Bioterrorism: Growing Threat, Inadequate Budget

By Mark Sharoff In November, 2001, in a briefing with CIA Director George Tenet and NSA Director Condoleeza Rice, Vice President Cheney articulated what in years following would become the “One-Percent Doctrine,” the Bush administration’s approach to threats of “low-probability,…

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The ABC’s of the CNBC Debate: Allegations, Blunders and Controversy

by Amy Kaufman Last night’s CNBC sponsored Republican debate was one for the books.  The event was simultaneously bland, memorable, hostile and reserved.   Although the eight presidential hopefuls gathered to discuss economic issues including bailouts, the housing crisis, healthcare and…

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