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Breaking news out of DC...A body was found today in Rock Creek park...DC police are
attempting to determine if this is Chandra...The story is developing and our people
are all over it at this hour...We'll bring you the latest tonight...This obviously
throws our original editorial layout into turmoil but bear with me on this....
A skull and other human bones were found in a park early Wednesday and police are
trying to determine whether they are the remains of Chandra Levy, the 24-year-old
intern who disappeared more than a year ago. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020522/ap_on_re_us/body_found_2
We got Graham and Shelby on the terrorism stuff...Other calls are out...Lots of stuff
out there...Kind of a topsy turvey day today...
Chris is doing the show at 30 Rock tonight...I implore you to read on...Dominic
I like this story for the buzz...I think we might actually have Simpson on
this...Democrats continued to press for a broader investigation into how federal
agencies handled warnings before Sept. 11 yesterday, but their own strategists say
privately the party can't win a political fight with President Bush on terrorism and
need to push the debate back to domestic issues.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52981-2002May21.html
Are you an "office park dad"? For Democrats, Key Voters May Be Married to Soccer
Moms...Pollster Says Party Should Target 'Office Park Dads'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52843-2002May21.html?referer=email
The Bush administration issued a spate of terror alerts in to mute criticism that its
national security team sat on intelligence warnings in the weeks before the September
11 attacks. The latest alerts were issued "as a result of all the controversy that
took place last week," said Ari Fleischer. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020522-217139.htm
Failures in cargo security reported Jet freight isn't checked, officials told in
October...A month after the Sept. 11 attacks, a government report warned federal
officials that terrorists easily could plant bombs on passenger jets by shipping them
as cargo (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020522/4130958s.htm
WashPost: FBI rejected proposed probe..A Phoenix FBI agent's request for a canvass of
U.S. flight schools was rejected within weeks of his July 10 memo, after officials
determined they did not have the manpower to carry it out, the Washington Post reports.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/755695.asp
Senator: Plot might have been spotted...U.S. authorities might have been able to
intercept the Sept. 11 hijackers had someone simply assembled all the pieces of
information beforehand, the head of the congressional investigation said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/754110.asp
WashPost: Nation left jittery by latest warnings
The color-coded terror alert system was created after complaints about generalized
alerts announced after the Sept. 11 attacks. Officials said those warnings were too
vague to be helpful, but now some say the administration is returning to a failed
strate
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/755562.asp
A Senate panel voted on party lines Wednesday to issue Congress' first subpoenas to
the Bush White House, seeking information on staff contacts with Enron Corp.
officials. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020522/ap_on_go_co/enron_investigation_21
At least half of the 48 Muslim radicals linked to terrorist plots in the USA since
1993 manipulated or violated immigration laws to enter this country and then stay
here, an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies says. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2002/05/22/terrorists-ins.htm
No Guns For Pilots, U.S. Rules...Lawmakers Set Out To Overturn Decision (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53068-2002May21.html?referer=email
Taliban and al Qaeda guerrillas have been smuggled into Europe in the last few months
and are on their way to Britain, a German newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting a
letter from Interpol to the German police. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=10&cid=578&u=/nm/20020522/ts_nm/germany_alqaeda_dc_1
Georgia's homeland security chief denied Tuesday that any potential terrorists had
entered the country through Savannah. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_c3be5368e2d271b20034.html
Former President Carter, just back from a high-profile visit to Cuba, met Tuesday
night with President Bush to discuss the communist-governed island, White House
officials said. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2002/may/21/052102308.html
U.S. Plans Suits Over 2000 Vote...Rights Violations Alleged In 3 Counties in Florida
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52089-2002May21.html?referer=email
Seeking to counter European doubts about the U.S.-led war on terrorism, President Bush
began his weeklong trip Wednesday by warning allies they too could face attacks and
urging their continued support for military action. (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/story/409479p-3265072c.html
Resurfacing Animosity Awaits Bush in Europe...Post-Sept. 11 Unity Gives Way to
Clashing Values http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53453-2002May21.html
President Bush spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about his fears for himself
and his family in the hours after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling a German
television reporter he was "trying to get out of harm's way" before returning to the
White House.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000036064may22.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation
State's report chides anti-Arafat efforts...The State Department said it had found no
evidence linking Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally to attacks on Israel last
year and chided Israel for destroying his security infrastructure.
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20020522-67163.htm
India's prime minister visited soldiers on the tense Kashmir frontier Wednesday,
telling them to prepare for a "decisive battle" against Pakistan-supported Islamic
insurgents. Cross-border shelling has killed dozens and reignited fears of war between
the nuclear-armed rivals. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54382-2002May22.html
The Grateful Dead have been reincarnated...The surviving members of the jam band
announced Tuesday they were reuniting as The Other Ones for a two-day concert in East
Troy, Wis. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=8&u=/ap/20020522/ap_en_mu/grateful_dead_reunion_3
Page Six: The Honorable Rev. Dr. Al Sharpton bumped into Hustler publisher Larry Flynt
yesterday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, and spent 20 minutes finding out
they see eye-to-eye on President Bush. http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/16574.htm
Editorial/Opinion
Westernizing Russia...Can President Bush help 'democratize' Russia? Only if Russia
itself is willing to change, writes Anne Applebaum in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/755409.asp
McCain is calling for an independent commission...an '04 primary issue??: Probe Deep,
and Fairly http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53389-2002May21.html
Fund's Diary: Willful Ignorance...Racial profiling might have prevented Sept. 11
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110001739
Kudlow: They're trading places http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/kudlow.html
The Wall Street Journal: Democracy for Palestine...An unexpected moment of opportunity
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html
Albright: Why Europe Doubts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53386-2002May21.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020522
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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