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rogue nations, 212–13, 228, 241

Romania, 123–24, 143, 149, 155

Romano, Joseph, 133

Rome, ancient, 16–17, 55–71, 47, 78, 88–89, 138–39, 150, 244, 269

      Senate, 14, 61–63, 65–69, 266

      U.S. as new, 37–38

      U.S. Constitution and, 59–61, 63–64, 66

Romulus, 60

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (Marshall Islands), 222

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 244

Rose, David, 43

Rosen, Ruth, 247

Rostow, Walt, 97

Rota naval station (Spain), 156

Rothschild Bank, 82

Rove, Karl, 92

Roy, Arundhati, 1, 80

Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402, 122

Rozen, Laura, 261

Rubicon (Holland), 54, 57

rule of law, 8–9, 77, 81, 102, 112–13, 251–53

Rumsfeld, Donald, 17, 21, 23, 32–35, 40–41, 47, 143–44, 146, 149–51, 154, 158, 168, 174, 178, 182–83, 193, 195, 198, 204–6, 209, 212–15, 227, 230, 241, 246, 249

Russia, 6, 73, 215, 220–21, 228, 235–37, 263. See also Soviet Union

Russian Strategic Missile Force, 228

Ruzicka, Maria, 30

Ryan, Leo J., 103

Ryukyu Petroleum, 181

Sachs, Jeffrey, 33

Safire, William, 256

Said, Edward, 75

Saipan, 263

Sakharov, Andrei, 223–24

Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 118

Samson, Victoria, 222

Sanchez, Ricardo, 34, 40–41, 43–44

Sandinistas, 165, 248

San Francisco Chronicle, 13, 247

Sappenfield, Mark, 148

Sardinia, 154

Sasebo, Japan, 178

Satellite Industry Association, 237, 238

satellites, 216–20, 232–41

Sao Tome and Principe military base, 148

Saudi Arabia, 3, 6, 9, 36, 48, 111, 115–19, 141, 143, 158–59, 163, 236

Saudi General Intelligence Department (Istakhbarat), 118

Scaife, Richard Mellon, 212

Scheuer, Michael, 99, 101, 122

Schlesinger, fames, 92, 94

Schneider, Rene, 107–9

Schneier, Bruce, 252