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Our big stories tonight: North Korea (one of 3 on the Bush "Axis of Evil" list)
announces they've got nukes and are abandoning the 6 party diplomatic
talks...They also blame the Bush administration for pursuing a policy of
"regime change" in Pyongyang...Plus, more disturbing information about what the
government knew prior to 9/11 concerning an Al-Qaeda attack in America...The
New York Times reports today that the Federal Aviation Administration was
warned repeatedly of a hijacking threat...
On North Korea we speak with James Lilley, a former ambassador to South Korea
and an expert on the peninsula...He'll slice and dice the geostrategic
consequences of North Korea's announcement...
And if you a bit unclear on the recent history of U.S. policy towards N. Korean
have no fear...Shuster is putting together a package setting it all up for you..
On the 9/11-FAA story we speak to 9/11 Commission Co-Chairs Lee Hamilton and
Thomas Kean, the guys who headed up the investigation into 9/11 and uncovered
the info...
Later in the show we speak to Pat Robertson about the influence of the
Christian Right on America and the Bush Administration...Faith in politics,
such and so forth..
In the last quarter hour we wrap it all up with Byron York of the National
Review and Katrina on North Korea, Iran, Dean and maybe another fun topic or
two...
Dig this little sugar plum in the North Korean statement: "This is nothing but
a far-fetched logic of gangsters as it is a good example fully revealing the
wicked nature and brazen-faced double-dealing tactics of the U.S. as a master
hand at plot-breeding and deception."
House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay drew roars of laughter on
Wednesday night with one-liners rooted in his reputation as one of most feared
members of the U.S. Congress. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7587301
"Don't Shoot Mudcat" -- bumper sticker on Craig Crawford's "new" Crown
Victoria, as shown on "Imus" (MSNBC).
http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=crawford/crawford_current
"Must Read" Shuster blog on Condi's stop in Paris
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Byron Backgrounder: Deaniacs on Parade...Howard Dean's triumphant arrival in
Washington. http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200502100751.asp
Katrina's "Editor's Cut" The Republican Dictionary, IV...Nation readers decode
the right's linguistic trickery.
North Korea says it has nuclear weapons...Pyongyang pulling out of 6-nation
disarmament talks (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6944560/
Full Text: N. Korea's Statement on Its Nuclear Program (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13987-2005Feb10?language=printer
Report: FAA had many pre-9/11 warnings...Commission criticizes FAA's 'false
sense of security', NY Times says (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6944933/
Full NYT story
http://nytimes.com/2005/02/10/politics/10terror.html?ei=5094&en=5ea3bece066b47f4&hp=&ex=1108098000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that North Korea should
return to disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international
isolation. "The world has given them a way out and we hope they will take that
way out," she said. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2005/feb/10/021005422.html
Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program, promised Thursday
a "burning hell" for any aggressor as tens of thousands marched to mark the
26th anniversary of its Islamic revolution. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5Q5P05ZLGDKLOCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7592887
The U.S. military is updating its war plans for Iran but is not in a heightened
state of planning over Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program, a senior
general said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7582982
Detainees accuse female interrogators...Source: Pentagon inquiry confirms
sexual tactics (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6942867/
Baghdad car bombing kills at least 2...Iraq to close borders for Shiite
holiday; video shows police murders (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6913272/
Iraq will seal its borders next week to prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into
the country, the government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure
intended to thwart insurgent violence. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7595933
>From politics to policy, it's campaign season all over again for President
>Bush. With the memories of last year's swing state campaign still fresh, the
>president is again winging from state to state, trying to win support for his
>proposed overhaul of the Social Security system. (AP)
>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush&printer=1
Curry: House members protest Medicare Viagra bill...Worry builds in Congress
over massive cost of new drug entitlement http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6941445/
Fun Clinton News: Three years before state contests begin to choose nominees
for the next presidential election, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is
the early favorite among Democrats.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-09-hillary-poll_x.htm
Dean pledges to lead Democrats back to power...Presumptive chairman hails
'party of the future,' vows win in '08 (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6943256/
Just a week after finding out that he would become a father, Army Sgt. Daniel
Torres of Fort Worth was killed in Iraq when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle.
(KGBT-TV) http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=2923207&nav=0w0vWAKD
Giuliani visit to South Carolina stirs talk of '08 presidential bid...But
former New York City mayor says 'it's way too early' to contemplate race (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6946247/
A man was stabbed and five other people were taken to hospital after thousands
of customers caused a stampede at the midnight opening of a new IKEA furniture
store in north London, British authorities said Thursday. The Swedish retailer
expressed regret at the incident. (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2005/feb/10/021004849.html
Scarborough: A CIA cover-up?...No one accountable on death of a missionary and
her baby http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6940982/
Opinion/Editorial
"Must Read" Pat: Is Bush misdiagnosing the malady?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42777
Peggy: Victim Soul...What Pope John Paul II is teaching us through his
suffering. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006271
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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