- Civil liberties are getting in the way of the war on terror. Ashcroft Decries Court Rulings 'Second-Guessing' Bush on Security Raises Risk, He Says
Attorney General John D. Ashcroft said yesterday that federal courts have endangered national security by ruling against the Bush administration on issues related to the war on terrorism.
- Agency Is Said to Be in Turmoil Under New Director Goss. Deputy Chief Resigns From CIA
The deputy director of the CIA resigned yesterday after a series of confrontations over the past week between senior operations officials and CIA Director Porter J. Goss's new chief of staff that have left the agency in turmoil, according to several current and former CIA officials.
Don't you feel safer already?
- How are you feeling? WHO Meeting Warns of Flu Pandemic Experts Say Countries Have Not Done Enough to Prevent the Spread of Virus.
An influenza pandemic, when it arrives, will be an immediate threat to the health of nearly everyone on Earth, but very little is being done to prevent its potential devastation, say experts who met this week at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Switzerland.
Well at least we know Bush is doing everything he can.
A vaccine is unlikely to prevent the global spread of a pandemic strain of flu virus, but it could save millions of lives. To do so, the world must be ready to make, test, pay for, distribute and probably share what will be a scarce supply, the experts concluded.
- How low can it go? As the Dollar Declines
For all its professed desire for a strong dollar, the Bush administration has apparently decided that letting the dollar slide is a good way to shrink America's trade deficit. This is dubious economic policy. It provides a modicum of relief to American exporters, but it increases the nation's vulnerability to higher prices and higher interest rates, while ignoring fiscal measures that would more assuredly anchor the United States in the global economy.
I know how to fix it, more tax cuts.
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