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...know. Everyone will be watching to see what kind of changes he would make, but it?s hard to think of how he could provide a quick, flashy remedy for the Bureau?s most publicized problems. It?s hard to address the screw-up with McVeigh, for example, on any immediate level, since that was a problem involving most field offices as well as Bureau headquarters...
...Pickard's open manner may solve one of the bureau's worst management problems. Many agents respected Freeh for his integrity, but his penchant for killing messengers and turning minor screw-ups into felonies earned him the nickname, "The Queen of Hearts" Not surprisingly, bad news sometimes didn't get to the Director until it had festered to really rotten. Case in point: the McVeigh mess, which began to crop up last January but which was kept from Freeh until it was leaking to reporters...
...Clinton White House official of Freeh. "He got rid of a lot of people. He surrounded himself with yes men, and he believes in his own righteousness. And therefore people don't stop to think and say, 'Hey Louie? Are we doing this right?' This is a pretty monumental screw-up, and it feels like no one was in charge...
...short, sometimes they're demure and innocent. It's the same way with attitudes. Sometimes she's clipped and bossy. Sometimes she's innocent and virginal. Sometimes she's a kitten with a whip. Sex is a weapon for her; weapons are weapons for her. She'll screw you or kill you, depending on what seems to offer her the shortest route to the DVD player of her dreams...
...OPEC threatening to hike oil prices again, the future is, well, brightening. This year, an additional 1,000 MW of green power will come online, thanks to a doubling of wind capacity. Green-energy believers such as Bingham and MacAusland will just have to pray the politicians won't screw it up again and will let the people have the right to pick their power...