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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (256837)	5/19/2002 6:26:16 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"They need an incident in order to deflect the heat. Another bio-chem attack ..." Purely by coincidence, I predict with my incredible crystal ball, one of a short list that will stop the media in its tracks in the next 30 days: - International nuclear or bio attack, probably Paki/India, Israel, or even Iraq - Domestic 9/11-type event, stopped at the last minute by Tenet himself on national TV <gg> - A domestic event that, oops, isn't stopped The results? Stock market crash even further. Economy plunges further into purely military mode, with damage to all other sectors. Real estate in "escape" areas maintains value, cities fall in value. Gold and metals increase, along with survival merchandise and services. Alarmist that I seem to be, I won't be selling my remaining tech, gold and tech defense stocks (20% of my total net), but will go down with the ship, if it goes. "Rendon ... cranking out false threat alerts at a fevered pitch" Boy, you got that right. The problem is that it might be that only a real incident will convince Americans to pay attention.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (256837)	5/19/2002 6:27:13 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

Ray, it's to hear you agree the hillary is totally out to lunch and applaud Vice Presendent Cheney. hillary is out to get more innocent people killed, what a marroon. Cheney to Hillary: 'Cool Off' on 9-11 Probe Demands Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that it would be better if New York Sen. Hillary Clinton "cooled off" before she issues any more demands for information about what the White House knew before Sept. 11. Responding to a video clip of Mrs. Clinton's statement to the Senate Thursday, where she said New Yorkers wanted more information about reports that President Bush got a pre-9/11 briefing that predicted al Qaeda hijackings, Cheney told NBC's "Meet the Press": "I think we'd all be better off if everybody sort of cooled off and calmed down [and] operated based on assumptions about good faith in one another. "I can't say we always get it right in the administration," he continued. Then, in a thinly veiled reference to Clinton, Cheney declared, "Certainly I don't think my colleagues in the Senate always get it right either." "There is a right way and a wrong way for us to conduct ourselves during this period of time - both in the executive and in the legislative branches," the vice president urged. "We need to restrain ourselves and avoid the kind of comments or criticism back and forth that adds nothing to what ought to be our mutual effort to deal with one of the most serious threats this nation has ever faced." In comments sure to further displease Mrs. Clinton, Cheney argued against turning over to Congress the secret Aug. 6 Presidential Daily Briefing memo that warned of possible al Qaeda hijackings. "My recommendation would be [to say] 'no,' Cheney told "Fox News Sunday." "The idea that we're now going to bundle up the PDB and ship it up to the committees - that's never been done. It sets a terrible precedent." The vice president said the prospect that the eyes-only presidential briefing could leak out would have a "chilling effect" on U.S. intelligence assets around the globe and cited at least one death that was caused by such a leak. "One in particular that I'm familiar with was a story that was published in one of our major newspapers that subsequently led to the death of an individual who had provided us access to one of the terrorist organizations," he explained. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee