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...market that remains vaguely fearful but seems nonetheless bent on spending its days haggling over the bottom, anything that smells of action could be the ticket to ride. The question will then be what such a rally would be made of. It would be built on the assumption that everything will go our way from here, abroad and at home, and if there is military action it's not too telegenic. (Consumers don't shop when they're watching the news.) It could be very fragile indeed...
...Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio but didn't show up for work on Sept. 11 at a military hospital on Lackland Air Force Base. Sources close to the investigation say Al-Hazmi's credit card was used by two of the hijackers to buy their plane tickets, possibly without his knowledge. Additionally, the doctor reportedly bought a plane ticket for Sept. 22 and a return ticket a month later, though the university says he didn't have permission to take a month...
...libertarians expect renewed calls for a national identification card. The cards could have photographs and hard-to-falsify identifying information like handprint or retina data that could be read by scanners at, say, airline counters. If cards were required for many common transactions--renting a car, buying an airline ticket--they would be useful for keeping track of criminals and terrorists. Or you. Eva Jefferson Paterson, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee on Civil Rights Under Law in San Francisco, predicts that innocent citizens would be challenged constantly to produce their cards. "You could be stopped by the police...
...machines but also lean on teams of young agents, dressed in blue slacks and white shirts, who interrogate, to varying degrees, every passenger departing Ben Gurion and, in airports abroad, anyone flying El Al. The questions can include: "When did you book this flight?" "Who paid for the ticket?" "Why are you traveling?" "Whom did you meet while in Israel?" Business travelers are asked for documents proving they actually are pursuing a particular deal. Journalists are asked to reveal the stories they are going to cover. One agent will ask questions for a while, then a second will ask many...
Because of his views, Ridge’s name was often mentioned during the first half of 2000 as a possible vice-presidential running mate for Bush, as a way to make the ticket more attractive to moderates and Democrats...