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Lots of stuff going on tonight...A big Bush speech was just announced this morning (8
pm et)...Needless to say, we'll slice and dice it for you...Fournier will pick it up
from here..Bush to Propose Homeland Security Cabinet Position...National Televised
Speech Expected Tonight
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_go_pr_wh/attacks_bush_17
Gergen and Whitcomb will do a speech preview from both the policy as well as the
political angles in the 7 pm et show...For the 9 et pm CNBC re-air, Gergen will do a
post-mortem (or at least that's the plan now)
Chris is in Ireland through the weekend so Barnicle will man the healm tonight...btw,
I got all the buzz on Chris' new contract below...He'll be with us until 2009! Sorry
about having to ditch the Liddy interview due to breaking news...I knew you were
looking forward to that...I had to wake up Saeb Erekat in Jericho at 3 am (his time)
last night do a phoner with Siegenthaler...By the time I got him ready to go on the
line, Hardball was over so I held him over for "The News." Never a dull moment around
here folks...
Mueller's getting a grilling on the Hill that would put a K.C. Masterpiece slab of
ribs to shame...FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told Congress Thursday his agency
needs additional agents, money and time as it works to meet its "paramount mission of
prevention" in an age of terrorism. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence_58
We'll do the Middle East story with Dore and Marwan...Exiling Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat would not help bring peace to the Middle East, a White House spokesman
said Thursday, hours after Israeli troops shelled Arafat's headquarters and blew a
hole in his bedroom wall.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=5&cid=514&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_mideast_80
In the B block, we'll talk to my guy Dominick Dunne (we won't hold it against him that
he spells his name wrong), Vanity Fair diarist and author of "Justice" on the
Elizabeth Smart case...Hundreds of volunteer searchers took to the streets and
foothills Thursday morning, responding to a plea for help from a desperate father of a
14-year-old girl who authorities say was abducted from her bedroom a day earlier. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_re_us/missing_girl_utah_13
Here's the D Block...
An alternative newspaper in Boston printed two photographs from slain Wall Street
Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's execution video in Thursday's edition. (AP)
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0407_BC_SlainReporter-Photos&&news&newsflash-national
Freedom to choose...Why we linked to the video released by Daniel Pearl's murderers
(The Boston Phoenix)
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/editorial/documents/02299081.htm
Johnson: Pearl murder photos: To what end?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columns/media-mix.htm
We'll talk to Phoenix publisher Stephen Mindich about why he ran the photos and get
reaction from Mortimer Zuckerman, (U.S. News & NY Daily News etc., etc.)
In the "buzz" block, Mike will talk to Tom Arnold, host of the "Best Damn Sports Show
Period", about all things sports including Nader's letter to NBA Commish David Stern
and the upcoming Tyson-Lewis fight..
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has found a new target to blast for alleged incompetence
and high-handed ways: the National Basketball Association and its referees. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020605/sp_nm/nba_nader_dc_1
Lewis fights Tyson 'to cement my legacy' (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/stories/2002-06-06-lewis-legacy.htm
Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this Briefing in Washington, DC
Matthews Buzz....Matthews and Matthews, Back for More (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2872-2002Jun5.html
"My mission is what it's always been:to stop the abuse of power, and to be suspicious
of power," Mr. Matthews said yesterday. (Harper, Inside Politics)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm
More to Shout About...Matthews gets a raise, bigger role on MSNBC (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-06-06/New_York_Now/Television/a-153293.asp
"Specter can rest easy," says Matthews, 56, whose 7 p.m. weekday shoutfest, Hardball,
is MSNBC's highest-rated series. "I may run when I'm 83. It's my boyhood dream to be
in the Senate." (Philadelphia Inquirer) http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/3411231.htm
"By nine, most people have gotten their news. This program will be more digestion than
ingestion," Matthews said. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=855&ncid=579&e=8&u=/variety/20020606/en_variety/television_matthews_dc_2
Amid the latest revelations about FBI and CIA lapses prior to the Sept. 11 attacks,
congressional investigators say it is now clear that the evidence that lay unexamined
in Zacarias Moussaoui's possession was even more valuable than previously believed.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2607-2002Jun5.html?referer=email
Israeli tanks enter Ramallah...Israeli troops broke into Yasser Arafat's West Bank
compound early Thursday, destroyed an intelligence service office building and then
withdrew, witnesses said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Arafat heir walks perilously fine line...Mohammed Dahlan, the head of Palestinian
security, is seen as a likely heir to Yasser Arafat -- if Dahlan can stay alive. NBC's
Jim Maceda reports
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/757915.asp
WashPost: Mueller: Terror effort taxes resources...The FBI has many people suspected
of ties to terror under surveillance, sending teams of agents around the U.S. in a
mission seriously taxing the agency's resources, FBI Director Robert Mueller III said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/762572.asp
Can FBI and CIA cooperate?...Lawmakers meet in secret this week to parse evidence of
9/11 intelligence failures http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0605/p01s01-uspo.html
Justice Probed FBI on 9/11 Memo...Hill Panel Seeks IG's Report on Phoenix Agent's
Warning (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2627-2002Jun5.html?referer=email
Ridge lacks clout, critics say Some suggest security chief should wield Cabinet-level
power (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020606/4170303s.htm
'Byline Strike' at Post Draws At Least 200 Reader Calls (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2835-2002Jun5.html
Sen. Shelby Seizes the Spotlight...Every Washington scandal produces its Sam Ervin or
Howard Baker, and the 9/11 intelligence fiasco is giving Alabama's senior senator one
heckuva boost. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4855-2002Jun6.html
Gertz: Radical Islam called worst foe...The ideological battle against radical Islam
over time is as important to winning the war on terrorism as arresting and killing
terrorists is right now, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020606-40775118.htm
Senate Democratic leaders will continue to push for an independent commission to
investigate intelligence lapses surrounding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, despite a
split within their ranks on the idea and intense opposition to the proposal from
President Bush and GOPleaders. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/06/news0606f.html
Mideast Fuels 2 Democratic Primaries...Reps. Earl F. Hilliard (Ala.) and Cynthia
McKinney (Ga.) face surprisingly stiff challenges from fellow Democrats this year,
dogged in part by their controversial remarks on Middle East policy. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2382-2002Jun5.html?referer=email
Kerrey Re-emerges On Political Scene...Barely a year after facing the biggest crisis
of his 20-year career in the public spotlight, former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) is
beginning to re-emerge on the political scene. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/06/news0606d.html
The Rev. Jesse Jackson warned Wednesday against rushing to judgment against R. Kelly,
drawing a sharp rebuke from another minister who complained that more black leaders
should be coming forward to condemn Kelly. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-kside06.html
C-SPAN is looking more like "Entertainment Tonight" these days....Check out the
glitterati who have shown up at congressional hearings recently: Julia Roberts.
Christie Brinkley. Michael J. Fox. Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_go_co/celebrity_politics_3&ncid=703&e=7
Page Six: Card on Hughes: "She's irreplaceable. The cost of her absence will be huge,"
Card tells next month's Esquire. One reason he's sad to see her go: "She's leaving
when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it
can only go down. http://pagesix.com/pagesix/17104.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Playing the 9/11 blame game...It's doubtful that erasing any one of the admitted
intelligence failures, by itself, would have averted the Sept. 11 attacks altogether,
but that hasn't stopped the FBI and the CIA from blaming each other, writes William
Saletan in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/762383.asp
Tofel: Democrats Should Be the War Party...A hawk can't fly without its left wing.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001805
Horowitz: Free the FBI: A plea from a former 'radical'
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/horowitz.html
Goldberg: The war on euphemisms
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah.html
Cocco: Trusting the FBI
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/157/oped/Trusting_the_FBI+.shtml
Novak: A dying breed of pro-lifers
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak06.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020606
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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