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Tonight on Hardball we're are going to go in depth into the Secret Service and the stuff they don't want you to know...U.S. News & World Report did a rather disturbing investigative piece on the Agency...We'll talk to the reporters who broke the story and ask them what they found out...Unfortunately the story on their website is on a "pay to play" basis so I ain't linking it... Howard (Fineman, not Mortman) will do his unique "inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave" type deal in the B block In Mortman's "Real Deal" segment, he'll explore whether Traficant can get re-elected, Boxer's stance on guns in the cockpit, and the Justice statue nudity controversy... Do you want snoops working in your home? The government does...We'll debate the TIPS program tonight with Jay Sekulow who says YES and Bob Barr who says NO http://www.citizencorps.gov/tips.html The Postal Service has decided not to take part in a government program touted as a tip service for authorities concerned with terrorism, but which is being assailed as a scheme to cast ordinary Americans as "peeping Toms." (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_ot/operation_tips_9 And the Buzz (my favorite segment) will be Shrum and Reed...Two heavy political hitters going at it over the latest New York Times numbers, Gephardt's 40 seat pick-up prediction over the corporate scandals, and whether Al Gore should ditch his consultants in '04.. Chris on Imus Alert!!! Tomorrow 7:27 am ET Dominic Bellone, Hardball Briefing editor Polish state dinner last night at The White House: Guests dined on a menu that White House chef Walter Scheib III described as "strictly American," each course paired with an American wine...Guests dined on lemon-basil striped bass, pepper-smoked beef filet and an orange-and-avocado salad. White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier created a light concoction of peaches and cherries and ginger almond ice cream for dessert. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020718-41987490.htm Americans worry that President Bush and his administration are too heavily influenced by big business, fear that Mr. Bush is hiding something about his own corporate past and judge the economy to be in its worst shape since 1994, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/20020718/ts_nyt/poll_finds_concerns_that_bush_is_overly_influenced_by_business House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) has told senior Democrats that the party could pick up as many as 40 House seats if the continuously unfolding corporate scandals can be kept on the political radar screen until November, according to sources. (Roll Call) http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/07/news0718a.html High-level State Department officials have circulated e-mails accusing Rep. Dan Burton and Bush administration officials of McCarthyism and neo-Nazism for criticizing the visa system's failure to keep the September 11 terrorists out of the country. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020718-174815.htm Israel puts Palestinian talks on hold...With its police on high alert, Israel on Thursday put on hold plans to ease a military crackdown in the West Bank and canceled talks with Palestinian officials after a double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp Officer indicted in taped beating...The California police officer whose violent arrest of a teen-ager was captured on videotape has been indicted by a grand jury on an assault charge, his lawyer said Wednesday night. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/777480.asp Sheriff: Girl victim of 'serial rapist'...Five-year-old Samantha Runnion, whose nude body was found Tuesday night in an open field 50 miles from home, was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated, authorities said Wednesday, warning that her killer could strike again within 24 hours. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781040.asp Traficant admits expulsion certain, predicts death in jail likely (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20020718traficant0718p3.asp A House panel found flamboyant Ohio Rep. Jim Traficant guilty Thursday of ethics violations stemming from his conviction on bribery, tax evasion and fraud. (AP) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_co/traficant_53 Unconventional Transactions Boosted Sales...Amid Big Merger, Company Resisted Dot-Com Collapse (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21983-2002Jul17.html?referer=email Bob Pittman is to be tossed as AOL Time Warner COO - the only question is when, The Post has learned. AOL CEO Dick Parsons is talking to HBO boss Jeffrey Bewkes about stepping into a top role at the company, possible in a newly configured office of the CEO. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/business/52767.htm Turf Battles Loom Over Security Plan...A rebellious group of powerful House GOP barons has emerged as the main obstacle facing President Bush as he fashions a Department of Homeland Security. (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21806-2002Jul17.html?referer=email According to Tom Ridge, the director of the White House Office of Homeland Security, and other senior administration officials, the department would limit its intelligence work to preparing warnings about possible attacks, creating infrastructure defenses to prevent attacks or mitigate damage if they occur but leaving the central task of collecting intelligence to the CIA, the FBI and the Pentagon. (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21647-2002Jul17.html The head of the FBI's counterterrorism effort thinks Osama bin Laden is dead. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_bin_laden_5 A defiant Saddam Hussein on Wednesday vowed to repel any US attack to topple his regime as Tony Blair, UK prime minister, indicated that the US and UK could launch a military campaign without securing the backing of the United Nations (Financial Times) http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1026916470084&p=1012571727102 Although U.S. troops in Afghanistan turned up no evidence that al-Qaida had nuclear weapons, the Pentagon still worries the terrorist network could get them from sources in other countries, a senior official said. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/al_qaida_weapons_2 Senate Panel to Defy Bush, Vote on Women's Treaty (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21765-2002Jul17.html Bush Resists Taking New Economic Steps...The Bush administration is resisting pleas for further actions to give the economy and markets an immediate boost, arguing it has already offered sufficient remedies. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21827-2002Jul17.html?referer=email Kurtz: Enron-N.Y. Times Co. Deal Highlights Media's Dilemma http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22440-2002Jul17.html Excruciating Attention to Detail for State Dinner for Polish President...The White House pulled out all the stops to make sure that the president of Poland, one of the strongest European allies in President Bush's war on terror, felt right at home at the state dinner in his honor tonight. Well, almost all the stops http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/politics/18STAT.html?pagewanted=print&position=bottom Polish president, Bush toast their friendship...President Bush yesterday warmly welcomed Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and celebrated a close and deepening friendship between the two allies. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020718-41987490.htm 'Mistakes were made,' mayor says...D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that his campaign submitted enough legitimate names on his re-election petition to be on September's Democratic primary ballot. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020718-17953610.htm The president's troubled niece was jailed yesterday in Orlando for failing to comply with her court-ordered drug treatment. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/52782.htm The macabre HBO funeral home drama "Six Feet Under" received a leading 23 Emmy nominations Thursday, as the television academy recognized an unusually wide range of shows and performers. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_en_tv/emmy_nominations_18 For the steak lovers out there: A Little Sugar on Your Steak...It sounds like a mistake, but the marriage of sugar and steak results in a tasty crust with no saccharin smack or caramel overtone. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12446-2002Jul16.html Opinion/Editorial Fixing things when 'the fix' is in...Will incremental change fix what's wrong with American capitalism? After all, great empires fall not because of attacks from the outside, but rot from within. Brave New World. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781210.asp The Washington Post: The president cannot hide behind the claim that the Senate and House versions of reform are both "tough." There is a world of difference between the two. If the president really supports honest corporate disclosure, he needs to back the Senate bill against the anti-reformers in the House who are trying to dilute it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22356-2002Jul17.html The Washington Times: Sen. Corzine and Goldman Sachs...New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine has come under scrutiny for the role played by Goldman Sachs in the stock-market bubble that greatly expanded on his watch. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020718-97607780.htm The Wall Street Journal: Homeland-Security Holdup...Do we need a new department? Not right now. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002004 Nader: "Corporate socialism" -- the privatization of profit and the socialization of risks and misconduct -- is displacing capitalist canons. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22352-2002Jul17.html Scott Ritter: Bush could not do more for al-Qa'ida http://argument.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=315939 Novak: SEC chief's critics way off the mark http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak18.html Lizza: How you help the president help his brother. http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020729&s=lizza072902 Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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