Word: snafuing
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...communications intercept capabilities in order to show exactly why the secrets Hanssen sold were so damaging to U.S. security. They'll now roll up their sleeves and try and get Hanssen to do what a good spy never does - come clean - while greatly reducing the risk of another embarrassing snafu...
...posters and newspaper propaganda aren't helping the country. Most of the Liberians involved in the airport snafu laughed and winked once the policeman was out of earshot. They know that Taylor is far from an innocent aggrieved party. What matters to them is jobs and prosperity. "The big man wants you to have it," one said to me, smiling. "Just remember the T-shirt...
...McVeigh case--after Freeh's 16th document request to FBI field offices. Ashcroft pushed back McVeigh's execution until June 11. McVeigh's lawyers may seek more time, and attorneys for accomplice Terry Nichols have already asked for a new trial. At first, bureau officials blamed the snafu on an outdated computer system, but last week Freeh pointed the finger at his own hand-picked field commanders and middle managers. "I think there is a cultural problem here in not taking seriously the very clear and explicit commands that were given," he told a Senate subcommittee...
...that's a snafu caused by routine Navy lip-buttoning. Although they're reluctant to say anything too early to avoid the embarrassment of being proved wrong later, they could have told the public a little more a lot earlier...
...least a dozen Harvard students who filled out voter registration forms in Massachusetts during last month's Institute of Politics (IOP) drive were turned away at the polls yesterday, the victim of what appeared to be a bureaucratic snafu...