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MARY MCCARTHY HAS BECOME a metaphor for an existential drama enveloping the CIA. On the surface, the question is whether CIA employees may take it upon themselves to reveal CIA secrets to the media. The answer is no. There is, in the first quarter-inch of every CIA employee's personnel file, an ironclad secrecy agreement forbidding such. It is the law--and properly so. One can easily defend the need for unyielding discipline when it comes to guarding the nation's secrets. And one can point to legitimate internal channels for dissent. But all that may be irrelevant...
OFFICERS OF THE intelligence community or officers of the CIA cannot take it upon themselves to make a judgment that one particular activity is O.K. but another isn't--and then take it upon themselves, if they can't convince people inside, to go to the press and expose it. The duty of an analyst or operator is to weigh in during internal debate or planning on a given topic...
...surprise as I had no idea it was coming,” he wrote in an e-mail. “But of course I am deeply honored to be elected. Humbled too, considering the lineup of past and current members.” Election to NAS is based upon a member’s contribution of original research to his or her field. Nominations may only be submitted by a current NAS member and are decided upon at its annual meeting in April. “It feels great,” Clapham said. “It?...
...more important than students at UC Berkeley or Illinois State, and that is why we are the ones featured on the cover of the U.S.A. Today Life Section or in the Village Voice. Much of the credit for those achievements, however, must be attributed to the advantages bestowed upon us by our golden ticket sent from Byerly Hall. As the world has seen with these recent scandals, we who have received the benefits of admittance to the Ivy Tower are not necessarily worthy of the special treatment or praise that parents, employers, and media outlets quickly assign to us Cantabrigians...
...transformation into this new, faster, top-ranked team.“The success, I think, is mainly due to the depth,” Kharrazi said. “Last year was the first there was a real novice team, and it took a good year to build upon it, but its growth shows how the program has expanded over the years.”Freshman like Kharrazi have also added to the depth, along with a strong returning sophomore class. Kharrazi herself is a starter on the varsity eight, a stellar feat for any first-year collegiate rower.But Radcliffe...