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Yes, the intelligence agencies and the national security staffs are too readily distracted by the current crisis, whatever it is, but the dailies are also too crisis-oriented in their coverage.
The papers note that top presidential bodyguard Larry Cockell--pictured on the USAT , WP and NYT top fronts--was so distracted by the events that he accepted being temporarily relieved of his presidential duties until the matter is resolved.
The short-term betting favors Milosevic, on the grounds that the working class is too distracted, ignorant, and cowardly to join the opposition.
Frommer's, like Fodor's, targets well-to-do, graying travelers, but aspires to youthful hipness with the occasional off-the-cuff, misguided pop-culture references: "Keeping the kids distracted is key [ sic ] to making sure your stay doesn't turn into a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon."
Presumably some members of the team, such as the secretary of the treasury and the secretary of state, were not that distracted.