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...December 7, 1941, the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor shattered the American citizen’s sense of security. While high ranking government officials may have been cognizant of an eminent attack, civilians found themselves caught completely unaware of such a direct assault on their everyday lives. It would be unfathomable to survivors that 60 years later, the most tragic surprise attack of their generation would become the basis of a gaudy Hollywood Blockbuster, let alone one that producers would have re-edited as not to offend Japanese ticket-buyers. So how long before Ben Affleck Jr. gets...
...course, military actions carry the danger that innocent lives will be lost. A heavy bombing raid that caused many civilian casualties would create a world in the terrorists’ image, one of random violence against civilians. But a blank check on the use of force by intelligence agencies poses a similar and perhaps a greater threat. And limiting covert assassinations to individuals directly involved in terrorist attacks would be fruitless, as actions that go beyond the limits might never come to public light...
Originally slated to take place in Copley Square, the vigil was moved to Harvard Square after a midday bomb scare and FBI raid caused the original location’s safety to be called into question...
...Smelling blood, Democrats have begun a two-pronged attack: complaining loudly that Bush will raid Social Security to preserve his hefty tax cut, while at the same time giving him no room to wiggle out of his dilemma. "It?s their budget, their tax cut, and I think it ought to be their solution," says Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle...
...September, Democrats will try to convince voters that dwindling tax receipts will inevitably force Republicans to raid the Social Security trust fund in order to pay for Bush's tax cut. "I don't know that it's really begun to resonate yet," Hoyer told me. "But I think it will. Republicans have gotten away with pledging not to spend the Social Security money, but they're already dipping into Medicare." Voters in Hoyer's district are beginning to stir, he believes. "I think people are going to get exercised about Social Security being at risk," he predicts...