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...know for weeks or months - the world has been hit with pandemics before, but what is happening now is unprecedented. "For the first time in humanity, we are seeing, or we may be seeing, pandemic influenza evolving in front of our eyes," said Margaret Chan, the director-general of the WHO, at the agency's annual meeting...
...proceedings. According to Chris Anders of the ACLU, an existing statute allows for classified evidence to be summarized, without source, for civilian courts. "The trouble is, in open court, the judges and the defense lawyers always want to know the source of the information," says former CIA director Michael Hayden, who says he made a good-faith effort to cooperate in one civil terrorism case, "and we just can't go there." (See pictures of Guantánamo Bay's detention facilities...
Acting National Archives director Adrienne Thomas is being pilloried for Tuesday's revelation that the library has misplaced a hard drive containing enough Clinton administration data-including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service operating procedures-to fill literally millions of books. But important government documents have walked out of the storied library before-and not just in a Nicolas Cage movie. Despite a security system worthy of an adventure flick, the National Archives and Records Administration has long been a prime target for pilfering...
...time, through my staff ... the beauty of, I think, the way the East and the West Wing are working here is that I've got a great professional staff. I think I've hired some of the best people, and they're real workers out there. My policy director is top-notch. My communications team is top-notch. My chief of staff is solid. And they have roles in the West Wing. They're engaged in the meetings. And I think that that's the best way to make sure that the East and the West Wing are working together...
...Everyone agrees sales on these days are derisory," Le Figaro director general Francis Morel told Le Monde (which says it will continue publishing on all holidays except May 1). "The savings involved are around...