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Roberts also quoted Daniel Webster, about whom he wrote a prize-winning essay as an undergraduate at Harvard...
...workers insist that the displaced masses need stable housing of their own, where they can exert some control over their destinies; they don't need to share a bathroom with your children. "Bringing people into your home doesn't give them a sense of independence or dignity," says Daniel Webster, an Episcopal reverend who has been working with the Red Cross relief operation in Utah...
...required to notify anyone about Strep. suis infections, much less share information. The Ministry of Health says it has the situation under control, although suspicions about China's openness on disease outbreaks, dating back to the 2003 SARS crisis, linger. "The Chinese have got to be transparent," says Robert Webster, a bird-flu expert who has worked with China in the past. If not, neighboring countries?and the world?could pay the price...
Within the FBI, Webster has upgraded Counterintelligence work, formerly considered somewhat of a dumping ground, into a potential path to a senior position. He has also upgraded bureau technology: the FBI has spent millions of dollars on new computers that can cross-reference tips and information...
Despite some crack agents and top-flight hardware, however, the job of Counterintelligence remains scattershot. Four million people in the U.S. have access to classified information, but only a portion of the FBI's 8,800 agents are charged with counter-intelligence. Says Webster: "Our strategy is to focus on the known and suspected hostile intelligence officers, and through a spider-web approach, become aware of contacts they might seek to make." Still, many of the initial clues in recent cases have been tips from a spy's suspicious friends or colleagues...