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...fire and then cast it adrift just above Niagara Falls. The British government said its forces had acted in self-defense; those on the Caroline, London claimed, were supporters of a rebellion against British rule in Canada. In an exchange of diplomatic notes, U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster argued that a nation could only justify such pre-emptive hostile action if there was a necessity "instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation." Ever since, Webster's dictum has been regarded as a principle of international...
...about his ability to be duplicitous?" An inquiry into Hanssen's sexually deviant appetites would surely have caused the suspension of his clearance and might have led to the discovery of his past treacheries, which a blue ribbon commission headed by former FBI and CIA director William Webster calls "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history...
...deploy more aggressive background investigators, with experience in conducting probing interviews that elicit indications of psychological and integrity problems. In the past, background investigators, generally retired FBI agents working on contract, rarely went beyond the subject's hand-picked character references. This practice was sharply criticized by the Webster commission, which also faulted the background unit's checklist mentality and failure to analyze contradictory answers. Senser says the revamped security teams will develop their own sources and "look at the whole person - to try to get at what makes this person tick...
...blue-ribbon commission chaired by former FBI and CIA Director William Webster lists a stunning array of FBI security lapses that enabled agent turned spy Robert Hanssen to steal U.S. government secrets. What has escaped notice, however, is that the bureau's blunders didn't stop with Hanssen's arrest--and, according to the commission and Senate investigators, could compromise post-Sept. 11 counterterrorism investigations. At a hearing on Tuesday, Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy plans to grill top FBI officials about an Oct. 10, 2001, order lifting "need to know" restrictions on highly sensitive information about U.S. intelligence sources...
...Webster commission is expected to recommend limiting highly sensitive files to those with a strong need-to-know - "role-based access," in FBI jargon. Mueller and Senser agree and have already reduced the number of FBI employees with access to any data bearing the above-Top-Secret classification of SCI (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information...