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Clearly the big story today is the FBI shakeup...Mueller and Ashcroft have a 1 pm
presser scheduled and we'll show you the highlights...What exactly are the details and
will it improve this nation's intelligence and counterterrorism operations? We'll get
into these questions and much more with some former FBI types...Plus, we got a friend
of the Minneapolis whistle blower Coleen Rowley...
We'll also do the India-Pakistan story...Mik is reporting at this hour: "Pentagon
officials report today both India and Pakistan are stepping up preparations for a
large-scale conventional war over Kashmir, but fears are rising here that both sides
could quickly go nuclear...." We'll bring you the latest and talk to the editor in
chief of "Pakistan Today"
In the D block we'll do the Libya/Qaddafi story...Remember that guy from the Jordache
jeans/disco days? He's offering billions of dollars to the family members of victims
of Pan Am flight 103. But here's the catch: "Libya would place the money in escrow
and compensation would be conditional. Each of three payments would be linked to
decisions by the United Nations and the U.S. government to lift long-standing economic
sanctions and to remove Libya from the American list of state sponsors of
terrorism."..Crazy but true folks...Some family members say take the money, others say
no way...We'll debate it tonight...
Howard will do e/f...His latest piece profiles Karl Rove...I've got it below..
So what did you think of Chris in the Middle East? Pretty cool huh? Send your
comments to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chilling conversation: Terror Suspects, Taped in Italy, Referred to Plane Strike on
U.S. (Wash Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24506-2002May28.html
FBI to unveil new anti-terror effort...FBI Director Robert Mueller is expected to
announce changes on Wednesday to boost the analytical skills at the FBI and to focus
more on stopping acts of terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758750.asp
FBI's e-mail surveillance tool flawed...Technicians threw out legitimate wiretap
information from an investigation of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network after flaws
were discovered in the FBI's e-mail surveillance system, bureau documents show.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758700.asp
'Carnivore' Glitches Blamed for FBI Woes...Problems With E-Mail Surveillance Program
Led to Mishandling of al Qaeda Probe in 2000, Memo Says (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24213-2002May28.html
An internal FBI memo says agents destroyed evidence gathered in an investigation
involving Osama bin Laden's network after its e-mail wiretap system mistakenly
captured information to which the agency was not entitled. (AP)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/05/28/national1704EDT0711.DTL
Flight 103 Redress Offered By Libya...$2.7 Billion for Victims' Kin Tied To Sanctions'
End (Wash Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23026-2002May28.html
Libya confirms Pan Am payoff in works...A Libyan government official confirmed
Wednesday a preliminary deal has been reached to pay $2.7 billion to relatives of
those killed in the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758525.asp
Howard's latest: 'King Karl' Gets Ready...Preparing for the 2004 elections
http://www.msnbc.com/news/757389.asp
Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this Briefing in Washington, DC
Honeyed Mascarpone (click and scroll)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20925-2002May28.html
Al-Qaeda and Taliban members are helping organize a terror campaign in Kashmir to
foment conflict between India and Pakistan, U.S. intelligence officials and foreign
diplomats say. Pakistan and India, the world's newest nuclear powers, both claim all
of Kashmir. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/05/29/taliban-kashmir.htm
India's foreign minister said Wednesday that Pakistan must take steps to halt
cross-border terrorism and rein in Islamic insurgents in Kashmir. The official said
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had been given enough time to fulfill his pledges
to halt terrorism. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/05/29/india-pakistan.htm
British troops have deployed near the Pakistani border to stop al-Qaida and Taliban
fighters from returning to Afghanistan, U.S. and British officials said Wednesday.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020529/ap_on_re_as/afghan_operation_buzzard_8
President Bush is sending a top envoy to the Middle East but shying away from setting
deadlines for peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2002/may/28/052804603.html
A maverick president embraces Russia...NBC's David Gregory assesses the significance
of Bush' European trip http://msnbc.com/news/758361.asp?0dm=N217N
Bush Raises Scandal With Pope...President Voices Concern About Catholic Church's
Standing in U.S. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24071-2002May28.html
Church crisis emboldens accusers...Other abuse cases lead 2 more men to denounce local
priest (Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/758170.asp?0dm=B23BN
Democratic Party leaders yesterday were backing away from a proposal to hold their
2004 presidential nominating convention at the same time as the Republican convention,
but they still struggled to select a date that could help them solve money and message
concerns. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23843-2002May28.html
House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt reassured a group of workers who lost their
jobs in Enron collapse that lawmakers have not forgotten their plight and remain
determined to create ways to better regulate corporate America. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2002/may/28/052804947.html
A World War Two patrol boat captained by President John F. Kennedy which was sunk by a
Japanese destroyer has been found off the Solomon Islands by the man who tracked down
the Titanic, local radio said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=entertainmentnews&StoryID=1024131
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't bite the dogs...Ozzy Osbourne is appalled by the behavior of some
South Koreans. Jeannette Walls Delivers the Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758363.asp
A suicidal gunman stormed into the CBS television network complex and kept police at
bay for more than four hours before ending the standoff by shooting himself, officials
said. (AP) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25284-2002May29.html
President Bush, "The Today Show" co-anchor Katie Couric and a bevy of Hollywood stars
will participate in the upcoming public TV series "Freedom: A History of Us
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=855&ncid=579&e=1&u=/variety/20020529/en_variety/television_freedom_dc_1
Vice President Dick Cheney's appearance at a Republican fund-raiser tonight is a White
House nod to Tennessee's battleground status this election year, including a key U.S.
Senate seat that Democrats are trying to pick up. (The Nashville Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/02/05/18003994.shtml?Element_ID=18003994
Capital Comment: Daily news notes, political rumors and important...events that shape
politics and public policy in Washington and the world
http://www.newsandopinion.com/0502/capital_comment.html
de Moraes: NBC's Tom Brokaw To Bow Out With 2004 Elections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23972-2002May28.html
Opinion/Editorial
Hollywood's reverse racial profiling...You'd be hard-pressed to find Muslim terrorists
in any of today's blockbuster action movies, writes Reihan Salam in Slate. Is
Hollywood being too PC in shying away from al-Qaida-like villains?
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2066272
Ridge Progress on many fronts
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/05/29/ncoppf.htm
O'Hanlon: We're Ready to Fight Iraq...Saddam is no match for America's military.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001770
Pruden: When the president has to button his lip
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden.html
Mugger takes on Kristol in Political paranoia
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/mugger.html
Kelly: Old, Old, Old. Tired, Tired, Tired.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24410-2002May28.html
Bozell: "Personnel is policy" is an old axiom in politics. It also applies to the
world of journalism, as evidenced by recent developments at The New York Times, which
has been trending even further left with recent appointments.
http://www.cnsnews.com/bozellcolumn/bozell.asp
Mondo Washington: A key point in unraveling why the FBI failed to follow up leads on
al Qaeda terrorism now centers on the Bureau's contemptuously brushing aside warnings
from French intelligence a few days before 9-11.
http://villagevoice.com/alertrd.php3?article=35209
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020529
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