Word: spooks
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...people most familiar with her legal instincts did not provide much reassurance. "My theory is that she is going to be a Justice very much like Sandra Day O'Connor," says Gary Rice, in words that might cheer moderates but spook anyone looking for someone with a weed whacker who will go after liberal rulings of the past 30 years. "If she moves the law, it will be in small steps. She won't be one to say, 'Let's just throw all that out and do something different.'" One of the most intriguing insights into the Real Harriet Miers...
...Galley Girl: Do you spook yourself with these plots when you're writing? Does it put you on edge...
...stay the course as he did last week when he addressed National Guard troops in Idaho. As for the president himself, Bush is hyperresolute about the situation in Iraq according to advisers. "One of the things that's real consistent about this President is that he doesn't spook," says Bush's media advisor Mark McKinnon...
...sting was an example of how technology, stepped-up surveillance and a cooperative get-tough approach at the FBI and CIA are helping the U.S. to spook out traitors. The record number of arrests during the past two years is partly due, no doubt, to a rise in the number of spies. "Espionage," says one Reagan Administration official, "is a growth industry." But more important, say many intelligence experts, the arrests stem from the hard-line counterespionage policies adopted by two consecutive Presidents...
...White House finds itself in a familiar place: Stick to the script, stay on message, wax confident that things will look up. It worked during the 2004 campaign. "The one thing that's real consistent about this president is that he doesn't spook," says Mark McKinnon who made Bush's presidential campaign ads. "We always knew this would be a tough fight." Indeed, many in the White House see a potential victory in defeat. Even if the Social Security plan doesn't pass, they predict Bush will have been seen as having taken on the tough issues and Americans...