Word: langley
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...probe of the intelligence-gathering process is urgent and important, but it doesn't address the question of how, or why the decision was made to go to war. The conclusion that war was the necessary and prudent course of action was made in the White House, not at Langley. And for better or worse, that is where its consequences must be borne...
...problem," warns Dr. Glen Elliott, director of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute's children's center at the University of California, San Francisco, "is that our usage has outstripped our knowledge base. Let's face it, we're experimenting on these kids without tracking the results...
...foreign policy that is costing us international support, Bush hasn't accomplished his mission nor has he shown much ability to. If the Democrats get their act together, his bid for a second term will come up short just as his father did 12 years ago. Rick Spicer Langley, Wash...
...Some critics have suggested that intelligence analysts may have felt pressure from Vice President Cheney - who more than once visited their Langley, Va., campus to quiz them - and others in the administration to present findings that supported the case for war. Others have countered that analysts should welcome such attention from policymakers, and should be prepared to defend their findings in the face of robust questioning. One senior CIA analyst suggested last week, in a little-noted conference speech elaborating on an article she'd written long before the Iraq war, that the intelligence community must ensure that its analysts...
...Langley's writing isn't quite up to her reporting. Beyond Weill, the characters seem flat and their stories just litanies of facts. But the facts speak volumes about one of the greatest businessmen of the past century. Weill doesn't get to go out a hero--at least not yet. Citi has been sullied by evidence that its stock analysts touted shares of suspect firms to win their investment-banking business, and Weill has promised to do "whatever it takes" to get the firm in order. He's nearly 70 but has shown little interest in naming a successor...