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JUST call him “Dirty Tony.” Like Detective Harry Callaghan in the “Dirty Harry” movies, Anthony Lake, national security advisor for the past four years and now President Clinton’s nominee to be the next Director of Central Intelligence, rose high in his master’s estimation by tackling any dirty, thankless job that came along, and doing surprisingly well at it. And that is the major source for his deceptive power.

This is not the popular perception of Mr. Lake. His critics prefer to characterize him as a “bleeding heart,” and, superficially, they appear to have abundant reason to do so.

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JUST call him “Dirty Tony.” Like Detective Harry Callaghan in the “Dirty Harry” movies, Anthony Lake, national security advisor for the past four years and now President Clinton’s nominee to be the next Director of Central Intelligence, rose high in his master’s estimation by tackling any dirty, thankless job that came along, and doing surprisingly well at it. And that is the major source for his deceptive power.

This is not the popular perception of Mr. Lake. His critics prefer to characterize him as a “bleeding heart,” and, superficially, they appear to have abundant reason to do so.