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The paper claimed that while popular indignation with the conservative clerical authorities was running high, support for Khatami remained solid.
We do not know if these stereotypes match current reality; they may also be one more symptom of the civil-military misunderstandings we described in chapter 4. It is a problem to be resolved in policy guidance and agency management, not in the creation of redundant, overlapping capabilities and authorities in such sensitive work.
Acknowledging that they had lost the KYC battle but won the regulatory war, the sponsoring agencies made this joint statement when they withdrew the KYC regulations at the House's March hearings: "Over the past 15 years banking organizations and law enforcement authorities have forged a vital partnership to fight financial crime."
Still, there are plenty of delighted folks for whom this is heaven: a 20-km (12-mile) long, virtually uninterrupted white-sand beach with shallow, clean waters that are described immodestly by the authorities as the most beautiful in the world.
The WSJ follows up its report yesterday that Chinese authorities would require companies doing business in-country to reveal their encryption software.