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...impact not in relations with Israel, where its goals and those of its predecessor Fatah resemble each other, but in two other arenas. Within the Palestinian Authority, Hamas will run a very different show from the anarchic, corrupt, sloppy dictatorship bequeathed by Yasser Arafat. Expect to see a far stricter, more religious, more disciplined order, with Fatah members, including Mahmoud Abbas, sidelined and probably repressed...
...Boring (But Clean) The Federal Accountability Act is item No. 1 on the Tories' list of campaign priorities. The long-mooted set of initiatives, which includes stringent controls over lobbying and government appointments and stricter limits on campaign contributions, could be tabled fairly quickly in the new House of Commons, which may begin sitting in mid-March. Given the lingering anger over the sponsorship scandal, says former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, "I can't see anybody in that Parliament voting against that in principle." The bill's final form, though, will have to take into account the recommendations...
...Blunt of Missouri, the current majority whip; John Boehner of Ohio; and John Shadegg of Arizona. Blunt has positioned himself as the one who can move the G.O.P. agenda most effectively because of his leadership experience. Boehner and Shadegg have run as reformers, calling for changes like stricter restrictions on earmarks--items inserted in legislation that provide millions of dollars in funding for pet projects in members' districts...
...secret assets. "You don't want people who sit down with an intel officer in confidence to be concerned it will end up in the guy's memoirs in a year or two," the official says. Goss has banned current CIA officers from publishing books and ordered stricter reviews of retirees' books...
...between the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House. The final compromise was a five-week extension to allow time for discussion and possible revision of the controversial measures. The senators who blocked the renewal of the Patriot Act legislation in its current form hope to set stricter parameters for FBI information demands and address what they call a lack of meaningful judicial review of the process, according to statements on their websites. In particular, they said they hope to revise the standard under which the FBI can demand information from libraries and other organizations. Their proposed revisions...