A mere decade and a half later, he argues, the United States is "widely viewed around the world with intense hostility," its "credibility in tatters," its military bogged down in the Middle East, "its formerly devoted allies distancing themselves".
Sometimes this reporting is credible and warrants intense focus, other times it lacks credibility and is highly unlikely to be reflective of real plots underway.
Still, Facebook shares are now worth roughly half of the public offering price, and Mr. Zuckerberg, the company's chief executive and co-founder, is under intense pressure to restore its credibility among investors, a problem he acknowledged.
But his defense team, a pair of lean and intense litigators, Richard Strassberg and Roberto Braceras, relentlessly attacked Gilman's credibility as a witness.
After a week of intense attacks from senior Labour figures about his credibility as a leader, Corbyn sought to calm fears that he would have an anti-business agenda by setting out plans to support entrepreneurs and small traders.
Andersen's announcement comes as accounting firms that audit the nation's largest companies find themselves under intense pressure to change practices that have undermined the credibility of the financial statements they approve.
A19 Credibility Test for Networks The TV networks, facing intense scrutiny after mistakenly calling the 2000 presidential election, plan to explain to the audiences how they declare winners.
Facing intense scrutiny after mistakenly calling the 2000 presidential election, the networks believe their credibility is very much on the line.
