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Many FBI agents feel that asking young women about their love life or students about their major isn't the most effective way to thwart global terrorism. A similar strategy was attempted during the Gulf War; it failed to yield any significant leads, but it did arouse some ill-will in the Arab-American community. Former FBI and CIA director William Webster worries about Ashcroft's prevention-first policy, warning that nothing will be gained if preemptive arrests are made before all the players in a terrorist conspiracy are identified and located. Those who escape the net will regroup...
...think this will be a very challenging year for us to try to forecast the yield,” he said...
Despite the upcoming challenges, the admissions office has found another reason to be happy with this year’s Early Action yield...
...cause of the Flight 587 crash is determined, it may underscore an unsettling truth about aviation safety: we sometimes don't know where aircraft problems lie until they cause an accident. If that's the case this time, one thing is almost certain. This probe, like others before, will yield improved safety guidelines...
...Investigators hope the Leahy letter, which remains sealed, will yield important clues to the instigator of the anthrax attacks...