Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been an ill-conceived idea, I can see now, but it was a fixation. Once that notion had grown up like a mirage in our minds, there was no choice but to pursue it, to track it down and lay our hands upon it, no matter how far we had to go, no matter what the expense. We were after The Bargain, the one truly amazing deal that would please a dear friend to no end but would, after all, be unspeakably inexpensive. You laugh as you read this, I know, you say to yourself that of course this...
Howard Schomer '37, a member of the board of the National Council of Churches--a New York-based group which keeps track of corporate ties with South Africa--said yesterday that although some groups within the council have approved Chase's policy, the majority of the 32 denominations do not think Chase's policy is satisfactory...
...original robbers, Maffie and Richardson, received an enthusiastic and prolonged ovation from the audience. Both were released from prison in 1970, after serving 14 years. It took the FBI six years and 29 million dollars to track them down after the robbery
Finally in the public sector, we have of course the free press--a very major assist to the public in its effort to hold the American intelligence community accountable. People like Woodward and Bernstein and others have, of course, performed yeoman service in helping the public keep track of governmental activities. There are, however, potential problems here. When something is made known to the press, it is also made known to a potential enemy. And unlike a court, the press can find you or me guilty through accusation alone...
...find this right balance, we will truly achieve a revolution in intelligence. For never before in history will any major intelligence activity have been subject to the degree of accountability that we are conducting today. I believe we are on the right track, I believe this can work in our country, but we must remember that it will require some understanding and some forebearance. Forebearance, for instance, against having such detailed laws and regulations that we will find ourselves in a straight-jacket, unable to conduct intelligence activities adequately...