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OK, so I'm putting the newsletter out late once again...I had to put together the
entire back half of the show, and of course Chris wanted to change much of what I had
laid out so we scrambled at the last minute to rewrite the scripts and elements (sound
bites and full screen graphics)...It didn't turn out exactly as I had wanted but
that's the nature of life and cable television...But rest assured when you see
Hitchens slam Sharpton you'll dig it...Yes, we've got not only Hitchens and Sharpton
on tonight but we also got Falwell and Caddell for the full back half!!!! It doesn't
get any better than that...
We'll continue to do the "big story" on the pre 9-11 warnings of course..
I know you have to go out tonight and do Friday night fun things but I urge you to set
your VCR or Tivo or whatever they call it these days...It's a hot one folks..
Oh yeah, we've got Senators Kyl and Cleveland...Plus Craig Crawford from the Hotline
will do the political fallout on all this...I tell all new interns when they come to
Washington to "read the Hotline and Roll Call" everyday if they really want to know
this town...
Have a fun weekend...Dominic
Bush Defends Self on Warning Controversy...House Judiciary Committee Is Asked to
Conduct Hearings (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33428-2002May17.html?referer=email
Laura Bush Strongly Backs Husband...First Lady Urges New Sept. 11 Details Be Put 'in
Perspective'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30176-2002May16.html?referer=email
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday raised the specter of a new, devastating terror
attack on the United States and said Democratic Party criticism of the White House's
handling of pre-Sept. 11 terror warnings at such a time was "thoroughly
irresponsible." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=973407
Congressional Democrats should be "very cautious" in criticizing the Bush
administration's decision not to disclose intelligence that terrorists wanted to
hijack U.S. airplanes, Vice President Dick Cheney says.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020517/ap_on_go_pr_wh/attacks_cheney_3
Vice President Richard B. Cheney yesterday warned congressional Democrats against
trying to score political points by making "incendiary" assertions about what the
White House knew about terrorist threats before the September 11 attacks.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020517-158207.htm
Rice: Pre-Sept. 11 alerts too general...The White House did not tell the public about
a potential al-Qaida threat to hijack airliners before Sept. 11 because it did not
want to risk shutting down civilian aviation "for very general warnings," Condoleezza
Rice said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752980.asp
Gertz: For years, signs suggested 'that something was up'...U.S. intelligence agencies
had indications for months and even years before September 11 that terrorists were
planning attacks with aircraft.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020517-70217917.htm
U.S. planned for attack on al-Qaida...President Bush was given detailed plans for a
worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance to
sign them before the terrorist attacks, sources told NBC News.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/753359.asp
Arafat: No polls until Israel pulls out...More than 20 Israeli tanks and other armored
vehicles entered the West Bankc city of Jenin early Friday and exchanges of gunfire
were heard.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Obeying 'a holy duty' to kill (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020517-7676084.htm
Cynthia McKinney appeared to feel vindicated Thursday, after revelations that the Bush
administration had warnings before Sept. 11 about possible airplane hijackings.
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/0502/17mckinney.html
Vice President Richard B. Cheney, New York Gov. George E. Pataki and National Review
magazine founder William F. Buckley Jr. last night celebrated the 40th anniversary of
the New York State Conservative Party. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020517-32155480.htm
opinion/editorial
The legal fiction of 'diversity'...A federal appeals court this week took another jog
in the twisting highway of race and education when it upheld Michigan's affirmative
action program, writes Dahlia Lithwick in Slate.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065878
Peggy: Dubya's New Deal...The president sacrifices whatever he must to win the
war--just as FDR did. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110001716
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