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To: JBL who wrote (11144)	6/4/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: RavenCrazy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

KOSOVO: FIRED AT, GROUP DROPS LEAFLETS 3 Jun. 99 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) air-dropped 5,000 pamphlets over mountainous parts of Kosovo yesterday advising refugees on the ground to seek cover when food rations are dropped early today, reports Reuters. The mercy flight encountered anti-aircraft fire that detonated about 2,000 feet below it as it passed over Kosovo. IRC said the plane was not hit and that its first drop of humanitarian daily rations would go forward as scheduled today. The Financial Times reports one of the riskiest missions to bring humanitarian aid to refugees will be launched from the Italian city of Pescara today when cargo aircraft attempt to drop food to thousands of people starving in mountain hideouts inside Kosovo. [IRC air-drops pamphlets over Kosovo; food next – www.reuters.com; Relief agency in risky food drop – www.ft.com]

To: JBL who wrote (11144)	6/4/1999 11:27:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 17770

Ineptness at the top. Clinton borrows from the gun advocates. They gave away the nuclear secrets and missile technology on purpose. After the nuclear test ban treaty, Clinton signed off on giving away US nuclear secrets. Their claim is that since everyone knows how to make A-bombs but have given pinky swears that they won't test, nuclear war is no longer a threat to the world. Next step, he'll probably sign a concealed nuclear weapons bill authorizing people to work around with concealed nuclear warheads.

To: JBL who wrote (11144)	6/4/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

<<NATO's and the CIA's intelligence during the campaign was scaringly inept. In hindsight, it was wonder that these guys were taken totally by surprise when India and Pakistan detonated Nuclear devices last year. They seem to be paying the price for relying too much on technology and not enough on people>> This is a serious issue for the US. Hopefully we'll get a President who cares about national intelligence to give it the attention it richly deserves, and desperately needs. I have read white papers by national intelligence managers that state the exact same thing: we have become too reliant on technical means of intelligence gathering and have severely neglected on the ground intelligence gathering. Another issue for our national intelligence agencies is scope, what are our national priorities? We have only so many resources to dedicate to so many areas of competence, and to expect our agencies to know everything that is going on everywhere on the entire planet is just unrealistic, and dangerous. The more areas of competence we expect our agencies to concentrate on, the less resources are concentrated on specific areas of vital national concern.