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...Condoleeza Rice busy for the rest of the week. The explanation is the inherently obvious one: They surprised us, plain and simple, with a planes-as-missiles tactical leap. "There's been a long-standing awareness in the intelligence community, shared with the president, about the potential for bin Laden to have hijacking in the traditional sense," Fleischer said. Bush, he added, put out a secret alert based on the information the administration had, which wasn't much. Added Rice Thursday: "The government did everything that it could - in a period in which the information was very generalized, in which...
...news that the president of the United States is briefed about Osama bin Laden and hijackings. That's just not news," said Porter Goss, Florida Republican and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He added that he believes the White House took "appropriate" action in response to the warning and stressed that much of the information was not specific...
...fugitive gets his beard shaved and a new set of clothes, plus help in slipping through checkpoints on the roads to major Pakistani cities. "These al-Qaeda are willing to pay a lot--and in dollars," a tribal shopkeeper marveled. The U.S. is offering dollars too--$25 million for bin Laden's capture. But while the ISI may be on board in the battle against al-Qaeda, the tribesmen's natural affinity with the terrorists still remains an obstacle. --With reporting by Hannah Bloch/Islamabad and Massimo Calabresi/Washington
...industry explanation for Burnett's surprise hit in November was a yearning for comfort culture after the Sept. 11 attacks, so this May is as much a test of Osama bin Laden's continuing legacy as Cosby's. "It's probably an oversimplification," says Zucker, "but the country seems to want to look back at an easier, simpler time." At least it did then, when U.S. planes were pounding Afghanistan and Americans were opening their utility bills with latex gloves. Now it may be the networks who are hankering for an easier, simpler time. Sept. 11 caused a brief return...
...amazed at the hypocrisy of the American approach to terrorists [WORLD, April 15]. Would President Bush have negotiated with the enemy for the custody of Osama bin Laden or other al-Qaeda fighters? No. Then why does Bush expect Israel to negotiate with Yasser Arafat? SANDEEP SHOUCHE Westmont...