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Chasing bad guys is one thing, but critics have raised hell about Ashcroft's initiative to have local police interview some 5,000 men and women in Arab-American and Muslim communities. The government has made clear all along that talking is voluntary and says the interviews afford the government a chance to enlist help from the public. "The way I put it is that this is like a crime has been committed against your next-door neighbor," says presidential counselor Karen Hughes. "This is a chance to help...
...more Reaganesque man might have been able to expand the FBI's Rolodex in the Sept. 11 investigation with greater finesse and quiet. After all, a poll shows that 67% of Americans approve of his ongoing policy of interviewing about 5,000 people, ages 18 to 33, within the Arab-American and Islamic communities who have arrived here on visas since 2000. Unable to conduct all the interviews using the FBI, the Attorney General enlisted local law enforcement to request interviews. But by asking local officials to do some of the work for him, he managed to divide the country...
...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--and plug the leaks...
Since the bombing started in Afghanistan, American commentators have worried a lot about "the Arab street." Well, there's also an "American street." It is more dangerous to the Arab street than the Arab street is to the American, for this reason: the indelible grievance of 9/11 has nullified certain long-nurtured American inhibitions--such as the constraints of political correctness and "hate speech," and even the taboo against speaking of nuclear weapons...
...could undermine Zinni's mission even before it gets under way; wise to the Bush Administration's continuing reticence to engage in the Middle East, some parties in the region wonder if Zinni has the full support of the White House. "[The State Department] is there to placate the Arabs," says a senior Arab official. "The real action is at the White House." So all eyes will be on President Bush's scheduled meeting with Sharon this week in Washington. If Bush makes no nod toward the Palestinians, he will be seen as unwilling to pressure the Israelis. And that...