That leap would be easier if The Times did not squander readers' trust by using unnamed sources so often and so casually in far less compelling cases.
Re the improper handling of sensitive national intelligence information by John Deutch, the former director of central intelligence (news articles, Feb. 1-4): as a former senior counterintelligence officer, I can attest that Central Intelligence Agency employees involved in far less severe cases of improper handling of classified material met with far more severe punishment than Mr. Deutch.
For example, much of the unicellular Kingdoms Monera (bacteria) and Archaea (archaebacteria) (i.e., the vast majority of life on Earth) remain virtually unchanged over millennia, and similar (though far less dramatic) cases can be made for cockroaches and sharks, whose body forms have remained essentially unchanged throughout long stretches of animal evolutionary history.
Such timelines may still be acceptable in case of non-urgent issues, but far less in case of high-interest policy issues.
On the way down, trying not to brake, I would remind myself that my own recovery from a far less advanced case of testicular cancer had also been far less spectacular and ambitious.
The effect of illness duration is not just linear and also different for men and women (χ(1) = 26.28, P < .001): for men illness duration strongly relates to their chances to participate in the labour market, whereas this is far less the case for women.
Current and former law enforcement officials have said in interviews that few of these cases are brought because they get far less attention than cases involving white-collar fraud or terrorism.
"We consider it to be a buyer's market," he added, suggesting that Vivendi would fetch far less in most cases than it paid for its assets.
So far, less than 50 cases have been reported worldwide.
So far, less than 20 cases have been reported.
