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A deadly series of coordinated bomb attacks in Iraq today compel us to lead with Brig.
General Mark Kimmit (Dep. Director of Operations for the CPA) & MSNBC military analyst
Barry McCaffrey...The Al-Zarqawi gang is claiming responsibility...We'll bring you the
latest..
We then get reax from the top Dem on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joe
Biden, for a couple of segments who'll rip into everything...
We then finish up the show with a rip snortin' (I don't know what that phrase means
but I once heard Paul Begala use it and it seems appropriate) Shuster package on
Gore's "over the top" speech today and get reax from BC04 spokesman Matt Dowd & Kerry
campaign political director Steve Elmendorf...More on that from today's "Shuster
Corner"
"First on the premiere of "Fahrenheit 9-11." It was an entertaining and gripping
movie, regardless of whether you buy into Michael Moore's conspiracy theories. Much
of the democratic establishment was in attendance... and there was even a 9-11
commissioner who watched the screening (but seemed to be falling asleep during Michael
Moore's post film remarks.) Shuster gets a mention in Wonkette's pool report below
In tonight's pkg... we look at Al Gore breaking in to the Bush/Iraq debate with a rip
roaring speech today in DC. Gore is going crazy over the Bush/Cheney allegations of
an al-Qaeda/Iraq link. While democrats have been pounding some of the same points, a
few democrats think that Al Gore's tone is "over the top." In any case, it makes for
incredible TV... and we will have it for you this evening."
President Bush was interviewed by government prosecutors Thursday in connection with
the federal investigation of who leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative to the
news media. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040624/D83DG38O0.html
And dig this little sugar plum: The missing Clinton women...Bill Clinton calls his
sexual encounters with White House intern Monica Lewinsky "immoral and foolish" and
said his "relationship" with Gennifer Flowers was one he "should not have had." But in
his autobiography flying out of bookstores, he doesn't mention several other women
whose names were linked in scandal with his. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040624-121742-7463r.htm
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Series of Iraq attacks kills 69...Insurgents launched coordinated attacks Thursday
against Iraqi police and government buildings, killing sixty-nine people, including
three American soldiers. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5225026/
A group headed by al Qaeda-linked operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed
responsibility for a wave of attacks across Iraq on Thursday which killed 75 people
(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VLNXJHGWPWQ0WCRBAEOCFFA?type=topNews&storyID=5506180
The attacks, an unusual display of ability to stage simultaneous assaults, were the
broadest and largest-scale so far in an insurgent campaign of bombings and
assassinations in the weeks leading up to the June 30 transfer of a limited form of
sovereignty to the Iraqi interim government. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A1272-2004Jun24?language=printer
CIA officer rips Iraq war...A career CIA officer, who cannot reveal his identity, is
making some bold and controversial claims in a new book about his specialty, fighting
terrorism. He says the U.S. is fighting the wrong war in the wrong place. NBC's Andrea
Mitchell reports.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5279743/
Court rebuffs bid to open Cheney's records...Justices return case over energy task
force to lower court (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5284032/
Fun Clinton News
Bill Clinton offered a window into his wife's presidential ambitions yesterday,
drawing a parallel with his own early calculations that a Democratic victory would end
his White House hopes.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/205709p-177565c.html
Gennifer Flowers, the cabaret singer who had an affair with Bill Clinton, has
threatened possible legal action over the former president's treatment of her in his
newly-published memoir, My Life. (The Age)
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/24/1087845040576.html?oneclick=true
The Condensed Bill Clinton...Slate reads My Life so you don't have to.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2102786
The Bush administration has decided to take the unusual step of bestowing on its own
troops and personnel immunity from prosecution by Iraqi courts for killing Iraqis or
destroying local property after the occupation ends and political power is transferred
to an interim Iraqi government, U.S. officials said. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5280594/
Give-and-take on interrogation tactics...Documents show U.S. debated how far to go
(The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5280595/
U.S. Central Command has asked the Army to prepare for the possibility that an
additional 25,000 troops may be needed in Iraq if the security situation there
continues to deteriorate after the transfer of sovereignty on June 30, NBC News has
learned. (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5280063/
Curry: Democrats file anti-Nader suit...Allege that most signatures on Arizona
petitions are invalid http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5272141/
Democrat John Kerry criticized Republicans on Wednesday for denying him a chance to
cast a Senate vote, blaming a partisan culture created by President Bush and calling
his rival "the greatest divider as a president in the modern history of this country."
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040624/ap_on_el_pr/kerry
'Fahrenheit 9/11' Is a Red-Hot Ticket...At the Film's U.S. Premiere, the White House
Takes the Heat (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A849-2004Jun23.html
A U.S. senator for Florida, a former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a
CNN anchor - helped make up the politico-celebrity culture Wednesday at the Beltway
version of a Hollywood opening: Michael Moore's anti-President Bush documentary,
"Fahrenheit 9/11." (Knight Ridder)
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/politics/8996978.htm?ERIGHTS=324297281744716392philly::[EMAIL
PROTECTED]&KRD_RM=3njmoqqrjlrmosjjjjjjjjkosr|dominic|Y
Wonkette's DC Premiere Pool Report
http://www.wonkette.com/archives/f911-premiere-pool-report-016758.php
'Fahrenheit 9/11' ban?...Ads for Moore's movie could be stopped on July 30 (The Hill)
http://www.thehill.com/news/062404/moore.aspx
PA Poll: In a head-to-head race against the incumbent Republican, the independent
Quinnipiac University poll showed Kerry would win 49 percent of the vote and Bush
would get 43 percent. A similar survey in May showed the two running about even, with
45 percent for Kerry and 42 percent for Bush.
http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-17/108807354166720.xml
Democratic challenger John Kerry has a slight lead over President Bush in New Jersey,
a state Al Gore won by 16 percentage points in 2000, according to a poll released
Wednesday. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5279001/
CO Senate Race: Drinking age debated...Coors says he favors 18; Schaffer doesn't,
backs his tax record (Rocky Mountain News)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_2986180,00.html
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