Is Hayden the right spy to lead the CIA
Our view weighs Hayden as CIA head amid terrorism threats and intelligence reform. His NSA background offers administration skill but critics doubt his grasp of human intelligence. Debates hinge on independence, briefer effectiveness, and balancing security with civil liberties amid warrantless surveillance fallout.
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Ether Air Force
Michael Hayden
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United States
Hayden
Defense Department
National Security Agency
William E. Odom
NSA
Porter Goss
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
John Negroponte
National Intelligence
Negroponte
Soviet Union
U.S
Senazite
Pill penalty puzzle in Limbaugh Paey contrasts
The piece compares Rush Limbaugh and Richard Paey, both accused of prescription fraud amid chronic pain. Limbaugh avoided prison through a treatment plan after a diversion offer, while Paey is serving 25 years on a drug trafficking charge tied to large narcotic quantities. The author notes differing outcomes hinge on addiction framing and prosecutor decisions.
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Rush Limbaugh
National Enquirer
Joe
Drug Policy Alliance
Ethan Nadelmann
Limbaugh
Richard Paey
Paey
Florida
New Jersey
Palm Beach
Lawmakers contact details for Texas representatives and senator
A list of U S lawmakers with office addresses in Washington and Texas local offices. Includes U S Rep Mike Conaway Midland 51 Cannon Bldg Washington and Odessa Midland offices, Rep Randy Neugebauer Lubbock, Rep Henry Bonilla San Antonio, and Sen John Cornyn Washington office and phone numbers.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Henry Bonilla
San Antonio
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Odessa Freedom Wins 1988 Pulitzer Prize
Patrick Canty publisher John Kerr editor Ken Brodnax editorials Bill Salter emeritus named for the Odessa Freedom newspaper as the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner.
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Bill Salter
American Freedom and Self-Government Creed
A proclamation on freedom urging readers to promote their own liberty and responsibility. It emphasizes self control as essential to human development and aligns freedom with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence. It frames freedom as a divine gift rather than political grant.
Community forum urges ECISD reforms and hospital board changes
Odessa readers are urged to vote in a public forum highlighting the Workforce Initiative Task Force goals for ECISD to reach Exemplary status and urging changes on the hospital board to improve patient care. The piece endorses Carol Gregg Donna Smith Floy Hinson for school board and criticizes incumbents over nursing cuts and spending on property for safety and care. It notes Districts 4 and 6 race details and lists write-in Mark Darville for District 6.
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Ector County Independent School District
WITF
ECISD
State of Texas
Carol Gregg
Donna Smith
Floy Hinson
Ector County
MCH
Mark Darville
Mary Thompson
David Dunnis
Bill Hetzier
Permian Students Qualify for National Debate Competition
Three Permian students Amanda Crawford Abby Barnes and Jordan Eicher advanced to the national debate competition next month. The piece invites reader opinions on current topics via email at onletters freedom.com and notes a thumbs nomination.
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Jacob Sullum
Comission.com
Sullum
Reason Magazine
Cela
Seryor RE
Patrick Canty
John Kerr
Ken Brodnax
God
John Branch
Odessa Development Corporation
Workforce Initiative Task Force
Amanda
Jordan Eicher
Freedom.com
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