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Yeah I'm late tonight, sorry, "stuff" happens as they say...My computer was down for a
while this morning...Trust me, when you get a load of the show we got for you tonight,
you'll be impressed...
We'll lead with Jon Benet guy Lawrence Schiller and Mark Klaas on the latest from the
Elizabeth Smart case...Evidence from within Elizabeth Smart's Salt Lake City home has
led investigators to theorize the girl may have been abducted by a member of her
extended family who staged it to look like the work of an outsider, The Salt Lake
Tribune has learned. http://www.sltrib.com/06132002/utah/745064.htm
Ashleigh will do the setup....
We'll talk to Raghida about her Powell interview earlier this week when he floated the
"provisional" Palestinian state proposal...Israelis and Palestinians responded
guardedly Thursday to the idea of a "provisional" Palestinian state suggested by
Secretary of State Colin Powell this week, but did not reject it outright. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020613/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_provisional_state_9
President Bush is moving toward a declaration of how to establish a Palestinian state
as he rounds out Mideast consultations with the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. An
announcement by the President fleshing out his call for Palestinian statehood could
come as early as next week. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/06/13/us-mideast.htm
We'll talk to Republican strategist Ed Rollins on this piece: The Bush White House
was on the defensive Wednesday over whether the administration overstated the threat
posed by accused al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla, the former Chicago gang member.
(Chicago Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-terr13.html
In the D block debate, we'll do the Lou Dobbs thing with Lou Dobbs himself...Yes, Lou
Dobbs will be here too...The war on terror may be ending -- at least on one CNN
program...Lou Dobbs, host of the nightly CNN business show "Moneyline," said on the
air Wednesday that he is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" in favor of the more
specific "war on Islamists."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020607/ap_on_en_tv/tv_dobbs_terror_5
In the buzz, we'll do Luntz on the new NBC/WSJ poll...Bush job approval slips, but
still high...In NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 69 percent approve of president's
job http://www.msnbc.com/news/765814.asp?0dm=V1BQN#BODY
Very cool...Glad you all liked my recipes yesterday...I hear one of you actually made
the Rosemary Chicken dish and loved it...Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this
Briefing in Washington, DC
The American Airlines dispatcher who handled the flight carrying alleged shoe-bomber
Richard Reid says her supervisor told her to hold off telling the government about the
scare because he feared the plane would be delayed. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020613/ap_on_re_us/shoe_bomb_complaint_3
Martha Stewart's Image, Share Price Hammered
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/adamfeuerstein/10026875.html
Martha Stewart said she sold shares of biotech drug maker ImClone just before its
value collapsed but never spoke about the sale to the company's founder, a friend now
accused of insider trading. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020613/ap_on_bi_ge/imclone_stewart_4
Lloyd Grove: We never realized that that Rep. Bob Barr -- the Georgia Republican who
so despised Bill Clinton that he demanded his impeachment before the Monica Lewinsky
scandal -- was such a delicate hothouse flower. Well, it turns out that Barr was
deeply hurt by all those slings and arrows during his 1998 ordeal as a Republican
impeachment manager.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43164-2002Jun13.html
Hill Eyes Shifting Parts of FBI, CIA...Congressional leaders are strongly considering
granting to a new Department of Homeland Security authority over parts of the CIA and
the FBI, a complex and controversial move that President Bush opposes. (The Washington
Post) http://msnbc.com/news/766145.asp
Padilla 'associate' in custody...At least one associate of Jose Padilla, accused of
plotting to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the U.S., has been taken into custody and is
being questioned in a foreign country, sources told NBC News Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/764658.asp
A U.S. military transport plane carrying 10 people crashed on takeoff in Afghanistan
Wednesday, killing three Americans, military officials said. The seven others escaped
with minor injuries. (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/story/432313p-3457183c.html
Lawmakers Question CIA on Dirty-Bomb Suspect...Administration Officials Wonder if
Ashcroft Was Unduly Alarmist in Arrest Announcement (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41779-2002Jun12.html
Rumsfeld Says Al Qaeda May Be in Kashmir...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that
there are "indications" that al Qaeda is operating in Kashmir, lending partial
credence to Indian assertions that outsiders are behind much of the violence in the
Himalayan region. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41301-2002Jun12.html?referer=email
U.S. spy imagery viewed by civilians...A British satellite enthusiast has discovered
that anyone can tune in live to U.S spy plane transmissions.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/766299.asp
>From Oval Office, Democratic Ads...Democratic lawmakers facing difficult reelection
>campaigns this fall are employing the services of an unlikely pitchman: President
>Bush (The Washington Post)
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41302-2002Jun12.html
RNC Details Duplicate Voting...Party's Probe Finds 140,109 Registered in 2
Jurisdictions (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41287-2002Jun12.html?referer=email
Hot...Got Plumbers? A computer disk containing a private analysis of the 2002
elections prepared by White House Political Director Ken Mehlman, who works in an
administration that prides itself on being tight-lipped, somehow was left on a street
corner a few blocks from the White House. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/hoh/
A Game of No Chance..."Monopoly" it's not � players have to fight racism, poverty and
the game designer's pessimism to reach "freedom," whatever that is. Welcome to "Life
as a Blackman." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41490-2002Jun12.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
A war of words...The Bush administration could very well be blowing the 'dirty bomber'
case by publicly bragging about it, writes William Saletan in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/765862.asp
Novak: Ashcroft puts a big scare in White House
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak13.html
The Wall Street Journal: Daughters of America...Saudi Arabia holds U.S. citizens
hostage. Will President Bush demand their freedom?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001836
Mondo Washington: Alleged Dirty Bomber Dead Ringer for Oklahoma City's John Doe 2
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0225/ridgeway3.php
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020613
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