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Just so you know, Chris is out in Los Angeles for the duration of the Recall...We'll
have him tracking down some of the candidates and smart California political
observers...A new USA Today/Gallup poll is out which puts the Yes on Recall question
at 63%, Arnold at 40%, Bustamante at 25% & McClintock at 18%...Just got off the phone
with John Fund who tells me those numbers are exaggerated in his opinion but basically
right...We'll have a fun panel lined up to give you the latest...
We'll do that poll tonight and the big news on Iraq/Joe Wilson deal...The Justice
Department is investigating whether the White House purposely leaked the name of Fmr.
Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife in retaliation for his going public on the Niger-Uranium
story...We've got all the background below...John Kerry & Joe Lieberman are both
calling for an Independent Counsel to investigate...Watch for other candidates to
follow their lead...Plus, fresh doubts on pre-war Intelligence are being raised by the
House Intell Committee....Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) weighs in...
Fineman and Norah will do the Buzz on Iraq, the Dem primary/Bush's re-election & maybe
some Recall stuff...
Oh yeah, and another thing...Tomorrow night, we're pre-empting Olberman's show to
bring you two hours of Hardball...
More Facts, More Angles, More MSNBC
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Bush Aides to Comply With Probe...Despite the promise by Bush aides to cooperate with
a Justice Department inquiry into an administration leak that exposed the identity of
a CIA operative, Democrats call for an independent probe. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14909-2003Sep28?language=printer
Iraq, 9/11 Still Linked By Cheney...In making the case for war against Iraq, Vice
President Cheney has continued to suggest that an Iraqi intelligence agent met with a
Sept. 11, 2001, hijacker five months before the attacks. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/973241.asp?0dm=N14KN
White House grapples with allegation...Senior Bush administration officials took to
the Sunday television talk shows to downplay allegations that White House officials
revealed the identity of a CIA agent.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/973047.asp
Iraq Data Not Old, Bush Aides Insist...Rice, Powell Rebut Committee Assertion That
Intelligence Was 5 Years Out of Date (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14347-2003Sep28.html
U.S. troops battle Iraqi resistance...U.S. troops backed by tanks and helicopters
battled Iraqi resistance fighters Monday near Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad. The military
announced the arrest of 92 people in a series of raids north of the capital.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Lawmakers eye Iraq costs, intel....With the Senate on Monday taking up President
Bush's request for $87 billion to cover Iraq costs, lawmakers were expected to
question the numbers and whether U.S. data on weapons of mass destruction was reliable.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/967844.asp
Media Review Conduct After Leak...CIA Inquiry Leads to Questions About What Should Be
Published (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14399-2003Sep28?language=printer
The White House defended its proposal to spend $87 billion on Iraq and Afghanistan,
while disputing assertions by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee that
President Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq on the basis of outdated and vague
information. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030929/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
California voters are ready to fire Gov. Gray Davis and replace him with actor and
political novice Arnold Schwarzenegger, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/state/2003-09-28-poll-recall_x.htm
CA Poll Results
http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2003-09-28-recall-poll.htm
No Bump for Bush...A new Newsweek poll shows a nation deeply divided as the political
campaign heats up (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.com/news/972703.asp?0cv=KB10
Howard's latest: What, Me Worry? The numbers are off. The world won't heed his call to
arms. But if Bush is fretting about his future, he won't show it. Inside Karl Rove's
game plan http://www.msnbc.com/news/972982.asp
Dean calls Clark a Beltway puppet...Presidential hopeful Howard Dean yesterday
attacked retired Gen. Wesley Clark as a puppet of "establishment politicians" while
repeatedly and explicitly comparing his own policies to those of former President Bill
Clinton. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030929-123116-4882r.htm
Clark Worked For Ark. Data Firm...Acxiom Role Part of Surveillance Debate (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A7380-2003Sep26?language=printer
"Each of them has relative strengths and weaknesses, but happily for us, in each case
the relative weaknesses outweigh the relative strengths," said Ed Gillespie, the
chairman of the Republican National Committee. "They're all Howard Dean now. They have
adopted harsh, bitter, personal attacks as their approach. They are a party of protest
and pessimism and offer no positive agenda of their own." (NY Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/20030929/ts_nyt/bush04readyingforonedemocratnot10
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton may have created a force
behind Wesley Clark that they will not be able to stop, political advisers from both
parties told The Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030929-123104-4482r.htm
Clark Wants More Foreign Aid, New Department to Handle It...Book Faults Bush for
Pursuing Notion of American 'Empire' (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14400-2003Sep28?language=printer
Opinion/Editorial
Rousseaux: Galileo's scientific traction
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030923-010639-2372r.htm
Wesley Clark: An Army of One?...In the war on terrorism, alliances are not an obstacle
to victory. They're the key to it.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0209.clark.html
Legacy of Edward Said...If Edward Said's personality had been the human and moral
pattern or example, there would be no "Middle East" problem to begin with. By
Christopher Hitchens.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/971724.asp
Novak: Worries at the White House
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak29.html
May: Spy Games...Was it really a secret that Joe Wilson's wife worked for the CIA?
http://www.nationalreview.com/may/may200309291022.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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