STRATEGIES: Bush vs. the Faceless Party Opposite

12 December 2004 |permalink | email article

I find the disparity in focus between the two major parties stunning as a divided U.S. enters the holiday season. The White House, with disciplined senior policy quarterback Karl Rove calling the plays, has moved deftly to consolidate its… read full story

Truman and the Launch of the C.I.A. (Part 2)

10 December 2004 |permalink | email article

Harry Truman, speaking to C.I.A. employees in 1952, (Michael Warner’s article TBP 12.8), reminisced about the state of U.S. intelligence when he first took office: no concentration of information for the President; each department and each organization had its… read full story

How Harry Truman Launched the C.I.A.

08 December 2004 |permalink | email article

President Bush’s signature on a bill to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community will set in motion the most important restructuring of the nation’s gathering and sharing of intelligence since the creation of the C.I.A. But the spy realignment recalls… read full story

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