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...importance of the separation of powers highlights the need for an independent counsel. The current investigation, overseen by Attorney General John Ashcroft, is rife with conflicts of interest. Not only does Ashcroft owe his job to the administration he is investigating; he is also indebted to Karl Rove, whom he hired for three of his campaigns in Missouri. Moreover, Ashcroft has proven his willingness to politicize the office of Attorney General by interfering in local courts in order to curb plea bargaining and encourage the use of the death penalty, as well as by personally campaigning for the USA Patriot...
Intimidation of opponents, a feature of the parliamentary elections in 2000 and the presidential elections of 2002, is still rife. The Zimbabwean presidential election was, as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said, blatantly stolen. So were the 2000 elections, but less overtly...
...marginalized. Even after it became clear this summer that attacks on allied troops were intensifying, Rumsfeld described them as the exertions of a few Baathist "dead-enders." Yet a pair of Army studies published before the war cautioned that the goodwill of Iraqis would be fleeting and violent nationalism rife--that things, in short, could quickly become messy. "There were a lot of people in the Army who were aware of what the occupation might require," says Conrad Crane, an Army War College scholar who co-wrote both reports on Iraq's postwar challenges. "That message didn't seem...
...member of Khalifa's original social circle. "In fact it was incredible - literally. His entire business ascent was obviously too beautiful to be true, and his eventual failure was absolutely predictable." In a state-stifled economy where unofficial unemployment estimates are close to 40% and corruption is rife, it's understandable why many Algerians chose to view the 36-year-old Khalifa as a national dream come true. His biography holds that in 1991 - using around €1,500 in capital - Khalifa exploited experimental liberalization of select sectors in Algeria's state-dominated economy to make a fortune selling...
JOHN SCARLETT Head of the Joint Intelligence Committee He said he was unaware of any dissent among intelligence analysts about the dossier. But Brian Jones, a retired analyst, said complaints were rife, and that the dossier was "over-egged." Another serving analyst, testifying by audio as "Mr. A," agreed...