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Big news from Mubarak: Egypt Warned U.S. of a Qaeda Plot, Mubarak Asserts...Egyptian
intelligence warned American officials about a week before Sept. 11 that Osama bin
Laden's network was in the advance stages of executing a significant operation against
an American target, President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview on Sunday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20020604/ts_nyt/egypt_warned_u_s__of_a_qaeda_plot__mubarak_asserts
We'll talk to a Georgetown Professor about that story...Howard will do the politics of
the congressional investigation...California Senator Dianne Feinstein is in the
hearings now and will give us the lowdown once they adjourn...In the B block we'll do
the Cantor Fitzgerald ads story with Donnie Deutch...He's an advertising dude...
Cantor Fitzgerald launches new ads...Firm hit hard in 9-11 attacks focuses on tragedy
in campaign http://www.msnbc.com/news/759033.asp
President Bush said Tuesday the CIA and FBI did not communicate adequately with each
other about possible clues to a terrorist attack before Sept. 11, as Congress prepared
to investigate why such intelligence failures occurred. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020604/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence_12
The Washington Times calls for Tenet's removal..."It's time for President Bush to
relieve Mr. Tenet of his position as CIA director."
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020604-102458.htm
CIA Gave FBI Warning on Hijacker...The CIA told the FBI in January 2000 that one of
the Sept. 11 hijackers was attending a meeting of suspected terrorists in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, and had a type of visa that should have drawn suspicion, a senior
U.S. intelligence official said Monday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54893-2002Jun3.html?referer=email
Chilling news out of USA Today...Electronic intercepts as late as Sept. 10 of al-Qaeda
members speaking cryptically of a major attack. Two U.S. intelligence officials,
paraphrasing highly classified intercepts, say they include such remarks as, "Good
things are coming," "Watch the news" and "Tomorrow will be a great day for us."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2002/06/03/cia-attacks.htm
President Bush expressed concern on Tuesday that congressional probes into the Sept.
11 attacks might take government experts away from their central job of preventing
another attack. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1048212
In the D block debate, we'll do the racial profiling issue with Barr and Jackson-Lee:
Profiles worries called hindrance...Federal officials say heightened sensitivity to
racial profiling is undermining federal agents' efforts to prevent further terrorist
attacks in the United States. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020604-4233227.htm
In the e/f block, we'll do the ONE and ONLY William F. Buckley, Jr. on a number of
topics but most notably his take on the new FBI surveillance methods and the latest
from the "Church in Crisis" file...Here's a USA Today/Gallup poll: Catholics won't
tolerate abuse 75% say church has done poor job
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020604/4161874s.htm
The Roman Catholic Church should defrock any priest who sexually abuses a child in the
future, and those who molested one time in the past could continue in the ministry
under certain conditions, a church panel recommended Tuesday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=4&cid=514&u=/ap/20020604/ap_on_re_us/catholics_church_abuse_14
Buckley's latest tome on the Nuremberg trial
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0151006792/qid=1023203697/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-8098765-3106516
I gotta bolt people...Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this Briefing in Washington,
DC
Geppy's calling for the ousting of Saddam...House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt is
offering support to the Bush administration if it decides to use force to topple Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020604/ap_on_go_co/gephardt_4
Congress to scrutinize FBI, CIA...Congress on Tuesday begins grilling FBI and CIA
officials behind closed doors in an effort to determine why signs that terrorist
attacks might be in the works went unheeded before Sept. 11.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/760369.asp
Wash Post: 'Final exam' begins for CIA, FBI...Panel could prompt easing of restraints
on agencies http://www.msnbc.com/news/761590.asp
WashPost: Al-Qaida still active, Rumsfeld says...Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said
yesterday that Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden does not seem to be formally directing
al Qaeda operations, but there is "no doubt" the terrorist network remains active.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/761456.asp
India, Pakistan no closer on Kashmir...Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said
on Tuesday his country was ready to talk with Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir
region.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/753586.asp
Secretary of State Colin Powell is sending his deputy to South Asia and pledging "a
full-court diplomatic press" to avert war between India and Pakistan. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-exec/2002/jun/03/060306536.html
Mum's the word on NSA ads...The government's most secretive agency is advertising --
about secrecy. The National Security Agency has begun an ad campaign urging military
personnel to keep quiet about national secrets....But in typical NSA fashion, it is
staying hush-hush about the ads. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020604-17566840.htm
Alexander well ahead in fund raising in Tennessee...Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar
Alexander's Senate campaign announced it has nearly reached the $2 million mark in
fund raising. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020604-4530361.htm
Suddenly, the national debate over abortion is heating up again. A dozen states are
pushing "Choose Life" license plates. Several are considering "unborn victims" laws
that would make it a crime to harm a fetus during an attack on a pregnant woman. (USA
Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/06/04/abortion-usat.htm
NBC promised it would send its top anchor-in-waiting, Brian Williams, out on the road
for reporting experience. His first such trip will be a long one...Williams is
traveling to New Delhi for a series of reports on the tensions between India and
Pakistan to air on NBC's "Nightly News" starting Tuesday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=9&u=/ap/20020603/ap_en_tv/tv_nbc_williams_2
Page Six: Long v. Stone: Two of the state's top political fixers nearly got into a
barroom brawl at the Conservative Party convention in Albany over the weekend.
http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/16971.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Riebling: Uncuff the FBI...Congress must undo the Church Committee's damage.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001797
The Washington Post: Taking the Offensive
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54326-2002Jun3.html
Lindberg: At West Point on Saturday, President Bush gave his richest account yet of
what we are fighting for. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020604-26501152.htm
Bray from the Heartland: The Unthinkable Isn't Inevitable...Will we be nuked, or just
spooked? http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tbray/?id=110001796
Mondo Washington: Double-Playing 9-11 Errors...Ashcroft to Mueller to Anybody Else
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0223/ridgeway.php
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020604
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