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JUNE 30, 1999 . . . 12:25 EDT DOD investigating computer 'mob tactics' BY DANIEL VERTON (dan_verton@fcw.com) While a senior adviser to the Defense Department testified before Congress this week on threats to national security stemming from the export of powerful computer technology, his supervisor allegedly attempted to access and tamper with his computer, prompting the immediate launch of a full-scale investigation. Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said Jay Davis, director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, informed the committee on June 28 that an investigation was under way into an incident involving unauthorized ...

"The Trial of GWBush": The TV Network Mini-Series documentary that will follow Bush during his time in the wilderness of America's criminal injustice system George W Bush. A candidate carrying the hopes of a disillusioned nation. A candidate with a guilty conscience. He knows exactly what his country needs: after 8 years of the Clintonian assault on America's values, it is now time to bring morality back. It's time to usher in the 'responsibility era'. The candidate can see it all so clearly, he knows exactly what to do. But there is one thing in the way: his own past ...

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Robert Getman is an attorney practicing with the firm of Kelley Drye & Warren in New York City. In centuries past, when they feared that their subjects would not bear further taxation, emperors and kings resorted to clipping some of the precious metal from the edges of coins they issued, or, more slyly, to diluting the precious metal content of the coins' alloy.I Modern governments, more devious yet, have replaced royal coin-clipping and debasement with printing-press financing: rather than openly to impose unpopular taxes, they have blithely created increasing quantities of paper money and credit without regard for the resulting ...

Just a snippet from the Editorial in today's paper from Dewayne Wickham: "...the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, was an event that has transformed the world. The three words at the beginning of that document, 'We the People', sparked a global shift away from the monarchs and and dictators that today has made 'government of the people' the dominant political ideology."

Algoraphobia He stands tall like the trees he teaches us to hug. He speaks plainly to us as we sit raptly at his feet like wide-eyed kindergarten children. We await his every word about the future of our environment. We're supposed to love him for warning us about global warming. So what's wrong with Al Gore? Why is he not leading in the polls? Why are we gun shy about Tall Tree Al? scape32 believes the American electorate has come down with a severe case of Algoraphobia. Little is known about this disease. It strikes without warning. Symptoms range from ...

Lott Brands McCain a Hypocrite By A.B. Stoddard ABCNEWS.com WASHINGTON — The Senate leader too k a swipe this week at Sen. John McCain for c rusading against the influence of money on politics while at the same time raising millions for his presidential campaign. When asked Thursday afternoon about McCain’s threat to hold up the Senate if it doesn’t take up campaign finance legislation, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said the Arizona senator should concentrate on his presidential campaign. “When you’re out there, raising money right and left, and then you talk about how you need to reform the ...

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold may go down in history as thieves on a grand scale, as well as vicious murderers. It appears that the two in death may become ringleaders in the gang that is involved in carting away under our very noses some of the basic rights that for two centuries have made our nation a shining beacon for others.Fairness dictates that Harris and Klebold, the two twisted perpetrators of the massacre at Columbine High School, shouldn't shoulder all the blame. Little by little during the past couple of genrations, milions of Americans have forgotten the Declaration of ...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation. WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are ...

Flier avoided battle but favoritism denied AUSTIN - With the Vietnam War raging, 21-year-old George W. Bush wanted to join the Texas Air National Guard in 1968. He offered no aviation experience but cited his work as a ranch hand, oil field "roustabout" and sporting goods salesman. He passed the written test required for pilot trainees. Among the results: He showed below-average potential as a would-be flier but scored high as a future leader. Although Mr. Bush's unit in Texas had a waiting list for many spots, he was accepted because he was one of a handful of applicants ...

October 7, 1998 Wall Street Journal. -- Review & Outlook Friends of Bill At some point, an Administration has to be judged in part by the friends it keeps. There have been few tighter alliances in politics recently than that between President Clinton and the Teamsters, the nation's largest private-sector union. The grim side of this relationship was on display again last Friday in Philadelphia during the President's 97th fund-raising outing of the year. The Philadelphia Daily News reported "a group of beefy Teamsters kicked and punched some anti-Clinton protesters." One protester suffered two swollen black and blue eyes, bruises ...

By ERIC SCHMITT ASHINGTON -- Toward the end of the Balkans air war, rarely a day passed when NATO did not triumphantly declare that allied warplanes had destroyed several more Yugoslav tanks or artillery pieces with precision-guided bombs or missiles. Peter Kujundzic/Reuters A boy dances on a wrecked stealth fighter brought down by low-tech tactics in March. Now it turns out that perhaps one-quarter of those weapons that looked fearsome from 15,000 feet up were nothing more than artfully designed decoys meant to fool allied pilots. Indeed, the Serb military, outgunned by a technologically superior foe, proved to a master ...

As Bush Enjoys a 'Silly Season,' Details Can Wait By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 4, 1999; Page A01 After three weeks on the campaign trail, Texas Gov. George W. Bush finds himself at the center of a political phenomenon unlike any other in recent history. Through careful planning, skillful execution and a good bit of luck, Bush has dramatically reshaped the presidential campaign of 2000. Whether his candidacy is a speculative bubble or the opening phase of a long, steady march to the White House can't be known at this point. But his strategy for winning ...

Branch Davidian Suit Will Continue Saturday, July 3, 1999; 1:09 a.m. EDT WACO, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge has cleared the way for a lawsuit that claims the federal government is responsible for the fiery and deadly end to the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff. U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. pared the number of defendants and plaintiffs, but ruled Thursday that the case can go to trial, said Mike Caddell, lead attorney for the Davidians. ``I think what the judge did is a great victory for the Davidians and for the country,'' Caddell said. ``Our folks can't ...

Russert just said to Hastert, "and you wanted a 24 hour waiting period."Hastert shot back, "John Dingell wanted a 24 hour waiting period."

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- One handgun a month. That's all you'll be able to buy in California if the governor signs a Columbine-inspired bill being sent to him. The bill, approved 21-13 Thursday by the Senate, is the first gun control measure to pass the Legislature after an April massacre at a Littleton, Colo., high school prompted lawmakers to talk of tough gun laws. "We thought this bill would take years to get support, but the tragedy in Colorado has changed all that," said Assemblyman Wally Knox, D-Beverly Hills, the bill's author. "Today, a person can walk into a store, ...

NEW DELHI (July 4, 1999 12:50 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Indian authorities have seized a North Korean ship on its way to Pakistan and recovered tools used in making missiles, it was reported Sunday. The Hindustan Times said the ship, the Ku Wol San owned by Puhung Trading Corp. of North Korea, docked in the western Indian port of Kandla on June 25 and unloaded sugar that had been loaded in Bangkok. The captain had said the ship would be sailing on to Malta with 177 tons of machinery parts. Suspicious Indian officials who boarded the ship, however, found ...

It's a slow Sunday morning, and I've been wanting to start this thread for a couple of months. Here's how it works: 1) The answer to every question is "Bill Clinton" 2) Every question starts with the words "What Leader of a major western superpower...". 3) You finish the question in your reply. I'll start off... What leader of a major western superpower...

When members of the Ruhani family were pulled out of a filthy, ill-equipped refugee camp in Macedonia and told they could seek haven in Canada until peace arrived in their war-torn homeland of Kosovo, they felt like they'd won the lottery. Now, however, the extended family of 10 say their decision to leave the squalid camp in Stenkovec for the friendly shores of Canada was perhaps the worst decision of their lives. They are wrong, of course. They made the most logical and reasoned decision possible at the time. Water was scarce at the camp and they were unable ...

Sunday's TV news showsCopyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press(July 3, 1999 1:02 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:ABC's "This Week" - Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton and the N.Y. Senate campaign, tax cuts and Medicare. Guests: Former Reps. Susan Molinari, R-N.Y., and Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio.CBS' "Face the Nation" - Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton and the N.Y. Senate race, politics and campaign finance reform. Guests: Sens. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and John McCain, R-Ariz.NBC's "Meet the Press" - Topics: Clinton's ...