Saturday

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "A 2001 report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that, statewide, blacks were 10 times as likely to have their votes rejected at the polls and that black voters' ballots were disproportionately rejected in Florida's 2000 presidential elections. Some of those rejections, they suggested, violated the Voting Rights Act."

Friday

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- General assails U.S. policy on Iraq: "Known as the 'Warrior Diplomat,' Zinni is not a peace activist by nature "
Newsday.com - Opinion: "Many Palestinians saw Sheik Yassin's murder as a deliberate attempt by the Israeli government to stimulate terrorist attacks that would distract international attention from Sharon's land grab in the West Bank."

Thursday

HoustonChronicle.com - Europe wary of U.S. policy shift
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States From pdf file "Staff Statement No. 10": In April and May 2001 the drumbeat of reporting increased. Articles presented to top officials contained headlines such as: "Bin Ladin planning multiple operations." "Bin Ladin public profile may presage attack." "Bin Ladin network's plans advancing."
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The threat reports surged again in June and July, reaching an even higher peak of urgency. A Terrorist Threat Advisory in late June indicated that there was a high probability of near-term "spectacular" terrorist attacks resulting in numerous casualties. Headlines from intelligence reports were stark: "Bin Ladin threats are real." "Bin Ladin planning high profile attacks." The intelligence reporting consistently described the upcoming attacks as occurring on a catastrophic level, indicating that they would cause the world to be in turmoil, consisting of possible multiple--but not necessarily simultaneous--attacks. A late June report stated that Bin Ladin operatives expect near-term attacks to have dramatic consequences of catastrophic proportion.