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...Lebedev the reformer he sees himself as, or does he play another role? "There's a belief - and this existed in Soviet times - that allowing a pressure valve of dissent and allowing certain voices out there is important for legitimacy," says Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian attorney in London who has represented Khodorkovsky and frequently blogs about Russia. "In a strange way, and whether or not Lebedev is part of this, he may well be seen as a demonstration of the regime's legitimacy." As long as he doesn't "cross any of these invisible lines, Lebedev may actually shield...
...recordings were released by the Cambridge Police Department at a press conference Monday afternoon, where Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas, City Manager Robert W. Healy, and Mayor E. Denise Simmons reiterated their intent to use the experience not as a way to "make any official judgments on the actions of officers," but to identify lessons that can be applied to the policies, programs, and practices of the Department...
...personally devastated" by media reports suggesting that she was prompted to call police because the men were black. Police reports of the incident state that Whalen saw "what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the front porch" trying to break into the home, but Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas told the Globe that the report was a summary based on information and inquiries not necessarily compiled from the initial 911 call...
...press conference, Healy announced that the City has asked Robert Wasserman, a national expert on police strategy, diversity, and management, and Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, to chair a committee "to facilitate an analysis and develop recommendations" from the incident. Healy said that the committee's mission is "larger than a mere investigation into the events of July 16," and that it will examine the police department's organization, policies, and relationships with the local community...
...Joint Chiefs of Staff, told troops during a visit to southern Afghanistan on July 17. "We have to start to turn that tide over the next 12 to 18 months." Even as Mullen was hoping for a year and a half to turn things around, Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on the same day that the U.S. public is war-weary and that progress must come quickly. "After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared to have a long slog where it is not apparent we are making headway," Gates told the Los Angeles Times. "The troops are tired; the American...