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Tonight on Hardball we're are going to go in depth into the Secret Service and the
stuff they don't want you to know...U.S. News & World Report did a rather disturbing
investigative piece on the Agency...We'll talk to the reporters who broke the story
and ask them what they found out...Unfortunately the story on their website is on a
"pay to play" basis so I ain't linking it...
Howard (Fineman, not Mortman) will do his unique "inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave" type
deal in the B block
In Mortman's "Real Deal" segment, he'll explore whether Traficant can get re-elected,
Boxer's stance on guns in the cockpit, and the Justice statue nudity controversy...
Do you want snoops working in your home? The government does...We'll debate the TIPS
program tonight with Jay Sekulow who says YES and Bob Barr who says NO
http://www.citizencorps.gov/tips.html
The Postal Service has decided not to take part in a government program touted as a
tip service for authorities concerned with terrorism, but which is being assailed as a
scheme to cast ordinary Americans as "peeping Toms." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_ot/operation_tips_9
And the Buzz (my favorite segment) will be Shrum and Reed...Two heavy political
hitters going at it over the latest New York Times numbers, Gephardt's 40 seat pick-up
prediction over the corporate scandals, and whether Al Gore should ditch his
consultants in '04..
Chris on Imus Alert!!! Tomorrow 7:27 am ET
Dominic Bellone, Hardball Briefing editor
Polish state dinner last night at The White House: Guests dined on a menu that White
House chef Walter Scheib III described as "strictly American," each course paired with
an American wine...Guests dined on lemon-basil striped bass, pepper-smoked beef filet
and an orange-and-avocado salad. White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier created a
light concoction of peaches and cherries and ginger almond ice cream for dessert.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020718-41987490.htm
Americans worry that President Bush and his administration are too heavily influenced
by big business, fear that Mr. Bush is hiding something about his own corporate past
and judge the economy to be in its worst shape since 1994, the latest New York
Times/CBS News Poll shows
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/20020718/ts_nyt/poll_finds_concerns_that_bush_is_overly_influenced_by_business
House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) has told senior Democrats that the
party could pick up as many as 40 House seats if the continuously unfolding corporate
scandals can be kept on the political radar screen until November, according to
sources. (Roll Call) http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/07/news0718a.html
High-level State Department officials have circulated e-mails accusing Rep. Dan Burton
and Bush administration officials of McCarthyism and neo-Nazism for criticizing the
visa system's failure to keep the September 11 terrorists out of the country. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020718-174815.htm
Israel puts Palestinian talks on hold...With its police on high alert, Israel on
Thursday put on hold plans to ease a military crackdown in the West Bank and canceled
talks with Palestinian officials after a double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Officer indicted in taped beating...The California police officer whose violent arrest
of a teen-ager was captured on videotape has been indicted by a grand jury on an
assault charge, his lawyer said Wednesday night.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/777480.asp
Sheriff: Girl victim of 'serial rapist'...Five-year-old Samantha Runnion, whose nude
body was found Tuesday night in an open field 50 miles from home, was sexually
assaulted and asphyxiated, authorities said Wednesday, warning that her killer could
strike again within 24 hours.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781040.asp
Traficant admits expulsion certain, predicts death in jail likely (Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette) http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20020718traficant0718p3.asp
A House panel found flamboyant Ohio Rep. Jim Traficant guilty Thursday of ethics
violations stemming from his conviction on bribery, tax evasion and fraud. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_co/traficant_53
Unconventional Transactions Boosted Sales...Amid Big Merger, Company Resisted Dot-Com
Collapse (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21983-2002Jul17.html?referer=email
Bob Pittman is to be tossed as AOL Time Warner COO - the only question is when, The
Post has learned.
AOL CEO Dick Parsons is talking to HBO boss Jeffrey Bewkes about stepping into a top
role at the company, possible in a newly configured office of the CEO. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/business/52767.htm
Turf Battles Loom Over Security Plan...A rebellious group of powerful House GOP barons
has emerged as the main obstacle facing President Bush as he fashions a Department of
Homeland Security. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21806-2002Jul17.html?referer=email
According to Tom Ridge, the director of the White House Office of Homeland Security,
and other senior administration officials, the department would limit its intelligence
work to preparing warnings about possible attacks, creating infrastructure defenses to
prevent attacks or mitigate damage if they occur but leaving the central task of
collecting intelligence to the CIA, the FBI and the Pentagon. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21647-2002Jul17.html
The head of the FBI's counterterrorism effort thinks Osama bin Laden is dead. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_bin_laden_5
A defiant Saddam Hussein on Wednesday vowed to repel any US attack to topple his
regime as Tony Blair, UK prime minister, indicated that the US and UK could launch a
military campaign without securing the backing of the United Nations (Financial Times)
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1026916470084&p=1012571727102
Although U.S. troops in Afghanistan turned up no evidence that al-Qaida had nuclear
weapons, the Pentagon still worries the terrorist network could get them from sources
in other countries, a senior official said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/al_qaida_weapons_2
Senate Panel to Defy Bush, Vote on Women's Treaty (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21765-2002Jul17.html
Bush Resists Taking New Economic Steps...The Bush administration is resisting pleas
for further actions to give the economy and markets an immediate boost, arguing it has
already offered sufficient remedies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21827-2002Jul17.html?referer=email
Kurtz: Enron-N.Y. Times Co. Deal Highlights Media's Dilemma
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22440-2002Jul17.html
Excruciating Attention to Detail for State Dinner for Polish President...The White
House pulled out all the stops to make sure that the president of Poland, one of the
strongest European allies in President Bush's war on terror, felt right at home at the
state dinner in his honor tonight. Well, almost all the stops
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/politics/18STAT.html?pagewanted=print&position=bottom
Polish president, Bush toast their friendship...President Bush yesterday warmly
welcomed Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and celebrated a close and deepening
friendship between the two allies. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020718-41987490.htm
'Mistakes were made,' mayor says...D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that
his campaign submitted enough legitimate names on his re-election petition to be on
September's Democratic primary ballot. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020718-17953610.htm
The president's troubled niece was jailed yesterday in Orlando for failing to comply
with her court-ordered drug treatment. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/52782.htm
The macabre HBO funeral home drama "Six Feet Under" received a leading 23 Emmy
nominations Thursday, as the television academy recognized an unusually wide range of
shows and performers. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020718/ap_on_en_tv/emmy_nominations_18
For the steak lovers out there: A Little Sugar on Your Steak...It sounds like a
mistake, but the marriage of sugar and steak results in a tasty crust with no
saccharin smack or caramel overtone.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12446-2002Jul16.html
Opinion/Editorial
Fixing things when 'the fix' is in...Will incremental change fix what's wrong with
American capitalism? After all, great empires fall not because of attacks from the
outside, but rot from within. Brave New World.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781210.asp
The Washington Post: The president cannot hide behind the claim that the Senate and
House versions of reform are both "tough." There is a world of difference between the
two. If the president really supports honest corporate disclosure, he needs to back
the Senate bill against the anti-reformers in the House who are trying to dilute it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22356-2002Jul17.html
The Washington Times: Sen. Corzine and Goldman Sachs...New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine
has come under scrutiny for the role played by Goldman Sachs in the stock-market
bubble that greatly expanded on his watch.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020718-97607780.htm
The Wall Street Journal: Homeland-Security Holdup...Do we need a new department? Not
right now. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002004
Nader: "Corporate socialism" -- the privatization of profit and the socialization of
risks and misconduct -- is displacing capitalist canons.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22352-2002Jul17.html
Scott Ritter: Bush could not do more for al-Qa'ida
http://argument.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=315939
Novak: SEC chief's critics way off the mark
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak18.html
Lizza: How you help the president help his brother.
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020729&s=lizza072902
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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