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Tonight on Hardball we'll do Tom Rose from the Jerusalem Post on the latest suicide
bombing, Bush's "Palestianian state speech", that new fence the Israelis are building
and all the other diplomatic stuff...The Hotline's Craig Crawford will give us the
inside skinny on the White House political machinations..."The Hammer" (Tom DeLay)
will express his outrage over Ted Turner's musings on the Middle East...Simpson and
Hitchens will do the buzz on Bush's "first strike" doctrine, Woodward's CIA story (see
yesterday's Briefing) and some other topics tbd...
We'll do the Al Qaeda stuff with a super cool expert on the subject...Dr Rohan
Gunaratna, a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political
Violence at St Andrew's University and author of the book Inside Al Qaeda will join
us...
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/forum/newsid_1933000/1933039.stm
In the D block we'll do the debate on Nickelodeon's special tonight: "My Family Is
Different"...Should kids be exposed to this? We'll talk to Andrea Sheldon Lafferty of
the Traditional Values Coalition...Joan Garry, the ED of GLAAD will play defense..
Don't Ask, Don't Televise Linda...Ellerbee's "Nick News" special about children who
have gay parents has been the object of outrage ever since its topic was announced
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1620-2002Jun17.html
Despite a staggering 100,000 e-mails and phone calls in protest, Nickelodeon will
telecast a special for children about same-sex parents on Tuesday night. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=7&u=/ap/20020617/ap_en_tv/tv_gay_parents_1
Hitchens tells me today that he like's Cohen's latest piece
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A1384-2002Jun17?language=printer
Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this document in Washington, DC
President Bush will spell out for the first time this week his conditions for
recognizing Palestinian independence, including a demand for a leadership overhaul
that will halt attacks on Israel and improve the lives of Palestinians, White House
officials said Monday (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020618/4201234s.htm
Bush shapes his plan for 'Palestine'...After weeks of consultations, he prepares to
make a major speech. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0617/p01s03-uspo.html
President Bush may send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East to try to
promote peace efforts that were set back Tuesday by a suicide blast that killed 20
people in Jerusalem. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020618/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_25
Suicide bomber blasts Jerusalem bus...A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded
city bus in Jerusalem during morning rush hour Tuesday, killing 19 passengers and
wounding dozens more.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Turf battles hamper hunt for assets...Terrorist group funnels money into untraceable
commodities (Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/768542.asp?0dm=N24QN
Gertz: Federal authorities have been searching for a merchant ship carrying a group of
al Qaeda terrorists and a large cache of weapons that is believed to be headed for Los
Angeles, The Washington Times has learned.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020618-17361288.htm
This spring, Army Green Berets set off from eastern Afghanistan toward the Pakistani
border because the CIA was convinced that top al-Qaeda leaders were in the area,
possibly including Osama bin Laden, and almost certainly his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/06/17/cia-pentagon-usat.htm
The rush to reorganize the government's intelligence community should slow down long
enough to get some sound advice from Congress, say several participants in the inquiry
into what went wrong before Sept. 11 (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020618/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_intelligence_9
Ridge to present homeland plan...President Bush's homeland security adviser, Tom
Ridge, will present on Tuesday a bill laying down a legislative blueprint for creating
the White House's proposed domestic security agency.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/762744.asp
Before Baghdad burns...The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion
to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass
destruction. (Salon) http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/06/18/iraq/index.html
Farrakhan announces tour of Africa, Mideast
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-farr18.html
Conservatives not satisfied with Bush's record....Conservative lawmakers and activists
disappointed with President Bush's first 18 months in office are calling into question
his tactics and strategy in advancing the conservative agenda. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020618-22131005.htm
Democrats and Republicans are not only considering similar dates for their 2004
political conventions, they're targeting three of the same cities � Boston, Miami and
New York City � in their short lists of finalists. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1232-2002Jun17.html
Senator John F. Kerry's new political action committee has conducted two training
sessions for would-be presidential campaign workers and is now relocating them to
states considered key in 2004 to work on House and Senate races, aides acknowledged
yesterday. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/169/nation/Kerry_cranks_up_campaign_efforts-.shtml
Martha Stewart is getting on Congress' nerves...Capitol Hill probers investigating the
ImClone insider-trading scandal are very concerned about differing reports on when the
domestic diva told her broker to sell - and they want answers. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/50636.htm
Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN, accuses Israel today of engaging in
"terrorism" against the Palestinians, in comments that threaten to lead to a further
decline in the news network's already poor relations with the Jewish state. (The
London Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,739466,00.html
Neil Travis: Fmr. Gov. Mario Cuomo has been awfully coy about turning 70. Family and
friends were going to give him a big dinner at Le Cirque last week, but instead he
conveniently arranged to be out of town on the day.
http://www.pagesix.com/nealtravis/17826.htm
Jeannette: Even some fans of Michael Moore say that the political gadfly is going a
little far with his latest rhetoric. In a recent e-mail to fans, the author of "Stupid
White Men" called President Bush an "evil doer" and referred to him as "bin Bush."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/768549.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Searching for the enemy...The war on terror requires some special rules that differ
from those used in ordinary criminal investigations, particularly when it comes to
searches, writes UCLA constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/768391.asp
Vance Wilkins' departure...Last week's resignation of Virginia House Speaker Vance
Wilkins, which followed a series of reports that he had sexually harassed several
women was a tragic end to the political career of the most powerful man in Virginia
politics (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020618-69511.htm
Gaffney: Inviting losses on two fronts
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20020618-82894882.htm
Make Them Talk...Truth serum ought to be a weapon in our antiterror arsenal.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001859
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020618
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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