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Some of the big stories we're monitoring for you today: Rising tension on the
India-Pakistan border, Al-Qaeda folk in Pakistan inciting violence over Kashmir as
well as the FBI fallout...Yesterday Ashcroft announced easing of restrictions on
domestic surveillance methods which have the ACLU types up in arms...Should the
goverment be able to spy on your web browsing? Your place of worship? We'll get into
it tonight with Dershowitz...
On the India-Pakistan story we've got a former Pakistani ambassador to the UN, Ahmad
Kamal, and a Wall Street Journal guy named Tunku...
In the D block debate, we're going to do something a little different...Some
controversy coming from the hallowed halls of academe...Harvard to be exact...Would
you want to hear a commencement address entitled: "Of Faith and Citizenship: My
American Jihad." Should we give "Jihad" a chance? Hilary Levey, a senior at Harvard,
weighs in on the controversy...We may have Horowitz as well...Plus, our old buddy
Hussein Ibish will be here too...Expect fireworks my friend
What's in a name?...The answer may be the last lesson Zayed Yasin learns as he wraps
up four years of higher education at Harvard University with a graduation speech about
"jihad" -- an Arabic term that manages to inspire and offend because of its
relationship to the Sept. 11 attacks. (Reuters)
http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200205291816000256527_aolns.src
In the e/f buzz block we'll do former Governor, Senator, Vietnam vet and Medal of
Honor recipient Bob Kerrey on his new book "When I was a Young Man"
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0151004749.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
If the Shuttle launch happens at 7:44 pm et as planned, we'll take that live...Sources
are saying that the weather doesn't look good at Cape Canerval.
http://www.floridatoday.com/space/
Bush to Send Rumsfeld to South Asia...The Defense Secretary Will Try to Defuse
Tensions in Border Region (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33353-2002May30.html
We may do something on that conversation I highlighted yesterday with Yossef: Terror
Suspects, Taped in Italy, Referred to Plane Strike on U.S. (Wash Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24506-2002May28.html
We'll also bring you some highlights from the ceremony at Ground Zero this
morning...With the peal of a Fire Department bell, the victims of the World Trade
Center's unspeakable horror were remembered Thursday in a ceremony without words. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020530/ap_on_re_us/attacks_ground_zero_20
Please do join us...This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in
Washington, DC
FBI Given More Latitude...New Surveillance Rules Remove Evidence Hurdle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30427-2002May29.html
U.S. Loses a Ruling On Secret Detentions...Judge Rejects Order Closing Hearings (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30444-2002May29.html?referer=email
An FBI pilot in Oklahoma City warned in May 1998 that "large numbers of Middle Eastern
males" were getting flight training in Oklahoma and could be planning terrorist
attacks. (The Oklahoman)
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=867801&pic=none&TP=getattack
Mueller: Clues Might Have Led to Sept. 11 Plot...The FBI's director acknowledged
Wednesday that investigators might have been able to uncover part of the Sept. 11 plot
if the FBI had properly put together all the clues in the possession of the bureau and
other agencies (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30390-2002May29.html?referer=email
FBI's new focus: preventing terror...FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday
announced proposals for an agency overhaul that includes transferring 480 agents from
drug and other criminal investigations to counterterrorism posts.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/758750.asp
WashPost: Al Qaeda tied to attacks in cities..While the U.S. continues to hunt for al
Qaeda and Taliban soldiers in remote areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border, hundreds
of al Qaeda operatives are living in Pakistan's cities and have cooperated with
militants in recent attacks, sources said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/759109.asp
Militant attack heightens Kashmir tensions
Two militants stormed an Indian police camp in Kashmir, killing three policemen and
ratcheting up tensions in the disputed border region of Kashmir as Washington warned
extremists could turn a standoff between India and Pakistan into a full-blown war.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/753586.asp
Smucker: As US coalition debates tactics, Taliban fight on...Mullahs on motorcycles
come to preach against the 'infidel US and
British invaders.' http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0529/p01s04-wosc.html
Pakistan Shifting Troops From Afghan Border...U.S. Had Expressed Concern About Reports
of Redeployment to Indian Border (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32152-2002May30.html
As border tensions heighten between nuclear powers Pakistan and India, a U.S.
government team is in India to plan the possible evacuation of 1,100 U.S. troops and
up to 63,000 U.S. citizens from both countries. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/29/nuclear-fears-usat.htm
The Customs Service's chief wants U.S. inspections done on American-bound cargo
containers while they are in foreign seaports, addressing the threat that terrorists
might try to smuggle deadly weapons, nuclear included, into the United States. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020530/ap_on_go_ot/attacks_nuclear_3
Libya denied yesterday it had agreed to pay $2.7 billion to the families of Pan Am
Flight 103 victims, casting doubt on the future of a deal announced Tuesday by lawyers
negotiating on behalf of the families. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30231-2002May29.html
Local police, aided by FBI agents, yesterday nabbed a man believed to be an important
member of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. The arrest was the latest in a
government crackdown on Islamic militants that has raised the ire of extremist groups.
(NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/49140.htm
Israeli tanks and troops began pulling out of Bethlehem Thursday, witnesses said,
after holding the West Bank town since Monday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20020530/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_pullout_4
Arkansas rejects tax rebates for Clinton Library...Arkansas has rejected millions of
dollars in tax help for native son Bill Clinton's presidential library under a program
that provides incentives for businesses. (AP)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020530-68524.htm
The Democratic National Committee said yesterday that it is considering five dates on
which to hold its 2004 convention, including Labor Day weekend when the Republicans
plan to nominate President Bush for a second term. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020530-77938904.htm
Will Reform Groups Pose Bigger Threat Than Democrats?...Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.)
campaign said yesterday that he is well-prepared to combat involvement in his
re-election race by organizations hoping to oust the the self-proclaimed No. 1 enemy
of campaign finance reform. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/politics/00/2002/05/pol0530a.html
The Bush administration said yesterday that it is urging the United Nations to crack
down harder on kickbacks paid to war-crimes suspects by their U.N.-financed defense
lawyers at international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020530-99737843.htm
Bush Gets Mixed Reviews in Europe...White House officials maintain that based on the
feedback they're getting, President Bush's European trip was very productive. Some
reviews support their argument, but that was not the dominant view in Europe. (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30251-2002May29.html
Radio Duos Suspended For Feuding on Shows...Don & Mike, Opie & Anthony Off Air (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30688-2002May29.html
McCaslin: We're told that the once-embattled Katherine Harris is wrapping up the final
chapter of a book she's been quietly writing, appropriately titled: "Center of the
Storm: Practicing Principled Leadership in a Time of Crisis.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/inbeltway.htm
Opinion/editorial
Granoff sends this one in from Joshua Micah Marshall: Bomb Saddam? How the obsession
of a few neocon hawks became the central goal of U.S. foreign policy
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0206.marshall.html
Babbin: Nuclear high-wire act...India, Pakistan embroiled in high-stakes rumble
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020530-98844896.htm
Libya Can't Buy Us Off...Rehabilitate Gadhafi? Even for $10 million, it's not worth
it. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001774
McGrory: Hesitant Hawks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30703-2002May29.html
Saletan: The Triangle Offense...How Bush is winning the war over going to war with
Iraq http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2066336
Will: Pilot's dissent on weapons
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/150/oped/Pilot_s_dissent_on_weapons+.shtml
Coulter: Would Mohamed Atta object to armed pilots?
http://www.newsandopinion.com/cols/coulter.html
Novak: GOP can build on Dems' rift with labor
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak30.html
Ingraham: Post-feminism in the aftermath of 9-11
http://www.newsandopinion.com/0502/ingraham.html
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020530
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