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Finally, presidential defenders have argued that efficiency demands bypassing the courts. There again, the clear language of the law does them in. Even pre--Patriot Act law provided a very robust mechanism through which a President, facing what he believes is such an emergency that the short time needed to...
Yet vaccines have lately begun to look more promising. Wood Mackenzie expects the market to grow from $9 billion in 2004 to $13 billion by 2009. Why? Ironically enough, Chiron's 2004 snafu had a bracing effect on Capitol Hill. Beset by fears of a possible bird-flu pandemic, Congress...
But the Administration maintains that advances in technology since FISA was passed make the court's procedures too slow to contend with the immense flood of electronic chatter that now passes in and out of the U.S. and which the agency has much improved means of capturing and analyzing. Justice...
Managers at HMC receive a base salary of $400,000 and a bonus that is tied to how their portfolio performs relative to a benchmark measuring market performance. The system also includes a "clawback" provision, which withholds part of the earnings dependent on future returns.
Former CIA general counsel Jeffrey Smith, a key torture-ban advocate, said it would be "deeply distressing" if the amendment is interpreted as toothless. Another sign that the U.S. is sending mixed messages on torture: a provision in the bill would allow military panels to assess information obtained through "coercion...