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To: Win Smith who wrote (79263)	3/3/2003 3:00:06 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Newsweek Conventional Wisdom msnbc.com [is not impressed this week ] UNTIED NATIONS EDITION It sounded like a good idea: Get another United Nations resolution against Iraq. But now more of our allies are resolutely against us. Bush (down) Is he making it up as he goes along? Offers yet another unconvincing reason for war: Mideast peace. Huh? Saddam (down) Outfoxes Bush with missile-destruction gambit, distracting attention from bio weapons. But days still numbered.

To: Win Smith who wrote (79263)	3/3/2003 3:02:32 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

February 2003 Minimum number of U.S. cities, towns, and counties that have passed resolutions opposing the USA Patriot Act : 20 Source: Bill of Rights Defense Committee (Florence, Mass.) Chance that an American says the new Department of Homeland Security makes the nation "a lot safer" : 1 in 8 Source: The Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.) Percentage change since fall 2000 in the number of documents classified by the federal government : +44 Source: Information Security Oversight Office (Washington) Number of countries the Justice Department has advised since 1981 on the creation of freedom of information policies : 73 Source: U.S. Department of Justice Chance that a Briton polled online believes that the United States is a bigger threat to world peace than is Iraq : 1 in 3 Source: YouGov (London) Number of the 44 U.S. residents detained as "potential grand jury witnesses" in terrorism cases who have yet to testify : 20 Number who have been charged with crimes : 2 Source: Washington Post Percentage of Americans surveyed in October who chose the word "hopeful" to describe their feelings about the economy : 37 Percentage who chose "angry," "worried," or "confused" : 59 Source: American Research Group (Manchester, N.H.) Minimum amount S&P 500 corporations owe in retirement benefits for which they have set aside no funds : $458,000,000,000 Source: Merrill Lynch (N.Y.C.) harpers.org