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...dangerous to themselves and others." And there is the historic danger that CIA paramilitary operations, cloaked in layers of secrecy, can become rogues. "Everybody has seen this movie before where secret wars have developed into public disasters," warns John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org a defense and intelligence think tank. "We're going to wind up doing things that, when the American people hear of them, they will repudiate...
...June 1961, less than two months after the CIA disaster in Cuba, President Kennedy journeyed to Vienna to meet with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev, who was built along the lines of a Soviet tank, sized up the slender young American President and mistakenly assumed he could be pushed around. Knowing that J.F.K. was still reeling from the CIA's failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, he threatened to move against Berlin. "It will be a cold winter," Kennedy said. As matters turned out, it was a cold October the next year. Emboldened by the U.S. defeat...
...beast halfway between a monarchy and a republic - the implication was that Mubarak had similar dynastic designs. The episode may have provided an excuse for going after Ibrahim, but most observers agree that the government persevered because of Ibrahim's work at the Ibn Khaldun Center - a think tank dedicated to peace and democracy issues. The center, which Ibrahim founded, was closed after his arrest. Several staffers were also detained. Ibrahim's experience hasn't eroded his faith in the long-term prospects for Arab democracy. "I see positive change reluctantly coming. It may not be as dramatic as taking...
...have for nearly three years, they can harm even firms whose own shares are doing well. Why? Because in the U.K. almost half the work force subscribes to a corporate retirement scheme - the highest of any E.U. nation. Those funds are overwhelmingly invested in equities, and when the markets tank, firms are hit hard. How hard? Last month, a study by investment bank Morgan Stanley estimated that in 2002, the pension liabilities of companies in the FTSE 100 grew from $330 million to over $108 billion in a single year. The corporate pension deficit is causing havoc. U.K. companies with...
...extra tent pegs and shower shoes are selling fast. So are watches with alarms that give the time in two time zones. Twizzlers. Extra thick boot insoles. Liquid laundry soap, because the water will be cold. Extra thermals, because the nights will be too. "Think of being in a tank," says Weber. "For a three-man crew and the tank commander, that tank is your home, and you don't know how long you're going to be there. You don't know when the shower and laundry guys might catch up with you. You don't know when...