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To: Cactus Jack who wrote (3644)	8/1/2002 1:22:09 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

GERTH ZEROS IN ON CHENEY Wed Jul 31 2002 19:27:38 ET NEW YORK TIMES detail-drenched reporter Jeff Gerth is set to Page One Thursday with details on Vice President Dick Cheney's tenure as chief executive of HALLIBURTON, newsroom sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. TIMES Editor Howell Raines is said to be impressed with Gerth's results on the Cheney trail. "'Dig until there is nothing left to dig on,' are Gerth's orders," a top newsroom source said Wednesday. Gerth files a 1900-word report on how HALLIBURTON and its shareholders have "suffered from the hidden costs from a deal that was, at the time, the high point of Cheney's five year HALLIBURTON career, his acquisition in 1998 of DRESSER INDUSTRIES." Gerth claims comes armed with "previously undisclosed court documents." The deal, which Cheney hailed as a "win-win" merger, ended up bringing costly financial burdens stemming from the growing costs of legal claims from people who say they were injured by or are at risk from asbestos in products made by HALLIBURTON and DRESSER. HALLIBURTON 's stock price has fallen sharply as the extent of the asbestos problem has become clear since Cheney left the company to join the Republican presidential ticket in August 2000. Developing... drudgereport.com

To: Cactus Jack who wrote (3644)	8/7/2002 5:40:58 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

At American Bar Association meeting, concerns about Bush administration's handling of terrorism probe, business scandals GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 7, 2002 Some members of the nation's largest lawyer group plan to use this week's annual meeting to criticize the Bush administration's handling of the terrorism investigation and business scandals. They will not see President Bush, who skipped a chance to speak to the American Bar Association and is taking a vacation at his Texas ranch, or hear from Vice President Dick Cheney or any Cabinet member. The White House and ABA leaders say the president's absence has to do with scheduling, not political differences, although Bush and the group have had rough relations. The last time the 400,000-member ABA held its annual meeting in Washington was 1985, and President Reagan delivered the welcome speech. "It looks lot like a snub. There's a bit of arrogance, `we don't need you guys,"' said Stephen Hess, a political scientist with the Brookings Institution. "It borders on backing away from some opposition views." White House spokeswoman Anne Womack said the president "can't do everything and be everywhere." The meetings cover subjects that have dominated the executive branch: how the government should handle enemy combatants and immigrants arrested in the Sept. 11 investigation and how investigators can monitor possible terrorists without violating the Constitution. The ABA may recommend that Congress intervene and stop the administration from denying access to lawyers for immigrants arrested since Sept. 11 and for those declared enemy combatants by the president. Both issues have disturbed civil libertarians. A federal judge ordered the Justice Department last week to release the names of more than 1,000 people picked up since the jetliner attacks. An appeal is likely. "The people want the administration to answer hard questions. This could have provided him an ideal forum for addressing things that are crucial to his administration," said Erwin Chemerinsky, a law professor at the University of Southern California, who is speaking at the meeting. "Whether he would have won over skeptics and changed minds, there's no way to know," he said. Bush and the ABA have been at odds since two months after he took office, when Bush announced he was ending a 50-year-old practice of the White House seeking ABA reviews of candidates for judgeships. The ABA continues checking out candidates, but the reports are primarily used by the Democratic-controlled Senate, not the White House. The president was also criticized by ABA leaders for his plans for military tribunals after Sept. 11. No one has been tried before a tribunal. ABA President Robert Hirshon said Bush was invited months ago, but the White House cited a scheduling conflict in turning down the request. Hirshon said the two have had a good relationship while negotiating some "ticklish issues." Many conservatives view the ABA as liberal-leaning. The group has endorsed a moratorium on the death penalty and weighed in on a woman's right to have an abortion. In addition to terrorism issues, the meeting agenda includes discussions on business scandals, cloning and Attorney General John Ashcroft's fight with Oregon over physician-assisted suicide. Ashcroft addressed the group last year, but this year one of Ashcroft's deputies is the highest-ranking administration official scheduled to speak. "The president's relationship with lawyers has always been a little bit tense," said Miami attorney Neal R. Sonnett. "It's a missed opportunity for him to develop a closer relationship." sfgate.com