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...deafening. The United States started to discover proof of thousands of militants, sympathetic to al-Qaeda and maybe bent on violence, operating inside Saudi Arabia. Since the warning delivered to Prince Bandar the year before, cooperation between the CIA and Saudi intelligence had broadened. There was still a kernel of distrust - the United States would not show the Saudis its sigint cables - and actionable intelligence it passed along often vanished when it reached the salons of the royal family, whose interests were often inscrutably complex...
...suspects en route to a torture location, or exchanged information with U.S. intelligence that eased the torture process. This system of enabling torture is, in Marty's view, "utterly alien to the European tradition and sensibility." Numerous governments have denounced these charges as untrue; Marty himself admits that proof is wanting. But again, let's assume the allegations are basically sound. [an error occurred while processing this directive] What do they show, and what are the chances that this zealous investigation will reduce the practice of torture? Much of the report rehashes old charges; it cites, for example, a "preponderance...
...America is a conservative nation now,” the Reagan-blue electoral vote maps on TV screens told them, and all the instant analysts agreed. In fact, the system of government has become dominated by conservatives, for a time at least; but to take 1980 as proof that the nation as well has shifted irrevocably right is to ignore the election’s simple numbers and its circumstances. Reagan’s sweeping electoral victory translates to a 51 percent to 41 percent popular vote lead in a pool of barely over half the eligible voting population. That...
...well. The seed Harvard has planted with its tenants is starting to bear fruit; a month ago, they began to band together in a Harvard tenant union to complain about abuses and demand fairer treatment. And there are some signs their tactics will work—the most hopeful proof is the experience of the city government in recent months. For generations Harvard ignored the city problems, including those to which they contribute; this year, though, the city won the right to regulate University expansion. And with that power came new leverage. Cambridge has been able to force Harvard...
...truth is that the question of what ordinary people should do about salt has simply not been settled yet. That doesn't mean we should throw up our hands in despair. Even without hard scientific proof, says Dr. Theodore Kotchen of the Medical College of Wisconsin, keeping sodium levels down is probably a good idea--particularly since there is no evidence that a low-sodium diet is harmful. The one exception: people who are losing salt through heavy perspiration during exercise or hard physical work. Reducing salt intake in the middle of a heat wave can actually be dangerous...