For the medical profession, which has long insisted on policing itself, the data bank already goes far enough.

The government has long insisted that the dissidents represent few people.

Indeed, the bureaucracy has long insisted on the myth that it is above politics.

Iran has long insisted that its program is for peaceful purposes only.

Russia has long insisted that the West does not need new missile defenses.

Japan has long insisted that it would not help Russia until the islands were returned.

As this column has long insisted, we are not doing nation-building in Iraq.

Drug companies have long insisted that such efforts are educational, designed to inform patients about all treatment options, including ones they might not know of.

He has long insisted that any Palestinian state be demilitarized.

Transit officials have long insisted, as they did yesterday, that details about their security spending and strategies must be kept from the public.