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...these things usually go in the CIA, management then turned to the agency's operatives and told them, in short, to design an interrogation program from scratch. The operatives had few illusions about their own capabilities. Their CIA training is about persuasion rather than coercion. You either pay an informant or recruit him on ideological grounds. But you never twist arms. (Incidentally, I was one of those liberal arts majors who also does not have a clue how to conduct a hostile interrogation...
...been lost on many that Ted Kennedy's death came at a moment when the cause he described as the greatest one of his public life - universal health care - seems to be stumbling just short of the goal line. Kennedy's absence has been felt all year on Capitol Hill, and there are many on both sides who believe that health reform might be closer to becoming a reality if he had been in any shape to bring his negotiating skills to bear. So what effect will his passing have on the prospects for health reform? Will his mourning colleagues...
...legislation that could possibly be passed under special parliamentary rules by a simple majority of 51 Democrats. Theoretically, that would allow President Obama and the Democrats on Capitol Hill to declare victory, and return to finish the job another day. But in practice, a smaller bill would fall far short of covering the estimated 45 million or so uninsured. While that would save the federal Treasury money in the short run, health-care experts warn it would make it impossible to contend with the larger forces that are driving up health-care costs and burdening the economy as a whole...
...invited, because he didn't want to upset Beijing. Ma said then that "the time was inappropriate" for such a visit. Forging closer ties with China, Taiwan's longtime political rival and military threat, has been Ma's biggest priority and achievement so far as President. In his short time in office, he's reached milestones such as opening up investment and tourism to the Chinese and establishing direct transportation...
...Pakistani military has choked off main roads leading out of South Waziristan, and the country's fighter jets have been pounding targets from the air (an operation Islamabad insists it will continue). But that falls short of the military campaign the U.S. desires. Instead, Pakistani authorities are hoping to exploit divisions within the TTP to prize away some factions, while counting on the CIA's drones to take out Baitullah's successors. (See pictures of refugees fleeing the fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley...