. “There has been some concern from the construction project behind G-tower about Leverett residents not being very careful regarding their private activities,” wrote Leverett House Building Manager Paul Hegarty...
...There was one girl last year who would strip down and splatter herself against the window and scare people…just for kicks,” reported Leverite Marissa C. Carrio, ’06. Not even a hard hat will protect you from that...