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...TENET: Well, you know, so this is a really painful moment for me. This is a matter of honor and trust, and trust was broken. Trust in the sense of, what are you doing here? So here are the guys [at the CIA] that give [the White House], you know, four days after 9/11, we give [them] the war plan on Afghanistan. Here are the guys that do A. Q Khan. Here are the guys that do Libya. Here are the guys who [the White House] sends to see the [Saudi] Crown Prince anytime there's a problem...
...TIME: How aware were you that there were some in the Vice President's office and the Pentagon didn't like the CIA, didn't trust its conclusions...
...Back then, state and municipal censor boards still could demand the cutting or banning of films. Valenti in effect said, Don't trust them; trust me. Such was his clout with national lawmakers that they agreed to his scheme of a "voluntary" ratings system: G indicating films suitable for all ages, PG for those requiring parental guidance, R for films off limits to unaccompanied youngsters, and X for anything goes. The MPAA would rate the films; the theaters would theoretically enforce the ratings...
...trust you,” said Bazerman, “but how do we trust the government when we know they’ve lied...
...Africa, the cost of inaction could be devastating. Philip E. Clapp, president of the Washington-based National Environmental Trust, warns that Darfur may be "an advance warning" of climate-related apocalypses to come. Take rising sea levels: five of Africa's 10 largest cities are coastal, and 40% of Asia's population of 3.9 billion--1.5 billion people--live within 62 miles of the sea. "Darfur is small by comparison with what is projected," says Clapp. "It may be our last warning before the consequences of climate change become so enormous that they are beyond the capacity of industrialized nations...