To: E. Charters who wrote (78484 ) 10/19/2001 11:54:52 PM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753 Light of one candela. or E. Charter's Cloak & Dagger Personalemetropolecafe.com The James Joyce Table Gold, Commodities, Midas du Metropole Topic du Jour [start.] ... look Russia's way: Russian Officials Ordered Not to Travel to U.S. What Do They Know? Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 ... [on] advice of President Vladmir Putin, Russian officials and prominent Russian citizens have been canceling travel plans to the United States. ... prompts concerns about whether the Russian government knows of more terrorist attacks planned against America. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has postponed a U.S. speaking tour at the urging of..... ... [Russian President Vladimir Putin]prohibiting nearly all government officials from flying to the United States during the next three weeks..... ... Gorbachev's booking agents in New York City tried but could not persuade him to go ahead with the trip..... ... the idea Russia has advanced of significant knowledge of terrorist acts should come as no surprise. Russia has been the key backer for almost all nations identified by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism, including Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria. ... have already tied bin Laden's network to Russian "mafia" groups. ... such groups are merely fronts for Russian intelligence agencies. Another indication of Russia's knowledge of terrorist acts was the Pravda report this July revealing the prediction of a key economic adviser in Putin's circle who claimed the U.S. economy would collapse after a "financial attack." After Sept. 11, the same adviser warned of new and unusual attacks that would further weaken the U.S. economy. ... limited acts of bioterrorism in the U.S. could be considered as a field test of anthrax's combat use by terrorists, who began their preparations for a massive attack against America by biological weapons. ... [Soviet Union]produced hundreds of tons of anthrax at its sprawling biological weapons plants..... [stop.] William J. Murphy III is the Chairman of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and owner of www.LeMetropoleCafe.com. A graduate of... Cornell University... ... he went to become a starting wide receiver with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League. Mr. Murphy, who now resides in Dallas, Texas, spent much of his business career in the Futures Industry with such firms as Drexel Burnham and Shearson Hayden Stone... he writes gold market commentary for his financial web site that features the precious metals and contrarian economic analysis.