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Just because it's Friday folks doesn't mean that we've stopped working here at
Hardball...Oh, quite the contrary...We've turned up the heat! You may want to call
your date right now and postpone that dinner date until after 8 pm et when you see
this lineup!
Israeli Counsel General Alon Pinkas v. Palestinian Rep to the UN Nasser Al-Kidwa in
the B block...In the D & E blocks we'll bring back Kanafani and Barak from
yesterday...Remember that segment? Only this time we're putting them on together.
After we went to break last night, Barak said "Hey Chris can I respond to what
Kanafani said?, so Phil, our Executive Producer, jumped in and said to Barak, "We'll
put you on tomorrow night together and you can have at it with Kanafani for a half
hour" and Barak said "cool" (I'm paraphrasing, of course)...So there you go...It
promises to be hot folks, trust me on this.
Dare I call it the "Rumble in Ramallah" edition of Hardball?
F Block will be Dersh on torturing Al Qaeda suspects....We were supposed to do that
last night but the "best laid plans of mice and men....." Dersh is for it and proposes
that we issue "torture warrants" to interrogators...Whether you love him or hate him,
Dersh is never boring!
"US task: Get inside head of captured bin Laden aide" (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0404/p01s03-uspo.html
Don't forget to check out Chris on Imus Monday morning...7:27 am ET: Chris Matthews
Moderator, MSNBC's "Hardball"
Bio: http://www.msnbc.com/news/330815.asp
This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC...Have a
great weekend everyone!
An American troop at rest
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020405/168/1cx1b.html
"An American-born man captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be held at a
military jail in Norfolk, Va., while U.S. officials decide his legal status." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020405/ap_wo_en_ge/us_afghan_american_prisoner_4
"U.S. Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni met Yasser Arafat under the guns of Israeli
tanks on Friday, but Israel kept up its West Bank offensive despite President Bush's
call for a withdrawal." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=780157
"Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused President Bush Friday of backing
Israeli "crimes" against the Palestinians and he rejected Washington's latest
initiative" (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=worldnews&StoryID=779767
"Investigators said Friday they have found some code words in an al Qaida hideout that
could tell them more about terror suspect Osama bin Laden's whereabouts." (UPI)
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=05042002-012821-4343r
"British Prime Minister Tony Blair's office stressed Thursday that the crisis in the
Middle East will top the agenda when he meets with President Bush for a weekend summit
at Bush's Texas ranch." (AP)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_c3da2559d17d32e20042.html
"Prime Minister Tony Blair's family break at a Red Sea resort was paid for by the
Egyptian government, his Downing Street office confirmed Friday." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020405/ap_wo_en_ge/britain_blair_holiday_1
"U.S., Arafat Discuss Truce Effort...Israel's Offensive Continues; 12 Palestinians
Killed Including 14-Year-Old Girl" (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A440-2002Apr5.html
U.S. envoy meets besieged Arafat...Within hours of President Bush's announcing he will
dispatch Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Mideast, Israel allowed the White
House's Mideast envoy to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
WashPost: Bush's Mideast plan pushes buttons...In dispatching Secretary of State Colin
L. Powell to the Middle East, President Bush has substantially broadened the range of
issues up for immediate bargaining and confronted Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/734384.asp
"Secretary of State Colin Powell faces a Herculean task next week in the Middle East
as the Bush administration switches gears, trying to pry Israeli forces from the West
Bank and get Yasser Arafat to control terrorists." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020405/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_1035
Seper: "Confessed Russian spy Robert P. Hanssen's unauthorized use of FBI computers to
obtain confidential information on Hillary Rodham Clinton, her daughter, Chelsea, and
FBI Director Louis J. Freeh was never detected by FBI internal security officials, an
investigation says." http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020405-12894296.htm
"The Pentagon has quietly canceled an upcoming military exercise with Israel, a signal
that some senior officials say is part of an effort to distance the U.S. military from
the Israeli armed forces during the current crisis in the Middle East." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/04/05/usat-pentagon.htm
"Afghan Officials Say Forces Foiled Sabotage...Hundreds Detained, Weapons Seized in
Probe of Alleged Plot Against Government" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63417-2002Apr4.html?referer=email
"Rumblings of an Arab oil embargo...Memories of the 1973 oil crisis loom over the US
as the Mideast crisis
escalates. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0404/p01s02-usec.html
"Iran on Friday became the second OPEC country to call for an oil embargo against
Israel's allies, while thousands of Arabs across the Middle East protested Israel's
offensive into Palestinian territories." (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1041-2002Apr5.html
Scarborough: "The Bush administration says there are no active plans to put American
peacekeepers between Palestinians and Israelis, but at least one internal military
study says 20,000 well-armed troops would be needed."
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020405-13268800.htm
"Israel welcomed President Bush's Mideast speech yesterday - but Palestinian and Arab
reaction was wary and cool." http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/41085.htm
"President Bush's high job-approval rating will benefit Republicans in November's
midterm elections, a survey released yesterday suggests, and it appears to be fueling
record-setting fund raising by the Republican National Committee."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020405-78298894.htm
"The nation's five largest pilots unions have asked President Bush to intercede
personally to let pilots arm themselves aboard commercial jets. The unprecedented
appeal on behalf of 114,000 airline pilots comes after two top Bush officials said
they oppose guns in cockpits." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/04/05/usat-bottomstrip.htm
"A panel that spanned a range of opinions from U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) to ACLU
President Nadine Strossen --- with authorities on law enforcement and the media in
between --- Wednesday condemned legal restrictions adopted by the Bush administration
and Congress after Sept. 11."
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/thursday/news_c3badf89f2d560a2004d.html
"A report on security problems inside the FBI describes lapses that helped Robert
Hanssen elude capture while spying for Russia for more than two decades, and it
criticizes the bureau's handling of documents following the Sept. 11 attacks." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020405/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fbi_hunting_spies_21
Pearl slaying trial opens and adjourns...The trial of four men in the murder of Wall
Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was adjourned for a week the same day it began
after an attorney for one of the defendants requested more documents from the
government on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/694028.asp
"Two members of the House of Representatives have sent a 'Dear Colleague' letter to
other members, asking them to urge President Bush to dispatch former Presidents George
H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton to the Middle East on a peace mission."
(CNSnews.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200204\POL20020405a.html
Neal Travis' New York: "The strangest story to appear in the English press of late is
that strange old rocker Ozzy Osbourne has been invited to a White House dinner. They
say President Dubya is a huge fan of the MTV miniseries about Ozzy and his
dysfunctional family" http://www.pagesix.com/nealtravis/13768.htm
"Vice President Dick Cheney will throw out the first ball Friday afternoon at the
Rangers' home opener against the Anaheim Angels, the White House said Friday. The game
starts at 2:05 p.m" (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/040202dnsporangcheney.37b74.html
"Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday moved to trademark his name in campaign slogans, saying it
''may sound ridiculous'' but he needs to protect it from a group raising money to
attack Janet Reno." (Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/3000837.htm
"Jay Leno is ripping David Letterman in their decade-long feud over late-night
supremacy." (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/41090.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Peggy: "Bush Makes the Right Move...The president seeks peace without abandoning
principle." http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/
The Wall Street Journal: "Bush Bends...Now he'd better break Saddam."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html
Hatred runs rampant in the land of the free...One American's stand for compassion for
Palestinians has sparked a rash of intolerance directed against his family back home.
Eric Alterman writes about the campaign of hate against Adam Shapiro.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/734189.asp
May: "Saudi Arabia's opportunity...Realistic steps instead of floated mirages"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020405-20185288.htm
Krauthammer's on fire today..."Banish Arafat Now"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63898-2002Apr4.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020405
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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