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HUMILIATED KIM Jong-un has vowed to hunt down the traitors responsible for the disgraceful launch of his new warship - and they face potential execution. North Korean state media said a group of "relevant experts" were being gathered for a probe to find those responsible - after Kim branded the spectacle a "criminal act". New satellite images showed the extent of the damages, with the not-so-menacing destroyer lying on its side and blue sheets covering it up. Part of the vessel, thought to be built with help from Russian despot Vladimir Putin, still appeared to be on the shipway while...

Right now, the President’s compartmentalization tactic is working, but it has a shelf life. Compartmentalization is a tactic to insulate the top level of an organization, be it one engaged in legal, nefarious or human intelligence gathering, from criticism, prosecution, or discovery, respectively. For example, in Chicago politics, compartmentalization has, for decades, successfully insulated its mayors from complicity in a variety of alleged questionable activities. “I didn’t know about that,” is the verbal wall that signals compartmentalization. Organized crime uses compartmentalization to shield its leaders from complicity and prosecution. The Mafia Don sends his orders down through Lieutenants, verbally and...

Seeking to end a searing, months-long controversy, San Jose City Manager Del Borgsdorf on Friday concluded his investigation into the city's bungled City Hall technology deal with Cisco Systems by laying all blame on three administrators who already have resigned or been demoted. ``You ought to have the confidence, and competence, at the department head level,'' Borgsdorf said. ``The standard of performance at that level was unacceptable.'' In releasing a nine-page summary of a personnel investigation conducted last month, Borgsdorf said he believed there was nothing he or his immediate deputies did wrong as the city's technology and purchasing managers...