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...hotel parking lot and the rear vehicle entrance of the US consulate. The sophistication of the attack suggested advance planning, and Foy's armored 4X4 appears to have been directly targeted. The entire street is closed to pedestrians and public transport, and all vehicles entering the area must pass stringent security precautions, including inspection of vehicle trunks and chassis. Yet, according to a security officer on the scene who has seen surveillance footage, a white Toyota Corolla passed the initial inspection at 8:45 am, and once inside the concrete barrier pulled over to the side. A man who appeared...
Governor Blanco's new housing formula, which improves on one put forward by Nagin, has the advantage of allowing people to rebuild pretty much anywhere. But there's one important catch: wherever they build, they must meet stringent new state building codes and FEMA rules that require houses in low-lying areas to be raised several feet above ground level. The most flood-prone neighborhoods, many of them poor, will probably require the most new protections, at a cost that could discourage residents from going back to the same spot...
...attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Townsend acknowledged that the jailbreak is "of enormous concern to us, especially given the capabilities and the expertise of the people who were there." All 13 had been housed together, she said, and "we are disappointed that their restrictions in prison weren't more stringent." When asked why the U.S. wasn't keeping closer tabs on how the Al Qaeda prisoners were being incarcerated in Yemen, a U.S. law enforcement official said, "that assumes the Yemenis care what we think...
...interviewed for this article, fearing their unapproved arrangements would be compromised.Female rooms that share fire doors with male ones are allowed to open the doors with House permission, creating coed suites in all but name.LOCKED UPCoed rooming groups are only allowed to live in rooms that meet stringent requirements. But some students question why such policies exist if they live among friends.The College’s Handbook for Students states that coed rooms are only allowed with the permission of House masters in a space that “ensures a large degree of privacy.” This requires...
...Under current law, the FBI can demand that libraries release a patron’s borrowing record, as well as library internet and e-mail records, if the information is relevant to an ongoing terrorism or intelligence investigation. Senators who have attacked these measures want to specify a more stringent standard under which the FBI can demand these records, as well as address what they see as the lack of meaningful judicial review of the provisions. But some students said they were most preoccupied with the broader trend of increasing government access to personal information. “People...