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I'm dragging today folks so don't expect a lot of cutsie stuff in the Briefing (too
much late night cable news shows)...We'll the do the Middle East stuff with Bret
Stephens, Editor in Chief, The Jerusalem Post...The U.N. investigation into what
happened at Jenin seems to be the headline today...
"Israel pressed for changes Wednesday in a U.N. team due to look into its assault of
the Jenin refugee camp, calling the investigation biased, but U.N. chief Kofi Annan
refused to delay the mission" (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020424/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_3538
The Torch has actually met Saddam so we'll get his take on him and what the madman
from Baghdad is up to these days...Take notes Tommy...
We'll also do Dex's piece in the A block with a Pakistani expert: "American advisers
have been granted permission to accompany Pakistani troops into tribal areas of
Pakistan on raids of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda hideouts, senior Pakistani
officials said this week."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=79&ncid=79&e=2&u=/nyt/20020424/wl_nyt/pakistanis_say_u_s__is_allowed_in_border_area
We'll do the Abdullah at the Crawford ranch preview with Hume Horan, our Saudi Arabia
expert in B..."Saudi Crown Prince To Carry Warning To Visit With Bush U.S.-Israeli
Alliance Frustrating Arab Leaders" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37520-2002Apr23.html
I'll see what I can do about getting the menu from that meeting...I hear it's going to
be a "low key" one so I wouldn't expect much of those details like we had for Putin...
Barnicle and Flynn will do the latest coming out the Vatican today...Lots of
backgrounder below..."Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said Wednesday that there was
consensus among his fellow prelates to adopt a 'one-strike-you're-out' policy for any
priest involved in a future sex abuse case."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020424/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_scandal
Blankley and Katrina will do the buzz...Blankley's latest piece: "Six-plus degrees of
separation...America�s interest disconnected from Mideast debate"
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020424-92282930.htm
We may do Bush traveling to South Dakota today...Apparently there's a couple of good
ads running out there..."South Dakota race could tip scales of power in U.S. Senate
Political course of nation could be settled here as Bush, Democratic leader stake
their parties' claims" http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020424/4054191s.htm
I'll probably put together a full screen or two on the latest Zogby numbers: "Bush job
performance rating drops to 69%; Gore soars into strong lead for 2004 Democratic
nomination" http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=571
Or maybe this... "Don't give up 1967 lands, DeLay tells Israel lobby" (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020424/4054262s.htm
>From today's I-Man newsletter...Chris Matthews: "It's like the three wise men going
>to visit Jesus"
MSNBC's Chris Matthews jokes about the meeting three MSNBC executives had with Imus
last week.
This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
Fun Clinton News...
Page Six: "I can't believe that during the biggest pedophile scandal in the country,
Clinton would appear on stage with a man who paid $20 million to settle a
child-molestation case" http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/14905.htm
"It's the rage in Kabul and is getting attention in Milan and Paris, but the
ultra-chic hat made famous by Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has a rather unpalatable
origin � it's made using the downy fur of aborted lamb fetuses." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=6&u=/ap/20020424/ap_en_ot/afghan_karzai_s_hat_3
The hat http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020423/168/1fte8.html
"Dinner in 25 minutes...Honey-Thyme Roast Lamb Chops"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34030-2002Apr23.html
Pope lays down the law to cardinals...Pope John Paul II bluntly told U.S. cardinals
Tuesday that sex abuse by priests was "rightly considered a crime by society" and that
there was no place in religious life for abusers.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/732931.asp
"Even as the cardinals began to consider how they might craft such a policy, there was
an unexpected addition to their agenda: how to limit homosexuality in the priesthood"
(Chicago Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vatican24.html
"Cardinals Set to Approve 'One-Strike' Policy...McCarrick Says Future Sex Offenders
Would Be Expelled From Clergy" (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40370-2002Apr24.html
U.N. to press mission to Jenin...Brushing aside Israel's demand for a delay, U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan sent a U.N. team on its way to look at Israel's military
operation in the Jenin refugee camp, scene of the fiercest fighting during the recent
Israeli offensive.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"...The Israeli leader also apparently believes the team's mandate is overly broad and
is skeptical of the team's ability to fairly evaluate the challenge faced by Israeli
troops fighting house to house in a dense urban neighborhood, the official added.
Sharon fears, he said, that a critical finding could be used as a pretext for
introducing international peacekeeping forces, which Israel has long resisted." (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37685-2002Apr23.html
"Powell: No Evidence of Jenin Massacre" (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020424/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_mideast_1585&printer=1
"Sharon offers plan for peace...Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon proposed a
three-stage peace plan for the Middle East during a televised address to about 4,000
American supporters." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020424-7526452.htm
"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has made a televised speech bitterly condemning
Israel and accusing it of using state terrorism to crush the Palestinians." (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1948000/1948634.stm
WashPost: Changes may follow Hughes' exit...The departure of Karen P. Hughes,
President Bush's most intimate political aide, will pose a serious challenge to this
White House's signature asset: its unprecedented control over information and
disciplined adherence to "message."
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/742841.asp
"Despite deep skepticism about the credibility of captured Al Qaeda leader Abu
Zubaydah, the U.S. intelligence community is taking seriously his claim that his
organization has the capability of building a radioactive "dirty bomb," a U.S.
official said Tuesday." (Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/showcase/chi-0204240304apr24.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed
"Analysts Seek Clues in Public Silence of Bin Laden...Fugitive May Be Dead, or Waiting
for Dramatic Moment to Reappear, Timed to Future Attack" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37587-2002Apr23.html?referer=email
"Routes to Yucca reconsidered...Federal officials are re-examining their plan to ship
nuclear waste to the new Yucca Mountain storage site through major cities, including
Washington and Baltimore." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020424-74833960.htm
"Caught in a painful political dilemma just weeks before a key election, the head of
the Sinn Fein party has refused to appear at a congressional hearing in Washington --
snubbing some of his strongest U.S. supporters in order to mollify his constituency at
home." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37586-2002Apr23.html?referer=email
"Repentant Algerian Tells of Bomb Plot...In one of the first autobiographical glimpses
into the making of a Muslim terrorist, a repentant Algerian defendant told a German
court of his transformation from an irreligious drug dealer on the streets of Germany
to an Afghanistan-trained militant intent on blowing up a synagogue in the French city
of Strasbourg" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37537-2002Apr23.html?referer=email
"Suicide bombers not martyrs, say Islamic leaders...The claim by a Saudi diplomat that
Palestinian suicide bombers are "martyrs" is not justified by the Koran, many Islamic
leaders say." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020424-97894436.htm
"World Jewish leaders blamed Europe's political and intellectual elites Tuesday for
indirectly fueling anti-Semitic violence that has swept Western Europe in recent
weeks." (Reuters)
http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200204231215000202199_aolns.src
"Democrats, facing the ban they supported on unregulated 'soft' campaign money, have
formed a fledgling "donor network" to take advantage of a loophole in the new law."
(The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020424-548317.htm
"Doctors at a Maryland hospital will perform open-heart surgery on Sen. Jesse Helms as
early as this week to replace a worn-out pig valve he's had 10 years" (Charlotte
Observor) http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/3126052.htm
Starr Report: "NBC is hopping mad with the Saudi Arabian government for detaining
MSNBC reporter Dr. Bob Arnot - and confiscating 18 videotapes and Arnot's laptop
computer." http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/46343.htm
Orin: "Yankee-loving White House press secretary Ari Fleischer has a different kind of
diamond in mind now - he's off the top bachelor list after popping a ring on the
finger of a non-Yankee fan." http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/46359.htm
"'Lovelace' dies after car crash...Linda Boreman, who starred as Linda Lovelace in a
1972 pornographic film and later became an anti-porn advocate, died Monday." (AP)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020424-90447965.htm
"Coloring the News at CNN...An e-mail reveals a disturbing example of the way CNN
views race in America." (The Weekly Standard)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/140iumbg.asp
Opinion/Editorial
An education in giving...A New York City public-school teacher's new Web site,
DonorsChoose.org , is not just helping kids, it may eventually change the face of
philanthropy, writes Jonathan Alter.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/711899.asp
Broder: 'Reform' Derailed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38059-2002Apr24.html
Fund's Diary: "Vote Pour L'escroc...C'est Tres Important. Le Pen will lose. Will
France's elites learn their lessons?" http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=105001969
The Wall Street Journal: "Neas's New Orders...We'd welcome Clinton era judicial
obstruction." http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=105001970
The Washington Times: "More Saudi lies...The reality is that � aside from radical
states like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Cuba � few regimes have done more to
undermine American foreign-policy interests in recent years than the regime in Saudi
Arabia.'" http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020424-384897.htm
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020424
"And if you promised your love so completely, and you said you would always be
truuuuuue, you swore that you'd never leave me baby, what ever happened to you?" (You
down with that cut?)
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