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...would be justified in asking itself, What will stop Blair from taking another key station - Baghdad, for instance? Blair is a Navy officer, and the suspicion is that his grab for Kabul has something to do with a plan for the Pentagon to assume the CIA's authority. What's more, it's not as if Blair's argument is without merit. We are in the middle of two inconclusive wars, and the Pentagon needs good, detailed tactical intelligence on these two countries, so why shouldn't Blair cater to the Pentagon's needs, possibly even appoint a uniformed military...
...very badly. When the White House and the Pentagon's civilian management read the Baghdad chief's conclusions, they raged, dismissing the analysis as "defeatist," even going so far as to accuse the chief of being a closet Democrat. The chief came home, but that did not stop his successors, CIA officers from the ranks, from sending in similar bad news every 60 days...
...Iran would accept suspension." -On the West's persistent calls for the nation to stop uranium enrichment. (Financial Times, April...
...causes of crashes even after long and confounding investigations. Most notable of those was the investigation into TWA Flight 800 from New York City to Paris, which exploded off Long Island, New York, in 1996. Though that plane's flight recorder was found, the blast caused it to stop operating along with the rest of the craft, rendering it basically useless. However, much of the plane's remains were recovered, and once a large part was reassembled, it allowed experts to conclude that the explosion was the result of an accidental mixture of air and fuel fumes that ignited...
...argument flatly rejected by President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," Obama said in his Cairo speech. "This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop." (Watch video of 'Graffiti for Hire in the West Bank...