Word: traitorously
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...Calif.) said on the house floor, "Mr. Rich traded with Libya when we had the embargo, he traded with Iran when we had U.S. hostages being held captive, and he traded with Iraq during the 12 years when we had our conflict." The ultimate backscratcher set free the ultimate traitor...
...with Arafat, pleading with him to consider a compromise granting Palestinians sovereignty over the Haram but giving Israelis sovereignty beneath it, where Jews believe the ruins of Solomon's temple lie. "Mr. President, I invite you to my funeral" was Arafat's reply, explaining that he would be a traitor if he agreed. "We may not be able to liberate Jerusalem," he said. "But someone will come and liberate it and raise his flag over...
...life surely required even greater measures of deception, he wasn't a two-faced hypocrite. He didn't boast about being moral or a family man or that he was particularly loyal. What's so infuriating about Hanssen - apart, of course, from the simple fact that he was a traitor - is the fact that he was so sanctimonious about his patriotism, his faith and his family. Spying was his other family...
...part just covering his tracks. And, of course, all spies, by definition, lead double lives. Their hypocrisy is always of the 180-degree variety. One man's loyalty is another's betrayal. Kim Philby - whom Hanssen cited as a kind of spiritual mentor - did not regard himself as a traitor to England but as a loyal soldier to the old Soviet Union. In the end, as the Washington consultant Timothy Dickinson notes, he joined hands with his fellow authoritarians, where "what they dislike is so much more important than what they believe...
Arafat has exhausted the patience of Palestinians from all walks of life--it is no longer only the more radical elements who consider Arafat a traitor. Allegations of high-level corruption and mishandling of funds abound throughout the West Bank and Gaza. According to a recent United Nations report, the Palestinian economy suffered a loss of $1.15 billion over the first four months of the uprising and is on the brink of financial ruin. Although the uprising itself exacted an enormous financial toll, it is widely believed that Arafat's autocratic handling of Palestinian finances has greatly exacerbated the situation...