But as of that time, there was nothing that the DNI needed to do or to be engaged in that would have required him to set aside other pressing intelligence matters to get briefed on things that were being put out in the press.

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The Bush administration appears to be engaged in a lively internal debate over what to do with the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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But in order to do that, they need to be engaged by the brand.

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Maybe Americans really do want their financial advisers to be conflicted and engaged in self-dealing, as Wall Street says.

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But while religious leaders may be speaking the same language, how do they get that message across to those engaged in conflict on the streets?

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It is a complicated issue, and while I come down on the futurist side of the debate and think that for the most part piracy is overblown and the overreaction is much scarier, I do think there is a legitimate complaint to be made and some of these sites are obviously engaged in unethical and illegal activity.

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