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...Bush during the truncated transition period after the 2000 election. Clinton said he told Bush in that meeting that bin Laden would be his No. 1 national-security problem. Clarke, who recounts this episode in his book Against All Enemies, writes that the incoming Administration found this assessment "rather odd." Commissioners are planning to seek Bush's side of the story. He too will have to explain why bin Laden is not yet dead...
...suspects Williams mentioned did have al-Qaeda links; one trained with Hanjour at an Arizona flight school. A thorough investigation of flight schools might have led to one in Florida where an instructor recalled the odd behavior of 9/11 pilots Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi or to a California outfit that expelled al-Hazmi and al-Midhar for lack of flight skills and poor English. Had Williams' memo been sent to all FBI field offices, it could have set off alarms at the Minneapolis field office when would-be pilot Zacarias Moussaoui was arrested in August...
...CCTV building is a sensitive commission; it's the headquarters for the government-controlled media operation of a one-party state, an odd project for a man committed to ideas like spontaneous connection and untrammeled movement. Koolhaas has been criticized for cozying up to one of the most noxious departments of the Beijing power apparatus. In his defense, he insists that China is evolving into a freer society. "The Chinese are putting in place the legal and political infrastructure that will enable them to manage their transitions," he says. "We did not go ahead before we established...
Creasy and Pita quickly get over the initial awkwardness of their textbook odd-couple relationship when the lovably gruff guard notices he can help the cherubic, threatened swan’s swimming technique. Washington, meanwhile, channels his forceful yet charismatic Remember The Titans performance, berating the girl until she successfully stops flinching from the sound of the race’s starting shot. Surprisingly, Scott lavishes a substantial chunk of time on the astonishingly cute friendship—a decision which makes the audience actually care when Pita is kidnapped during a shootout with unknown assailants...
Though perfectly timed to edge out the competition for the Green Cup—Harvard’s way of promoting environmentally conscious behavior around Earth Day and which includes a cash prize for the most conscientious House—Quincy’s switch to this seemingly odd source of energy is, nevertheless, a good way to encourage the use of renewable energy on campus. By purchasing Tradeable Renewable Certificates, Quincy can force power companies to deliver the House’s electricity from renewable resources. However, this futile action amounts to little more than throwing money at renewable...