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Williams' former colleague Ronald Myers, a 31-year FBI veteran, praised his work to the Los Angeles Times. "He is one of the sharpest agents I have ever met," Myers said. "Anyone in FBI management who wouldn't take what Ken Williams said seriously is a fool." Since the trial...
If the Bush team had to scramble to regain footing, it was because it had ignored a basic lesson that so many White Houses have learned the hard way: if you know that bad news is on the way, it is best to put it out yourself. A White House...
But that's not the game we're currently playing. What's happened in America since last September is that we have been, in effect, Europeanized. Over there, some time in the 19th Century, with the rise of revolutionary and anarchist movements - see, for example, Conrad's "The Secret Agent...
The reaction, understandably, was equal parts "Holy crap!" and "Hey, wait a minute - how do we know these uncorroborated threats are on the level? What's the source?" Then, Thursday, we learned that the threats to New York (like the bank and apartment threats) came from one man: Al-Qaeda...
India charges that despite his declarations, Musharraf is continuing to sanction terror attacks from Pakistani-controlled territory. Indian commentators suggest that the general may be trying to divert hostility to his support for the Americans in Afghanistan by channeling the extremists' energies towards India. But even if he were doing...