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Search resumes for airport manager Redmond will hire a consultant after top candidates pull out By Erik Hidle The Bulletin
Redmond’s search for an airport manager will begin anew now that a second attempt to find a suitable candidate has failed. Lloyd Arnold, of Montrose, Colo., and Mark Jucht, of Salem, were invited to interview
for the airport’s top job earlier this month, but neither candidate remained in the process long enough for the city to tender an offer. “One of them dropped out before the interview,” said City Manager David Brandt, “and the other one dropped out of the process when we informed him we would have to do a background check.” Brandt would not say which candidate pulled out at the prospect of undergoing a background check. In May, the city offered the
job to John Reed of Green Bay, Wis., but Reed declined the offer over concerns his wife, a high school teacher, wouldn’t be able to find a job in the area. Assistant City Manager Sharon Harris said the city received a total of 32 applications during the two searches. Now that a second search has failed, the city will hire a consultant to help find a top administrator for Roberts Field, Central Oregon’s largest airport. The process is likely to take until the end of the year. See Airport / A5
After Middle East trip, Merkley says he’s less optimistic about Afghanistan
REDMOND ARMORY THEFT
Former Redmond Police Lt. Larry Prince will serve the remaining 70 days of his sentence at the Deschutes County Jail.
Former officer gets extra month in jail By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
A former Redmond police lieutenant will serve an extra 30 days in jail for the theft of guns and other items from the department’s armory, a Deschutes County Circuit Court judge ruled Thursday. Judge Wells Ashby amended the 60-day sentence prosecutors and defense attorneys had previously agreed to for Larry
Prince, who pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree theft, forgery and official misconduct earlier this month. Prince has been in the Deschutes County Jail since Aug. 11, when he turned himself in after the preliminary deal was announced. Prince, 48, served with the Redmond Police Department for 16 years and ran the department’s armory for a decade. See Prince / A4
A MIDSUMMER REHEARSAL
By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
After spending three days in Afghanistan and Pakistan this week, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said that America’s mission in Afghanistan remains “enormously difficult” as it shifts from providing security to nation-building. Even as President Obama announced his plan to withdraw more than 30,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012 in June, Merkley called for an accelerated reduction of the U.S. military presence, leaving the country in the hands of Afghan security forces. Discussing his trip on a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Merkley said his outlook on Afghanistan was less optimistic now than after a trip to the region in early 2010. “We went to Afghanistan with three missions,” he said: ending Taliban control of the country; disrupting and discontinuing al-Qaida training camps within its borders; and holding those responsible for the 9/11 attacks accountable. “Now we are on a vast nation-building mission, and every aspect of that mission is problematic.” Merkley traveled to the region with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. See Merkley / A4 Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
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arah Rutan, playing Titania, queen of the fairies, delivers a line during a rehearsal of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Drake Park on Thursday. Shakespeare in the Park will present three performances of the play this weekend in Drake Park: today at 6 p.m., and Saturday at 1 and 6 p.m., with gates opening an hour prior to each
performance. Tickets cost $20 to $75. Chairs are provided, and no outside food or beverages are allowed. For full cover-
age of Shakespeare in the Park, see today’s GO! Magazine.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., right, greets an unidentified military member during his three-day trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan. America’s nationbuilding in Afghanistan remains “enormously difficult,” Merkley said.
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In Britain, talks of limiting social media CIA demands cuts to ex-FBI agent’s memoir on 9/11
By Ravi Somaiya New York Times News Service
LONDON — British officials and representatives of Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry met Thursday to discuss voluntary ways to limit or restrict the use of social media to combat crime and periods of civil unrest, while trying to dodge charges of hypocrisy and censorship that trailed Prime Minister David Cameron’s call to restrict use of the networks after this month’s riots. The government’s home minister, Theresa May, according to one account, said the aim was not to “discuss restricting Internet services” but to “crack down on the networks being used for criminal behavior.” A spokeswoman for May said the government “would not be seeking any additional powers.” But the discussion, according to those present, was still aimed at reeling in social media and
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London Mayor Boris Johnson, left, visits an investigation unit that’s gathering evidence on the riots in Britain early this month. strengthening the hand of law enforcement in gathering information from those networks. In the wake of revolutions that have seen widespread calls for freedom and democracy, free-
speech advocates have said, the British government is considering similar policies to those it has criticized in totalitarian and one-party states. See Social media / A5
WASHINGTON — In what amounts to a fight over who gets to write the history of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and their aftermath, the Central Intelligence Agency is demanding extensive cuts from the memoir of a former FBI agent who spent years near the center of the battle against al-Qaida. The agent, Ali Soufan, argues in the book that the CIA missed a chance to derail the terror plot by withholding from the FBI information about two future 9/11 hijackers living in San Diego, according to several people who have read the manuscript. And he gives a detailed, firsthand account of the CIA’s move toward brutal treatment in its interrogations, saying the harsh methods used on the agency’s first important captive, Abu Zubaydah, were unnecessary and counterproductive. Neither critique of the CIA is new. In fact, some of the information the agency says is classified has been disclosed before, according to two people who have seen the correspondence between the FBI and CIA. See CIA / A5