-Caveat Lector- XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 19:42:08 ET XXXXX PAPER: FBI BLOWS CHINA-NUKE PROBE; WILL START FROM SCRATCH, INTERVIEW 500 POTENTIAL SUSPECTS A three-year FBI investigation of an alleged Chinese spying at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been so mismanaged that the bureau plans to restart the high-profile probe from scratch -- examining more than 500 potential suspects at scores of sites across the country, the LOS ANGELES TIMES is reporting in Thursday runs. "Officials said the FBI will add more agents and other investigative resources in an attempt to jump-start the probe," the paper's Bob Drogin reports. FBI Director Freeh appeared Wednesday in closed-door briefings on The Hill. Drogin reports: "One official who attended a briefing said the original allegation -- that a Chinese spy had penetrated Los Alamos and stolen W-88 secrets for Beijing -- has effectively evaporated." "I think they're basically saying: 'Perhaps this never happened,'" the official tells the paper. "It's like a deer caught in the headlights," the official said of the FBI. "They don't know whether to go forward or backward." The "FBI wasn't initially aware that so many people in so many places had access to W-88 secrets" says the TIMES. Developing... X X X X X NBC BLASTED FOR UPCOMING Y2K SCARE FILM WASHINGTON -- The NBC-TV Network has been hit with stinging criticism over plans to air Y2K -- a two-hour suspense thriller about a trouble-shooter trying to save the world from catastrophic computer disaster -- just weeks before New Year's Eve 1999! "This is one of the most irresponsible things to ever come out of Hollywood!" charged a lawmaker on the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem. "Why is NBC doing this? There are going to end up scaring people into a complete panic. Shame, shame, shame on them!" On Wednesday NBC announced plans to air Y2K on November 21, in what is being described as a "Sweeps Event." "As the millenium dawns in North America, most of the Eastern Seaboard suffers a major power outage," NBC said in a press release. "But the worst is yet to come. Nick [a complex systems failure expert consulting the government played by actor Ken Olin] must stay ahead of the unpredictable Y2K bug as it spreads across the United States threatening everyone, including his own family on the West Coast." In NBC's Y2K, the computer bug causes widespread ATM failures -- a plot twist that has one U.S. Senator concerned about real-life bank runs! "After people see this movie, they could get the idea in their head and rush to the bank to get money out -- this could trigger cash problems," said the Senator, who asked not to be identified. In NBC's Y2K -- a nuclear power plant even threatens to go into meltdown. [As long as the radiation spreads to Burbank.] X X X X X ROSS: DON'T TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING! Of course the British press goes headline-wild on Thursday after singermotherproduceractress Diana Ross was arrested at London's Heathrow airport over allegations that she had assaulted a woman security officer who she said touched her breast while frisking her. Page Ones: "TAKE YOUR MITS OFF MY HITS" goes the DAILY STAR. "DON'T TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING" reads the RECORD. "TIT FOR TAT" rats the SUN. "MY HELL" says the MIRROR. "STOP, IN THE NAME OF THE LAW" sings the INDEPENDENT. "I sat in the police room crying my eyes out," Ross told reporters. "I was frightened, absolutely terrified. I felt violated and humiliated." Ross was searched by hand while trying to catch a flight on the Concord when her silver-buckled belt set off a metal detector. Ross: "She touched my breasts twice, and down my back and down my thighs and between my legs." "No one touches my breasts - who do they think they are?" "It was the worst experience of my life. I travel a lot, all over the world, but I've never had this kind of treatment before. My face is swollen I've cried so much," Ross tells the MIRROR. "They wouldn't touch a man's penis, would they?" "I've never been inside a police station before. When I arrived they actually said to me that if any other people were brought into custody they would have to put me in a cell. I really started to cry then. I told them I was frightened and I didn't know what to do. I was taken there without any support and they said to me I could make a call to my family and to my lawyer - but I don't even know a lawyer in London." Ross continues: "They gave me tea. The first cup was hot and burned my tongue. But I was so, so miserable. My face has swollen up because I cried so much." A spokesman for Heathrow Airport security told reporters: "The vast majority of the 60 million passengers who pass through Heathrow understand the airport security procedures. 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