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Trade and Economics - US Department of State
06 July 2005 - U.S. Foreign Assistance To Be Discussed in Online Chat July 27 ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: SECSTATE ALBRIGHT REMARKS IN QUEBEC MARCH 10, 1998
So I thought I would chat with you for a while about how I am a huge fan of the U.S. women's hockey team and the fun I had speaking with them right after the Olympics. But then for some reason, I had second thoughts about that. Then I considered reminding you that I was born in Czechoslovakia. But that might get me into trouble, too. So please forgive me for even mentioning what I know is a painful subject. But you see, ever since my own experience at the town meeting in Ohio State, which some of you may have heard about, I have felt the need to take a few slap shots myself. ... [Read More]
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record
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USIA - Démocratie et droits de l'homme - Janvier 1998 -Brian Atwood, LE PARTENARIAT ENTRE L'ÉTAT ET LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE
Depuis la fin de la guerre froide, deux idées-maîtressesfaçonnentle monde, à savoir la démocratie et l'ouverture des marchés. Danslesforums internationaux et régionaux, le mot d'ordre est à ladiscussiondes moyens d'améliorer la gestion des affaires publiques et lesrelations entre pays voisins qui, naguère, s'entendaient souventcommechien et chat. ... [Read More]
Policymakers and the Intelligence Community: Supporting U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-9/11 World
The al-Qaida threat does not reside in any one state. Instead, Usama bin Laden is (or was) a man without a country—his al-Qaida network is a multinational enterprise with franchises in 50 or more countries. Its global activities are coordinated by not only personal couriers but also the communication technologies emblematic of our age—cellular and satellite telephones, encrypted e-mail, internet chat rooms, videotapes, and laser disks. Like a skilled publicist, bin Laden has exploited the international media to project his image worldwide. Members of al-Qaida have traveled from continent to continent with the ease of a vacationer or business traveler. In an age marked by unprecedented mobility and immigration, they readily blend into communities wherever they move. They pay their way with funds raised through front businesses, drug trafficking, credit card fraud, extortion, money laundered from covert supporters, and possibly even the manipulation of stock markets. They use ostensibly ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: President Clinton's Press Conference, February 16
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think part of what makes the presidency aloof is that if you show up for work every day you don't have as much time to spend with people as you'd like. I think that -- I think technology will help some. I think this web chat I did earlier this week with Wolf Blitzer, where he asked me questions, but he also let a lot of other people ask questions -- I thought that was a good way to do it. ... [Read More]
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
The Internet is also known as a new forum for public and private speech. This speech is carried-out via electronic mail (e-mail), chat rooms and bulletin boards. These forums are often used by potential money launderers to provide misleading and inaccurate stock and commodity market information. The idea of the money launderer is to provide penny stock or initial public offering stock information that misleads investors to interpret the electronic communication as potential (unofficial) investment advice. This information causes many investors to purchase or sell stocks by anticipating an increase or decrease in market prices. The criminals then use these market adjustments to realize millions of dollars in profits. These profits are then placed into stock transactions via the Internet with commingled lawful cash transactions. ... [Read More]
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