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Congress? More Like Animal House by Andrew Cohen - The Atlantic (blog)
... whatever that is," Hoover said to the assembled gathering, according to three sources who spoke on condition of anonymity but all at the same time. ...
An Israeli Opportunity In a Lebanese Crisis by Meir Javedanfar - The Atlantic (blog)
An Israeli government official told the Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, "The concern that Lebanon is on the fast track to becoming an Iranian ...
Why Poker Sharks Are For (And Against) the Legal Poker Law - The Atlantic (blog)
"There would be a huge influx of casual players, of fish," says one Washington-based professional poker player who asked not to be named because his primary ...
Lebanese Newspaper Publishes U.S. Cables Not Found on WikiLeaks - The Atlantic (blog)
But whoever that source was, the mere fact that he, she, or they requested anonymity suggests it was not Wikileaks. After all, the group has openly ...
Obama Considers Staff Changes, Ever So Carefully - The Atlantic (blog)
Some administration officials and advisers agreed to discuss this subject on the condition of anonymity because they wanted to temper news reports that ...
McChrystal's Writing A Book - The Atlantic (blog)
According to a source close to the general, McChrystal does not plan to write about his penultimate career event -- when he was fired for intemperate ...
Nuclear Fail: Is START In Trouble? - The Atlantic (blog)
Even if we go down to START levels, we're talking about 1550 deployed weapons," a senior administration official said, speaking on the condition of ...
Power Failure Shuts Down Squadron of Nuclear Missiles - The Atlantic (blog)
"At no time did the president's ability decrease," an administration official said. Still, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, ...
Eyeing Iowa, Ctd - The Atlantic (blog)
My guess is she's not going to run,” said one Republican close to her, who, like others in Palin-world, insisted on anonymity to discuss private ...
Trader Joe's Secrets: The Business Practices of the Freemasons of Food - The Atlantic (blog)
... but Fortune has spent two months interviewing former TJ's executives, competitors, industry analysts, and suppliers, most of whom requested anonymity. ...
White House, Bennet Moving in Opposite Directions - The Atlantic (blog)
They were helpful, but Michael won this one himself," a senior campaign adviser, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of alienating the White ...
White House Concerned About Meeting Leak - The Atlantic (blog)
Messina declined to comment, and other people in the meeting would only talk on the condition of anonymity, fully aware of the irony of giving a reporter an ...
The Medical-Industrial Complex - The Atlantic (blog)
... there is one organization, according to a senior Medicare director (who asked to remain anonymous), that could actually change the system. ...
Bush's Lost Year - The Atlantic (blog)
(He, too, insisted on anonymity because he has ongoing dealings with the government.) "If it wasn't clear why you were saying these skeptical things about ...
The Director Of Intelligence Is Gone - The Atlantic (blog)
intends to offer his resignation as the nation's intelligence chief, four sources said today. A US official said that a search is underway for his ...
Bagram's "Black Jail" - The Atlantic (blog)
... defense and administration officials said, and prisoners there are sometimes subject to tougher interrogation methods than those used elsewhere. ...
The Politics Of A Terrorist Designation - The Atlantic (blog)
A senior administration official, speaking frankly about the subject on the condition of anonymity, said that the lack of a designation, "doesn't exactly ...
Is Newsweek Starved for Resources? - The Atlantic (blog)
UPDATE: Someone from Newsweek -- a person who asked to remain anonymous -- just called to issue a plausible-sounding clarification: The question is not ...