August 2007
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Notes
1William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act II, scene ii, lines 23–28 (Oxford Shakespeare, 1914).
2Deepak Lal, In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), 79.
3Paul Kennedy, “The Greatest Superpower Ever,” New Perspectives Quarterly 19, Winter 2002.
4Thomas L. Friedman, “Sinbad vs. the Mermaids,” New York Times, October 5, 2005, A27.
5Ibid.
6Peter Beaumont, “Abuse Worse Than Under Saddam Says Iraqi Leader,” Observer, November 27, 2005.
7Dana Priest, “The CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons,” Washington Post, November 2, 2005. See also Lila Rajiva, “Hiding Offshore Assets, Dissident Voice, November 7, 2006.
8“Coalition Partners Accused of Abuse,” MSNBC, May 28, 2004.
9Lawrence Korb, “U.S. Military in Europe,” New York Times, August 2, 2003.
10“CIA Suffering James Bond Envy,” Reuters, September 29, 1999. In[intelligence]‐Q‐It[information technology took its name from the enigmatic “Q” who supplied Ian Fleming's James Bond with lethal gadgets. Using $28 million in funds appropriated by Congress, it was set up as a nonprofit, yet “as in a normal private sector business model” was expected to create “spin‐off value” for those working with In‐Q‐It, who could then take products back to market. CEO Gilman Louie made his name in computer video games; the board of trustees included the chairman of Lockheed Martin and William Perry, former secretary of defense.
11Ted Gup, “‘The Company’ Goes Corporate: The CIA's New Business Model Is the World ...
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