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The forces of darkness conspired against my computer this morning and put it out of
commission for a while, thus my late start...I'm gonna have to make this somewhat
short...We've also got some early "pre-pro" going on today (that's tv talk for
pre-production, or stuff that has to be prepared before you actually go on air) which
is putting a crimp in my schedule...
We'll lead with Howard who will survey the political topography inside the White House
with respect to Bush delaying his Middle East speech, Cheney chastising the Hill for
leaks, Card dissed for the top Homeland Security slot, etc..
Noted Gulf War correspondent Peter Arnett joins us for a reflection on Iraq ten years
later and the possible plans to confront Hussein once again..
Lieberman will do the Ridge hearing stuff, Bush's palestinian state speech and his
possible run for 1600 Pennsylvania, Ave...We'll ask him about his pledge to Gore (to
not run if Gore decides to run)...You won't want to miss his answer
U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge vowed on Thursday to work with Congress to
ensure that President Bush's proposed department to combat terrorism would fix a key
problem exposed by the Sept. 11 attacks: failure by the CIA and FBI to share
information. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020620/pl_nm/attack_homeland_dc_4
Lieberman Positions Himself Out Front...Presidential Ambitions Not Hidden (Wash Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1824-2002Jun17.html
We'll also do this incredible story, probably in the A block...NYPD and FDNY brass
were warned that terrorists may try to use police cars, fire trucks and ambulances as
high-speed bombs after two Middle Eastern men tried to buy an ambulance with cash this
month, the Daily News has learned.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/krnewyork/20020620/lo/daily_news_exclusive_fear_cop_cars_as_bombs_1.html
Here's our big D Block debate...Starbucks the target of Arab boycott for its growing
links to Israel http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=305043
We got Ed Rollins for the buzz today...Rahm will join him...We'll ask them why there
aren't a lot of Democrats opposing Bush on his pre-emptive action agains Iraq...Where
have all the Doves gone? Also, who are the Dems in 2004 they are eyeing?
Vice President Dick Cheney complained to lawmakers Thursday about leaks that he
believes led to disclosure of the National Security Agency's Sept. 10 intercept of at
least two messages in Arabic that suggested a major event was to take place the next
day.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020620/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence_31
NSA Intercepts Warnings on Eve of 9/11...Messages intercepted on the eve of the Sept.
11 attacks warned that something was going to happen the next day, but the messages
were not translated until Sept. 12, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday. (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12712-2002Jun19.html?referer=email
I was dining al fresco last night in Foggy Bottom and saw a rather determined fast and
low flying helicopter heading in the direction of the White House...I suppose this was
the reason...A Cessna pilot who apparently got lost over the nation's capital prompted
the evacuation of the White House after flying through restricted airspace and getting
within a few miles of the executive mansion. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=8&u=/ap/20020620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_evacuation_13
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'Combatants' lack rights, U.S. argues...Justice Department brief defends detainees'
treatment (Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/769806.asp
President Bush assured Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a telephone call Thursday that
he was trying to find a way to bolster Israel's security even while providing hope for
the Palestinian people. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20020620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_93
The FBI will monitor and protect major July Fourth parades and festivities as a
precaution against a terrorist attack, U.S. officials say. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16497-2002Jun20.html
The federal government has closed its probe -- with no charges filed -- into former
President Bill Clinton's grants of clemency to four men accused of bilking the
government of millions of dollars, authorities said Thursday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=4&cid=514&u=/ap/20020620/ap_on_re_us/clinton_clemency_1
Congressional Democrats and their labor allies yesterday threatened to kill a key
component of President Bush's homeland security plan -- the executive authority to
remove civil-service protections from some federal employees. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020620-242245.htm
Setting the rules for fund raising under the nation's new campaign finance law, the
Federal Election Commission is applying a ban on lawmakers' raising of large corporate
and union donations so narrowly that even its top lawyer warned it would be easy to
evade. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020620/ap_on_go_co/campaign_finance_28
British man killed in Saudi car blast...A car bomb explosion killed a British banker
in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Thursday, witnesses and officials said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/769786.asp
Arafat appeals to end suicide attacks...Yasser Arafat appealed to Palestinian militias
Thursday to halt attacks on Israeli civilians, after two suicide bombings over two
days killed 26 Israelis and spurred the government to announce a new policy of
reoccupying Palestinian territories.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
WashPost: Bush undeterred by bombings...The White House insisted Wednesday that
violence will not deter President Bush's plans to unveil a new framework for peace
even as it fell back on familiar assertions of Israel's right to defend itself.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/769708.asp
Israeli television broadcasters are considering pulling the plug on the CNN news
channel in protest at comments made by U.S. media mogul Ted Turner, officials and
sources at the companies said on Thursday. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020620/tv_nm/media_israel_cnn_dc_1&printer=1
Opinion/Editorial
Military maneuvers...Will Israel's new strategy of reoccupying Palestinian land in
response to suicide attacks help bring about peace in the long run? William Saletan,
in Slate, assesses the logic.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/769577.asp
Wall Street Journal: Tort Terrorism...Daschle Democrats fear trial lawyers, not
another attack http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001869
Strassel: Fireable Offenses...Past cover-ups put officials in the hot seat now.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/kstrassel/?id=110001868
Clinton: Faith in the USA flourishes as citizen service grows
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/06/20/ncguest2.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020620
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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