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After the horrific bombings in Bali, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri seemed finally to grasp the seriousness of the national crisis. She rushed to the scene of the tragedy, pushed through a tough anti-terror presidential decree and permitted the arrest of Abubakar Ba'asyir, the Muslim cleric suspected of being the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, which the U.S. has dubbed a terrorist organization. Indonesia was the slowest country in Southeast Asia to respond to terrorism post-Sept. 11Xand Bali showed graphically the need to intensify its vigilance. It seemed at last that Megawati was waking up. After all, the Bali attack gave her...