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That kind of intelligence isn't easy to get. But under the Bush Administration's new National Security Strategy, which calls for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists or nations that develop weapons of mass destruction, good intelligence will be more vital than ever. One big test is approaching: to boost its case for war, the Bush Administration is planning a major speech that will attempt to show in great detail how Iraq has acquired its banned weapons. But officials say they are concerned about whether the CIA--and its hard-charging director, George Tenet--can produce the goods...
...couldn't agree more. The CIA is a vital agency, on the front line of protecting the nation against attack. That it failed to do so in advance of 9/11 is no reason to break up the agency, as some have proposed, or to dilute the power of the director of Central Intelligence by placing him under a White House intelligence "czar," which would merely create another layer of bureaucracy...
...final phase of the Phony War. The Iraqi military has begun highly visible preparations to shore up defenses along the vital Basra-Baghdad highway. The Army has started to move troops and materials into defensive positions along the road, which was heavily bombed by U.S.-led forces during the Gulf War while the Iraqis were withdrawing their troops from Kuwait. In the event of a new war, U.S. and British forces will need to seize and hold this crucial artery, which links the Iraqi heartland to the country's only significant port...
...promise to replace the elevated Central Artery with green space after the project is finished. As helpful as the Big Dig will be in easing traffic problems, the purpose of rejoining Boston’s waterfront and North End with the financial district should be seen as an equally vital goal, not a side effect...
City of God is the latest film in the vital new Latin American cinema, and the fiercest. Next to it, Amores Perros and Y Tu Mama Tambien seem like slouchers. The storytelling and filmmaking vigor never lets up. The camera takes a bullet's point of view as it ricochets toward a victim; the tangled history of a gang's hideout is shown in two dozen supple dissolves; a bank heist is replayed to clear up a murder mystery. Because the director has brought his monsters and their world to teeming life, City of God conquers your scruples and stokes...