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Before Sept. 11, we were a different country, and Washington was a different city, where turf issues prevailed and concern about CIA and FBI "overreaching" trumped concern for security. In retrospect, clues were almost certainly missed, and, as is Washington's way, blame will be attributed. However, for the future, a thoughtful, balanced congressional inquiry can identify the pre-Sept. 11 structural and bureaucratic impediments to information sharing and better coordination across the government, and can recommend changes that improve our defenses against terrorism. But using fragments of information as ammunition against the President, the CIA, the FBI and others...
...based in Louisville, Ky., to the German giant E.ON. Its German competitor, RWE, bought one of the largest U.S. water utilities in January, the same month that a British firm picked up Niagara Mohawk of Syracuse, N.Y. Flush with cash and out of room to grow on their own turf, the Europeans see an opportunity in the U.S. to pick up individual plants or whole companies at fire-sale prices...
...Another concern among the Israelis and Americans is the effect of such an operation on efforts to reform the Palestinian Authority and consolidate its security structures. Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan has assumed a greater role in efforts to restore Palestinian security structures both on his home turf and in the West Bank. The U.S. would like to see Dahlan mount a full-blown crackdown on all Palestinian terrorist groups and unofficial militias, in cooperation with Israeli security and intelligence services. But a new Israeli offensive may preclude that, forcing Dahlan to allow his men to resist...
...sense…the Ariel Sharon of American higher education,” specifically claiming that Summers “acts like a bull in a china shop.” But in retrospect, it appears that the disagreement was little more than a turf war, with two strong-willed men playing an intricate game of politics. That Summers happens to be a Jew and West black was only incidental to their disagreement. The same race-based misconception plagued those who claimed West’s comment was anti-Semitic—the negative comparison of two people who both...
...towns, tightly controlling access and launching new incursions in response to security threats. There are also signs of mounting internecine rivalries on the streets, not only in the form of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the more militant elements of Fatah challenging any movement toward a cease-fire, but also turf battles among security services loyal to rival strongmen...