Sen. Clinton to Dobbs: 'No' on VP Nomination
John O. Edwards
Thursday, March 4, 2004
Senator Hillary Clinton told CNN’s Lou Dobbs Wednesday night she has no interest in becoming Sen. John Kerry’s running mate on the Democratic ticket this year.
Dobbs asked Sen. Clinton, point blank, “Do you want to be vice president?”
Mrs. Clinton met the question with a chuckle, and responded: “No. I’m having a great time being senator, and talking to you about an issue that I care deeply about.”
The “issue” Mrs. Clinton referred to was the subject of her interview with Dobbs, her effort to reduce the “exporting” of U.S. jobs.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton announced several proposals to prevent or discourage U.S. companies from outsourcing to foreign countries.
“Senator Clinton wants tax credits for corporations, for businesses that create and keep jobs in this country. The senator also wants to create a manufacturing research agency to advance factory innovation,” Dobbs said.
Clinton’s comments were refreshingly candid and strikingly more pro-business than Kerry's positions. Clinton admitted that the U.S. tax code was forcing some businesses to export jobs.
“We need to look at our tax code and be honest about what it does produce, the consequences of the actions that we're taking,” Clinton said.
“The debate we're having now in the Senate that was brought about because of the European Union threatening tariffs against us if we didn't end an effort to provide subsidies to manufacturers here at home gives us an opportunity to begin to create a bipartisan consensus along a range of possibilities that will help us keep jobs and prevent the exporting of America.”
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/3/213734.shtmlThursday, March 4, 2004
Tiny Swiss Cell Chip Snags al-Qaida
A massive international investigation hinging on a tiny cellphone computer chip has resulted in the arrests of dozens of "stupid" terrorists on three continents and prevented at least three terrorist attacks.
"For two years, investigators now say, they were able to track the conversations and movements of several Qaeda leaders and dozens of operatives after determining that the suspects favored a particular brand of cellphone chip. The chips carry prepaid minutes and allow phone use around the world," the New York Times reported today.
The terrorists liked Swisscom's chip because they could it without giving their names. However, unlike the Swiss who decades ago abetted Germany's National Socialists by hiding their gold, modern-day Switzerland helped the good guys in the "cat-and-mouse game," which involved more than a dozen countries, including the United States, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
"This was one of the most effective tools we had to locate Al Qaeda," a senior counterterrorism official told the Times.
The dunderheads finally caught on, but not before suffering significant damage.
One official said: "The people were stupid enough to use the same cards all of the time. It was a very good thing for us."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/4/173043.shtml