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Gotta make this quick folks...We're short staffed (the flu is making the rounds), we
got a pre-tape with Howard I gotta put together and Chris is jamming on his column
(not even sure if he's started it yet) and I haven't had lunch yet...Here's what I
know now...The rest is a simmering stew in progress...
Dershowitz will do the Padilla "Puncho"/Civil liberties stuff...The Post's reportage
on this matter has been quite extensive
Is Iran ready for reforms? We'll talk to the head of National Iranian TV Zia
Atabay...Read Friedman's latest piece for your backgrounder
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/12/opinion/12FRIE.html
In the D block, we'll talk to fmr. UN weapons inspector dude Scott Ritter and Saddam's
bombmaker Khadir Hamza...Here's your backgrounder...The Wall Street Journal: Dirty
Bombs and North Korea...America shouldn't help the axis of evil acquire actual nukes.
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001831
We'll talk to Howard in the buzz from Denver...He'll give us the inside skinny on the
Homeland Security Agency, the "turf" wars and who speaks for the administration on
terror threats...Here's his latest piece...Bush's Homeland Shuffle...Facing fire, the
president hatched a secret plan. The roots of a shake-up--and whether it'll make us
safer http://www.msnbc.com/news/764128.asp
'We Should Have' Known, Goss Says of 9/11...Joint Committee Co-Chairman Doesn't
Confine Blame to U.S. Intelligence Community (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31407-2002Jun11.html
Fun Clinton news...Clinton staffers vandalized White House, GAO says...After a
year-long inquiry, the GAO concluded that Clinton staffers had vandalized the White
House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020612-24207410.htm
Food: The Search for the Perfect Hash Browns...How hard can it be to find a decent
recipe for irresistible hash browns? Harder than you'd think.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27421-2002Jun10.html
Dinner in 60 minutes: Lemon-Rosemary Grilled Chicken
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31098-2002Jun11.html
The Briefing is compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
Roughly two-thirds of the top U.S. Catholic leaders have allowed priests accused of
sexual abuse to keep working, a practice that spans decades and continues today, a
three-month Dallas Morning News review shows.
http://www.dallasnews.com/religion/bishops/stories/061202dnmetntlbishops.49a25.html
Bush pitches security, justice...Fleshing out his vision for a Cabinet-level domestic
security agency, President Bush on Tuesday said his policies are driven by a sense of
justice and a need to defend Americans at home.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/762744.asp
Bush wants lobbying for his Security Department...President Bush yesterday urged
Americans to express their support for the creation of a Homeland Security Department
to their elected representatives. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020612-314791.htm
The American held in a plot to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the United States, probably
in the nation's capital, met frequently with top al Qaeda leaders in the weeks after
September 11 to discuss further U.S. attacks. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020612-15991048.htm
Attorney General John Ashcroft on Monday overstated the potential threat posed by
''dirty bomb'' suspect Abdullah Al Muhajir, Bush administration and law enforcement
officials said Tuesday. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020612/4185665s.htm
U.S.: Labs eyed for 'dirty bomb'...The U.S. citizen held in connection with an alleged
al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" was looking for raw material
domestically, including university labs, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/764658.asp
Al Muhajir Alleged to Be Scouting Terror Sites...U.S. Says Al Qaeda Had Instructed
Suspect (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34792-2002Jun11.html
Investigators of the Sept. 11 plot have identified the man who first recruited Mohamed
Atta and other Hamburg-based hijackers into al Qaeda and believe that the suspect, a
German citizen of Syrian origin, played a key role in linking Atta with the terrorist
network's leadership in Afghanistan, U.S. and German officials said. (The Washington
Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/765622.asp
WashPost: Lawyer disputes suspect's detention...The attorney for a U.S. citizen
accused of plotting to explode a "dirty bomb" in the United States filed a motion
Tuesday challenging his detention at a high-security naval brig in Charleston, S.C.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/765635.asp
Several Democratic lawmakers yesterday questioned whether the Bush administration was
trying to deflect criticism of the FBI by revealing the capture of a "dirty bomb"
suspect one month after his arrest. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020612-826057.htm
Terror suspect held for 8 months...Treatment decried, but U.S. says man forfeited his
rights (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/765624.asp
Two top Republican senators are questioning why terrorist suspect Jose Padilla, a U.S.
citizen, is being detained outside the criminal justice system without charges. (Miami
Herald) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/3449777.htm
An attempt to rush a hate crimes measure through the Senate has failed, with
Republicans blocking action on legislation to make a federal crime of any violent
attack prompted by the victim's sexual orientation or disabilities. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020612/ap_on_go_co/hate_crimes_16
Thirty-one House members filed suit against President Bush Tuesday in an effort to
block the president from withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/06/11/abm-treaty.htm
Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday began to sketch out the Bush
administration's plans for a Palestinian state, saying in an interview with an Arabic
newspaper that the process may begin with a transitional or temporary state. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020612/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_189
Striving to maintain support for the war on terror, Secretary of State Colin Powell
has an opportunity Wednesday to court world opinions on U.S. desires to deal with Iraq
and its leader, Saddam Hussein. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020612/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/powell_summit_6
Hundreds of Sept. 11 survivors demonstrated yesterday at the Capitol to urge Congress
to create a special independent panel to review the deadly terrorist strikes. (NY
Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/50173.htm
Grand Jury Hearing From Condit's Aides...More Levy Bones Identified As Lipstick Is
Also Found (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35028-2002Jun11.html
Republican Mitt Romney will launch a TV ad blitz against the Democrats, accusing them
of ''dirty politics'' in trying to knock him off the election ballot by questioning
his residency. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/163/metro/Romney_ads_to_address_his_residency-.shtml
Lloyd Grove: ...Massachusetts gubernatorial hopeful Robert Reich, who has long made a
big deal out of being 4 feet 10 1/2, put his patron Bill Clinton in a foul temper a
few years ago when he published "Locked in the Cabinet," his memoir of his deep
ideological frustrations as Clinton's labor secretary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34340-2002Jun11.html
Look out Kristol: Right-wing pundit and sometimes presidential candidate Pat Buchanan
and Euro-society journalist Taki Theodoracopulos are working on the launch of a new
national fortnightly conservative magazine to rival The Weekly Standard and the
National Review. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/seven/06122002/business/kelly.htm
With Gay Pride Observances, a Balancing Act...Administration Takes Differing
Approaches To Agencies' Events (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34772-2002Jun11.html
Opinion/Editorial
Department of Precrime..As the 'dirty bomb' case shows, the Bush administration needs
some new system to handle suspected terrorists who haven't yet committed nasty deeds,
writes Dahlia Lithwick in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/765454.asp
Byrd: Move now to close gaps http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/06/12/ncoppf.htm
Kelly: It Is a War, After All
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34973-2002Jun11.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020612
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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