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...what experts say is a welcome nod to common sense, the CIA, having spent billions over the years on undercover agents, phone taps and the like, plans to create a large wing in the spookhouse dedicated to sorting through various forms of data that are not secret--such as research articles, religious tracts, websites, even phone books--but yet could be vital to national security. Senior intelligence officials tell TIME that CIA Director Porter Goss plans to launch by Oct. 1 an "open source" unit that will greatly expand on the work of the respected but cash-strapped office that...
...beat a dignified retreat. "She's up to her ears" on Iraq, says a senior White House official. Rice was with Bush in Crawford, Texas, when he learned of the attack that killed 14 Marines last Wednesday. Throughout the week, she engaged in around-the-clock phone sessions with the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, discussing how to get Iraq's squabbling political factions to reach a compromise on a draft constitution by next Monday, the target date set last year by the U.S. When she met with TIME, Rice argued against focusing solely on the rising death...
...mail because it is impersonal and indelible, communicating mainly through person-to-person calls. If she has a bone to pick with a U.S. or foreign official, she will order everyone out of the room and remonstrate in private. "She's not afraid to pick up the phone and trust her own instincts," says Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns. Whereas Rice is not a born diplomat--her mannered speaking style can verge on monotony--she has soothed much of the public friction that developed between the U.S. and its allies during Bush's first term. "From...
...Google Labs: A suite of 15 experimental tools such as Web Accelerator, which speeds up surfing; Ride Finder, a way to locate taxis in the U.S.; and Froogle Wireless, for comparing product prices on your cell phone. Google Print: Google has scanned thousands of books?with more to come?whose text you can now search. You can't read the whole volume, but you can see a digital image of the relevant pages. Google Video: Windows users who download Google's video player can see free clips of news, entertainment and more. Though the service is still in its infancy...
...Magno argued that Filipinos must learn to put their faith in institutions, not in individuals as we are used to doing. But then, amazingly, he stated, "Deep in our guts, we know that a President's phoning an election official when votes are being counted?as [President Gloria Macapagal] Arroyo has admitted doing?is most likely not unusual." A President's wish or desire, to a common person or especially an election official, is akin to a direct order. And to say that a phone call during vote counting is not unusual is to condone wrongdoing. Siva Ravindran Bombay...