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When Fox first revealed his plan, he ignited a firestorm that did not end until the proposal was implemented three months later...
Like no other document to emerge from the current firestorm over the mistakes and missed signals that led to Sept. 11, the Rowley memo casts a searing light into the depths of government ineptitude. In Washington, where the FBI and CIA may be criticized but are allowed to clean up their own messes as they see fit, the memo sent shudders through the establishment for a simple reason: it came from within. If Rowley's account is accurate--and colleagues say she's not one for shading the truth--her letter amounts to a colossal indictment of our chief...
...Cuba, that landmarks may be struck during holidays--a strategy also endorsed by al-Qaeda training videos. Meanwhile, agents had noticed an increase in terrorist "chatter" picked up by telecommunications surveillance in recent months. "We couldn't just blow it off," says the senior intelligence official--especially given the firestorm over whether agencies could have done more to prevent 9/11. "How many times did someone get in trouble for issuing a warning that didn't happen?" a U.S. counterterrorism official asks rhetorically...
Perhaps the most challenging moments of her tenure came late last year, when the national media firestorm of the grade inflation controversy landed on her desk. Pedersen handled the pressure well, calling for a comprehensive review from each department of their grading practices. And though she made the mistake of ending the policy of awarding honors in general studies, at the same time, Pedersen pioneered a framework for constructive dialog on grade inflation across disciplines...
...Each time, the government of the day gave implicit help to the lynch mobs by providing breathing space for hatred. Despite sufficient evidence of the coming firestorm, the police were kept immobile before and mute during the public assault, mayhem and murder. The guardians of the law handed selected areas for an average of two days to the lawless of their preference, while some group of Indians paid an indescribable price in blood. For these mass lynchings have an almost celebratory air. Mobs roam the street as if on some gruesome holiday during which they have been released from...