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I keep getting emails from American readers pleading to know how deeply Clinton has damaged American national security. In truth, I cannot say much more than I have already but I shall once again repeat myself: American security has been shattered. Chinese officials have privately bragged about the extent of their penetration, their placing of agents, their successful use of bribery and blackmail. I have heard stories that I would never repeat, though I know them to be true, because many readers would consider them fantastic. But would they be any more fantastic than a president selling his country's secrets ...

Japan cracking down on doomsday cult By Yvonne Chang TOKYO, June 21 (Reuters) - Japanese authorities are cracking down on the doomsday cult accused of a deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways. Spurred by fears that Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth Sect) is making a comeback, police and even tax collectors are using all legal means available to combat it. But authorities complain existing laws do not give them enough scope to take preventive action. Police last month started carrying out raids on shops and other places believed to be run by the sect which authorities fear is ...

1 killed, 2 injured in fresh E. Timor violence Kyodo News Service DILI, East Timor, June 21 (Kyodo) - By: Sugianto Tandra One pro-Indonesian militiaman was hacked to death and another man badly injured in two separate attacks in East Timor in the past week, according to a report published Monday by a local daily. East Timor police spokesman Capt. Widodo told the local Suara Timor Timur daily that a police officer was also attacked, sustaining slash wounds Sunday. The police blamed unidentified pro-independence supporters for all the attacks. ''It's our strong presumption that all the violence had been committed ...

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I have received a 'secret' memo from the current Democrat leadership where they have defined how the Democrat's will fulfill their goal of becoming 'The Flat-Earth party'. The memo describes how the current Democratic party will use incrementalism to achieve their goal of a totally flat earth. Here are the contents of the secret memo. To: All good Democrats From: The current Democratic leadership About: How we will achieve a 'Flat-Earth' Now is the time of our party's dour need. We need all of you loyal democrat's(especially all you in the 90210 zip code) to achieve our goal of a ...

Genial G8 Doesn't Resemble Kosovo's Reality Yeltsin comes bearing gifts, and the war is officially over. Someone should tell the KLA Now it’s officially time to wage some peace in Kosovo. NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana announced Sunday that with the Serb troops out of Kosovo – ahead of schedule, no less – "I have accordingly decided to terminate with immediate effect the air campaign." President Clinton assured CNN it was "a very happy day." But on the ground in Kosovo, the early signs are already making the push-button war look like the easy part. Across the province, KLA troops – ...

What about a "Poll Reform" law establishing severe penalties for "poll fraud?" Fund it by putting a dollar cap on the BATF budget, then taking three quarters of it for the Poll Fraud Investigation Division. If it worked, it would take one of the weapons out of the leftists' spin arsenal.

0140 GMT, 990621 – Participants at the G-8 summit in Cologne, Germany announced that relations strained by the crisis in Kosovo have been largely restored. The meeting "was a bridge of understanding between Russia and the West," according to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Russian President Boris Yeltsin declared that he was "among friends," and said, "After this quarrel we should all have a reconciliation - that is the main thing." 0130 GMT, 990621 – Speaking on June 20 to an assembly of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Serb opposition leader Vuk Draskovic called for an end to the state of ...

Here they are folks, those who have been "honored" after appearing on today's news shows PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLYBe sure to check out the "THINKING MAN" cartoon at the bottom of the page. Also, with his new book ("SHADOW") out, Bob Woodward has been doing his tour of the talk shows. Following is an excerpt of a review of his (and Bernstein's) appearance on "Meet the Press" from 8/98; the man's a hypocrite! Almost exactly 24 years ago this week, an historical event took place. Amazingly, we seem to be living it all over again but this time there is no war ...

"Political demagoguery is, to some extent, a problem in our country. The particular form this demagoguery takes is only a passing phase, and when our current dragons and inner phantoms have been laid to rest, the eternal demagogue will arise anew. He will accuse others of conspiracy in order to prove his own importance. He will try to intimidate those who are neither so iron-fisted nor so hotheaded as he, and temporarily he will drag some people into the web of his delusions. Perhaps he will even wear a mantle of martyrdom to arouse the tears of the weak-hearted. With ...

Kosovo Sectors Limit U.S. and Russian Influence While, at least as far as the Russians are concerned, there are no "zones of control in Kosovo, the province is to be divided into five "sectors," which will be controlled and patrolled by NATO members Germany, France, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom. Under the deal struck between Russia and NATO, 3,000 to 7,000 Russian troops will patrol alongside NATO forces in the German, French, and U.S. sectors. The politics behind teaming Russians with these particular countries is clear. More than others in NATO, France and Germany have attempted to ...

A Postal Service regulation has moved to severely limit privacy and restrict trade. ( Postal Bulletin # 21994 - US Postal Service March 25, 1999 ) During the rule's initial comment period, more than 8,000 people spoke against, and only ten in favor of it! But the comment period was too short to legalize the regulation, and it has been re-opened until July 9th, 1999. Oppose new mail-drop regulations! PostalWatch sends out a call to action! By June 24, 1999, all Commercial Mail Recieving Agencies (CMRAs) must obtain home address, home telephone number, and ID information about anyone utilizing their ...

It appears no one posted the UvA thread this weekend so this Sunday night I will take responsibility and post the thread. Amom and I have been very busy ladies this weekend. "We posted all teh Rhodes Scholars from 1960 to 1977. I still have 3 years let to type and post but will do it tomorrow. I missed all the UvC'ers this weekend. We can not let this happen again.

Russia Ultranationalists Protest Law .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) - About 100 ultranationalists rallied Sunday in central Moscow to demand the annulment of a law that imposes heavy fines on those who incite ethnic hatred, claiming such laws restrict freedom of speech. The mostly young demonstrators were from Russia's National Front, the People's National Party and the Movement for Belief in the Fatherland, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. They rallied at a statue of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky next to the city's huge Lenin Library. The groups, which are each quite small, called for joining forces to run in ...

Calif. official seeks security review at nuke labs LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Reuters) - University of California President Richard Atkinson has ordered a review of newly tightened security measures at nuclear weapons labs managed by the university, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The order comes amid mounting pressure in the federal government over allegations of Chinese espionage at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is managed by the university under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. Los Alamos, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, is where the atomic bomb was developed and where many nuclear secrets are ...

Egypt Christians Face Discrimination By JASPER MORTIMER .c The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - On the surface, Egypt's Christians appear to be doing well. They have no qualms about wearing crucifixes in public. They socialize freely with members of the Islamic majority. Their entrepreneurs are among the barons of the private sector. Still, members of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church say they are victimized by discrimination born of favoritism toward Muslims and resentment over Copts' prominence during the days of the monarchy. The law severely restricts the right of Copts to build churches. Schools ignore Coptic history. Local media give ...

Cisneros Case Focuses on Tapes By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - To Henry Cisneros' lawyers, 88 tapes of telephone conversations secretly recorded by his ex-mistress are ``unreliable, unauthenticated copies.'' To prosecutors, they back up witnesses who say the former Housing secretary schemed to hide ``hush money'' to her. A federal judge was to hear arguments Monday on whether Linda Jones' tapes can be used at Cisneros' trial, set for September, on 18 felony counts of conspiracy, obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI. Also, defense lawyers intend to raise questions about Ms. Jones' motives ...

Pawnshop Target of Fed Gun Agency By ARLENE LEVINSON The Associated Press UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) - Three, maybe four times each month, one suburban pawnshop on the rough edge of Philadelphia takes a phone call asking it to trace a gun. The caller - the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - won't say whether the weapon has been stolen, abandoned, or worse. Just as the ATF won't say now whether Lou's Loan, a bustling little shop, is among the tiny percentage of the nation's gun dealers recently cited as the source of a large percentage of weapons ...

Bush Uses E-Mail To Stay in Touch By JACKIE HALLIFAX The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 20) - On a plane, in a car, at the office: Gov. Jeb Bush can often be found typing away at his laptop answering e-mail. He's not alone. Governors around the country say they are turning to cyberspace to stay in touch. Bush says he gets 100 e-mails a day - from constituents, lawmakers, and journalists - and responds to most of them personally. The personal contact is vital, he says. ''It is very easy to have a cocoon be built around a public ...