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There's one big story tonight which I've laid out extensively below...I'll bottom line
it for you: What did the administration know and when did it know it about 9-11?
We'll do an "election night" lineup of all-stars to weigh in on this huge story...This
is one of those pop the popcorn, break out the microwave pizza and get the TV tray
out...For those of us who are cable tv news junkies (and you know who you are) this is
a big night...We'll bring you the latest facts, sound, packages and the best darn news
MSNBC can deliver...
WashPost: Bush told of hijacking dangers...In the first 10 days of August last year,
intelligence was presented to President Bush and his top advisers that terrorists
associated with Osama bin Laden had discussed the possibility of hijacking airplanes,
reliable sources said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752871.asp
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., said Congress needs to find out -- in
hearings open to the public -- what Bush and other officials knew, when they knew it
and what they did with the information, in order to prevent future terrorist attacks.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020516/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_hijackings_24
A Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department's
Inspector General Wednesday to investigate how the FBI handled an internal warning
last summer that terrorists might be taking flight lessons in the United States,
according to a letter obtained by United Press International.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=15052002-030848-8911r
I described for you "election night" rules last week: fast paced, lots of guests, lots
of attitude and Chris en fuego (on fire)...That'll be the front half...In the back
half we'll some Saudi stuff with Hume...
Dig this quote from Abdullah on Bush: "He is the type of person who sleeps at 9.30
p.m. after watching the domestic news. In the morning, he only reads a few lines about
what is written on the Middle East and the world due to his huge responsibilities"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020514/ts_nm/mideast_bush_saudi_dc_1
In the "buzz" we'll do either a traditional lefty-righy match-up or we'll do the
Arafat "reform" story...Powell welcomes Arafat promise to reform Palestinian
Authority; CIA head considers meetings with security officials (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020516/ap_wo_en_po/us_mideast_13
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has decided to hold presidential and parliamentary
elections within six months, a senior adviser, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, said Thursday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20020516/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_election_5
This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
Squitty: Congress is moving on several fronts to deal with a potential crisis, such as
a terrorist strike. On Thursday, a task force will debate changes to the Constitution
that would permit governors to appoint members to the House if a large number were
killed in an attack. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/05/16/congress.htm
FBI creates new anti-terrorism team...FBI Director Robert Mueller aims to address
flaws exposed by the Sept. 11 attacks by creating a new terrorism-fighting team that
will oversee all U.S. terror investigations worldwide, officials say.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752478.asp
Israel Pursues Focused Attacks...In Killing of West Bank Intelligence Agents, a
Pattern Resumes (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23300-2002May15.html
WashPost: Security checks swamp INS offices...The processing of thousands of
immigration applications has ground to a halt in an unknown number of Immigration and
Naturalization Service offices because workers have not been provided the equipment or
training to use a new security database, INS officials say.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752866.asp
In the eight months since the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, the Bush administration has
moved more quickly than any administration since World War II to make government
activities, documents and other information secret, liberals and conservatives say.
(USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/16/secrecy-usatcov.htm
Iraq on Thursday slammed the United Nations for extending sanctions against Baghdad
for another six months but said it would continue to cooperate with the U.N. on an
oil-for-food exchange. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20020516/wl_nm/iraq_sanctions_dc_4
GIs Battle 'Ghosts' in Afghanistan...Search for Elusive Enemy Frustrates Americans
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22683-2002May15.html?referer=email
Hill Group Urges End To Sanctions on Cuba...Bush Plans to Keep Policy in Place (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23342-2002May15.html
The White House yesterday dismissed former President Jimmy Carter's call to end the
trade embargo against Cuba, calling such a move pointless when dealing with "one of
the last great tyrants left on Earth." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020516-882971.htm
Army Secretary Thomas White, the highest-ranking former Enron executive in the Bush
administration, will be asked to tell the Senate what he knows about price
manipulation by Enron during California's power crisis of 2000 and 2001. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/energy/enron/2002-05-16-enron-army-secretary.htm
Calls for reparations brew revolt of blacks...A vocal minority in the black community
are arguing against the reparations drive. (AP)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020516-25223272.htm
Senate officials are scouting locations 1,000 miles outside of Washington, D.C., in an
effort to identify facilities that could house the body if a catastrophic event forced
lawmakers to flee the nation's capital. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/05/news0516a.html
de Moraes: At CBS, the Let's-Keep-Letterman-Happy Lineup
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24122-2002May15.html?referer=email
Milbank: Democratic National Committee Chairman Terence R. McAuliffe had planned to
build a new headquarters for the party at 501 C St. SW for $32 million, including a
$12 million technology upgrade. But now, party insiders say, they're leaning toward
retrofitting the DNC's existing headquarters off South Capitol Street...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24093-2002May15.html
Cheney Aides Deny Conflict of Interest...Vice President Cheney's corporate background
poses no conflict of interest when dealing with Members of Congress on the issue of
bolstering embassy security, according to the spokeswoman in Cheney's office of
legislative affairs (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/05/news0516c.html
Morris: Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday said raising money to defeat Gov. Pataki won't
affect her ability to work with him, but Republicans ripped her for injecting national
money into state politics. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/48102.htm
Sopranos Update: It's 10 hours into the recent filming of an episode of HBO's "The
Sopranos" when James Gandolfini walks off the set of the Bada Bing strip club to have
a word with the director, Alan Taylor. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/today/New_York_Now/Television/a-150992.asp
Rocker skewers critics with homage to grilling...Ted Nugent's latest book is 250 pages
of recipes, philosophies and anecdotes -- a potpourri of the world according to
Nugent. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020516-73752677.htm
Jeannette Walls: The ugly situation in the Middle East has affected the beauty
business. Miss Lebanon has dropped out of the Miss Universe pageant because she
doesn't want to be the same room as Miss Israel, says a pageant insider.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/752693.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Eyes of the witness...False identification by eyewitnesses is a problem that plagues
the entire criminal-justice system, not just death-penalty cases, writes Steve Chapman
in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752183.asp
Goldberg: Jimmy Carter: America basher
http://www.newsandopinion.com/cols/jonah.html
Rummy: A Choice to Transform the Military
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24019-2002May15.html
Sullivan: Why We Need Crusader
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24020-2002May15.html
The Unreal David Brock...David Brock lied when he wrote about Anita Hill. He played it
loose when he covered Bill Clinton. Then he misled us when he apologized for lying.
What are we to make of his memories of Berkeley? (East Bay Express)
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2002-05-15/feature.html/1/index.html
Coulter: All the news we heard from a guy at Handgun Control, Inc.
http://www.newsandopinion.com/cols/coulter.html
A Look at Rothenberg's 'Dangerous Dozen'
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/rothenberg/
Mead: Give Carter His Due...In Cuba, the former president strikes a blow for freedom.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001712
Novak: Pol launches pocketbook revolution
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak16.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020516
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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