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Folks, we're going to mix things up a bit editorially tonight...We'll do the latest
stuff on the Middle East and Powell's trip etc., etc. but we'll also get into the
Senate debate on ANWR (drilling in Alaska). Senator Murkowski of Alaska will be here
to argue for opening up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to drilling...We'll have
another senator on the other side of the issue....Plus, the controversy surrounding
Cardinal Bernard Law is coming to a crescendo with several calls for resignation
coming today...I got the story below...Barnicle will check in with us in the e/f block
on that story...Chris and Barnicle together on the Church?? Forget it buddy, you know
it's going to be smokin'...
Fmr. Isreali PM Ehud Barak will give us his take on the latest from the Middle East as
will Rhagida...I'm told she has some big story she's breaking for Al-Hayat, her
newspaper...Should be hot...We'll see..
Plus, Kuby will be here to discuss the blind sheik's lawyer, Lynn Stewart, who got
busted yesterday for passing unlawful messages to him...Basically she was helping him
run his terrorist operation from prison...What's up with that?
We're trying to get the head of the Iraqi National Congress back to discuss the USA
Today gallup polls on Iraq (see yesterday's Briefing)...We discussed them last night
with Bibi, remember? 59% of Americans say we should send ground troops in the take
out Saddam, yada, yada, yada....
Got jam now folks, we got lots of pre-tapes, Chris has to work on his column and I got
to produce the e/f block....Sorry we had to cancel Gergen last night on the
Bloomberg/Marijuana ad thing...Bibi's plane was late and I ended up standing on the
street corner in the rain with my umbrella and one of his secret service guys waiting
on his arrival...I had the honor of holding his umbrella as we rushed up to the
studio...Originally we were going to lead the show with him but had to knock off the
e/f block to do him one on one...I thought it was great...
Also, pls stop the e-mail on Chris!!! My inbox is blowing up! I've gotten several
hundred from you...I've given him a file of them to read...I appreciate all your
enthusiasm...Dominic Bellone compiled and edited the Briefing in Washington, DC
"Arguing that the United States should not depend on Iraq as an oil supplier,
Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski of Alaska said on Tuesday he will offer this week an
amendment to a broad energy bill to allow drilling in the pristine Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020409/pl_nm/energy_congress_dc_17
"A prominent New York defense attorney and three others were indicted today on charges
of helping to pass unlawful messages between an Egyptian terrorist organization and an
imprisoned Muslim cleric convicted in 1995 of plotting to blow up New York landmarks."
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22762-2002Apr9.html
Post profile of Lynn: "Short and roundish, a grandmother who often has a New York Mets
cap perched atop her head, Lynne Stewart does not fit the stereotype of a radical
attorney." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22533-2002Apr9.html
"Calls for Cardinal to Resign Grow Louder...Cardinal Bernard Law, the U.S. Catholic
Church's senior prelate and an ally of Pope John Paul II, is rapidly losing support
amid mounting evidence that he knowingly aided suspected pedophile priests." (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22332-2002Apr9.html?referer=email
"Suit Says Archdiocese Knew of Priest's Abuse...Parishes Not Told, Lawyer Alleges"
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16710-2002Apr8.html
Gertz: "The Bush administration is ready to dispatch a team of experts to Iraq to
investigate the fate of missing Persian Gulf war pilot Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott
Speicher, defense officials said. The Iraqi government announced on its official radio
March 24 in Baghdad that it would allow inspectors to visit Iraq to 'discuss' the
case." http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020410-79421957.htm
"At least eight people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a suicide
attack on a bus near the Israeli city of Haifa." (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1920000/1920463.stm
One witness, identified only by his first name, Motti, told Israel Radio that he was
driving 20 meters (yards) behind the bus when he heard the explosion and saw the bus
fly about two or three meters (yards) into the air. "It's a catastrophe. Shrapnel and
bits are everywhere," Motti said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020410/ap_wo_en_ge/israel_explosion_172&printer=1
Missiles and bombs rock Mideast..A day before Secretary of State Colin Powell was to
arrive in the region on a cease-fire mission, the Mideast was rocked by fierce
violence.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"U.S. Fears 2nd Front In Mideast Conflict...Israel, Hezbollah Clash on Northern
Border" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22668-2002Apr9.html
Powell, allies condemn violence...U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell joined the
European Union, Russia and the United Nations on Wednesday in calling on Israel to
withdraw its forces from Palestinian cities in the West Bank immediately.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/735569.asp
"We express our grave concern about the present situation, including the mounting
humanitarian crisis and the growing risk to regional security," said U.N. Secretary
General Kofi Annan reading a joint statement. "We reiterate that there is no military
solution to the conflict and call on the parties to move toward a political resolution
of their disputes." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24593-2002Apr10.html
"President Bush is pressing the Senate to approve legislation that would outlaw the
cloning of human beings for use in research and treatment of diseases."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=3&cid=514&u=/ap/20020410/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_304
"Conservative group, Barr to file suit...4 others also join campaign law fight"
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_c33b9cba063211c700ec.html
"Russia Wednesday accused the United States of trying to steal military secrets, just
weeks before President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush are due
to meet in Moscow." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=796028
Dutch blamed for role in Srebrenica...A government-commissioned report on the 1995
massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia on Wednesday blamed Dutch army officers for handing
over Bosnian Muslim civilians to Serb forces despite their fears of widespread
killings.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/736688.asp
"Congress Eyes Plan To Dismantle INS...Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee plan
to move forward on a proposal that would dismantle the Immigration and Naturalization
Service and split it in two" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22475-2002Apr9.html
de Moraes: "Rukeyser's Payback...Louis Rukeyser has found a way to keep doing his
financial investment program and stick it to PBS at the same time"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22542-2002Apr9.html?referer=email
"Attorney General John Ashcroft, the target of David Letterman's humor over the past
few weeks for his singing ability, didn't rise to talk show host's bait on the "Late
Show" on Tuesday." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=&ncid=762&e=7&u=/ap/20020410/ap_en_tv/ashcroft_letterman_5
"The president is religious and resolute, Woodward attests" (Providence Journal)
http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20020410_wood10.438f65c3.html
Opinion/Editorial
Closeting U.S. spies...Publisher Roger Straus and his company collaborated with a U.S.
intelligence agency to provide cover for American spies during the Cold War. So,
writes Jack Shafer in Slate, is it so preposterous to claim that some of today's
journalists (Danny Pearl?)
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/736419.asp
Krauthammer: The Danger in Lebanon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23409-2002Apr10.html
Derrick Jackson: "There is no longer any doubt that Cardinal Bernard Law himself is a
sick man." http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/100/oped/Law_and_disorder+.shtml
The Wall Street Journal "Terrorists and Their Lawyers...John Ashcroft was right."
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=105001907
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020410
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