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...away when the war ended. A sizable portion of ISI rank and file embraces Islamic fundamentalism, and even if the top brass promise help, spooks on the ground may thwart them by withholding information or spreading disinformation. "The ISI has excellent intelligence about bin Laden," says a former Defense specialist on the region. "I find it doubtful they will give...
...commander from Afghanistan's Nangarhar province was assured that anti-Taliban groups had already started making large purchases. "This reminds me of the old days when the CIA was pumping in money and arms to fight the Russians. But now it's Afghans against Afghans," says an Afghan-affairs specialist in Peshawar. These overtures rattled local clergy enough that they issued warnings to Afghans to choose either "money or Islam...
HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL Want a job that will fly you to exotic places every day and allow you to carry a gun on board to protect your fellow passengers? Then apply to be a civil-aviation security specialist, better known as a federal air marshal. More than 100,000 people have already downloaded the FAA's online job application at jobs.faa.gov And by the way, don't bother applying if you're over 40--or can't keep a secret. time.com/airmarshal...
Curran is accompanied by 10 other newcomers to the Carr Center, including Kelly Askin, a legal consultant to the United Nations; Antonia Chayes, a specialist in conflict management in several international programs; Thomas Cushman, a sociology professor at Wellesley College and founder and editor of The Journal of Human Rights; Eitan Felner, the outgoing director of B’Tselem, the Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; and Mario Gomez, a member of the law commission of Sri Lanka and a professor of public law, human rights and feminist legal studies at the University of Colombo...
...German history specialist, Blackbourn was surprised to be contacted. The original call came at work two or three days before the taping, says Blackbourn. I was contacted by producers and production assistants. They must have called the university first and gotten my name...