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Chris is on route home from his Middle East sojourn and we've got tape to prove it...I
scored an interview with Arafat for Chris so that will most likely lead the
show...Chris also interviewed Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, which will
play prominently tonight as well...We've also got a cool Martin Fletcher package and
several "MOS" interviews (Man on the street)...I haven't seen any of it myself so
we'll both be surprised...I hear there's Chris touring some of the rubbled, war-torn
areas...Chris also interviews an opposition leader to Arafat who may run against him
in next years election...
In other news...Tensions between India and Pakistan are heating up as Pakistan does a
series of missle tests this weekend and fear of a nuclear exchange grows...Chandra is
officially classified as a homicide and more fallout from the FBI memo out of
Minneapolis...We'll get into these stories tomorrow night..
This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
It's official...Chandra Levy was murdered, by means unknown, the Washington D.C.
medical examiner said Tuesday in a disclosure that deepened the mystery behind the
demise of 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/20020528/ap_on_re_us/chandra_levy_4
Medical Examiner to Declare Levy Case a Homicide...Investigation Fails to Yield Cause
of Death (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21231-2002May28.html
Yasser Arafat is the big cheese - make that cheese puff - in Egypt...A cartoon of the
Palestinian leader salutes consumers from each 5-cent bag of Abu Ammar chips,
beckoning them to buy the snack and support the Palestinian uprising against the
Israeli presence. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/48904.htm
Jenin raid follows suicide blast...The Israeli army raided the northern West Bank city
of Jenin early on Tuesday and clashes broke out with Palestinian gunmen, local
witnesses said. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
WashPost: U.S. mulls terms for Mideast pact...In a significant evolution of
administration thinking, U.S. officials are debating whether to go beyond President
Bush's endorsement last year of a Palestinian state and publicly detail terms for a
final Middle East settlement, including a negotiating schedule
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758016.asp
President Bush is expected to send CIA Director George Tenet and Assistant Secretary
of State William Burns to the Middle East when he returns from Europe. The immediate
goal is to revamp and improve the Palestinian security apparatus to curb attacks on
Israel. (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/05/25/tenet.htm
The inside story of the FBI whistle-blower who accuses her bosses of ignoring warnings
of 9/11. A reading of her entire memo suggests a bracing blueprint for change (Time)
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020603/story.html
Bombshell: Coleen Rowley's Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020603/memo.html
FBI Director Robert Mueller late Thursday asked for an investigation into complaints
by a bureau lawyer in Minneapolis over how headquarters handled the probe into
Zaccarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the USA in the Sept. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020524/4139517s.htm
Hersch: Why the government didn't know what it knew.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020603fa_FACT
Fournier: President Bush on Tuesday took before Pope John Paul II his concerns about
the state of the Roman Catholic Church in light of the sexual abuse scandal that has
rocked the institution. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020528/ap_on_re_eu/bush_pope_9
NATO, Bush bring Russia into fold...President Bush observed Memorial Day with a visit
to the historic beaches of Normandy and the first French village liberated by American
soldiers on D-Day, 58 years ago.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/755157.asp
NATO Welcomes Russia as Jr. Partner...NATO allies welcomed Russia on Tuesday as a
junior partner in the alliance set up more than a half century ago for the Cold War
containment of Moscow. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19873-2002May28.html?referer=email
Virtually the entire senior leadership of Al Qaeda and the Taliban have been driven
out of eastern Afghanistan and are now operating with as many as 1,000 non-Afghan
fighters in the anarchic tribal areas of western Pakistan, the commander of
American-led forces in Afghanistan said today. (The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/international/asia/28AFGH.html?ex=1023163200&en=53542d729bb05c5f&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1
Sammon: President Bush paid solemn tribute to Allied troops killed on the beaches of
Normandy and drew a parallel to those killed in Afghanistan. "We are here to pay
tribute to those who sacrificed for freedom, both Americans and the French," Mr. Bush
said. http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020528-7602353.htm
White House Notebook...The Adventures of 'Intercontinental' Man
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18497-2002May27.html
India said Tuesday that talks with rival Pakistan were impossible for now, the
presence of U.S. troops in Pakistan was not a deterrent to war and President Pervez
Musharraf's speech on the Kashmir crisis was "dangerous" as well as "offensive and
tasteless." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=3&cid=514&u=/ap/20020528/ap_on_re_as/india_pakistan_196
India Tuesday accused Pakistan of stoking tensions between the nuclear rivals with
"belligerent posturing" over Kashmir as another foreign envoy arrived to press for
peace. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=721&e=2&u=/nm/20020528/wl_nm/southasia_dc_165
India's defense minister said Tuesday that members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida
network and Taliban fighters from Afghanistan are among the militants in
Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020528/ap_on_re_as/india_pakistan_kashmir_10
An American intelligence report says a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan
could kill up to 12 million people and injure seven million. (The Telegraph)
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/28/wkash128.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/05/28/ixnewstop.html
Feminists lobby for U.N. rights pact...Feminist groups calling for U.S. ratification
of a U.N. women's rights treaty are stepping up their lobbying as the Senate prepares
for hearings on the pact. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020528-849213.htm
In Corridors Of Power, The Cup's Half Empty...Leaders' Language Tests Our Fabled
Optimism (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18441-2002May27.html
The Taliban is history, al-Qaida is scattered and hundreds of suspected terrorists are
in custody. So why all the hand-wringing in Washington? (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020528/ap_on_re_us/attacks_hand_wringing_2
Senate Stardom. Lawrence O'Donnell, . a former Senate aide who has become a television
star, is scouting writers and researchers on Capitol Hill. for a new NBC. drama about
the Senate modeled after "The West Wing." (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/hoh/
Sharon Stone's 1-woman PR machine...Sharon Stone is being accused of using the Cannes
Film Festival as a global opportunity to land a film part. Jeannette Walls Delivers
the Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/757973.asp
In Uganda, O'Neill and Bono Disagree About Success of Aid (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18309-2002May27.html
Norman: Kerry tries to catch up with rivals by courting two Iowa candidates
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/18288108.html
A film about a Hollywood agent who destroys himself with drugs and drink is a bit too
close to reality programming for the Creative Artists Agency, the film's director
claims. (Rush & Molloy)
http://nydailynews.com/today/News_and_Views/Daily_Dish/a-152363.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Matthews: Voters who could change everything
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/26/IN172916.DTL
Reeves: Who Cares About the Bush 9/11 Photo?...Why shouldn't the GOP raise some money
off the finest hour of a party member? (Time)
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/reaves/article/0,9565,238091,00.html
The Washington Times: Too close to war...Hopes seem dim that diplomatic efforts will
prevent a Pakistan/India conflict that could escalate into the world's first exchange
of nuclear weapons http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020528-88359036.htm
Biden: Beyond the Moscow Treaty
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18129-2002May27.html
The Washington Times: Questions for Mueller...Serious questions are being raised about
the performance of the FBI over the handling of information suggesting that members of
Osama bin Laden's terror network were attending U.S. flight schools.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020528-595652.htm
USA Today: Agent's memo raises doubts about FBI's capabilities
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/05/28/edtwof.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020528
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Steiner http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/steiner.htm
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