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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1999 23:44:09 UTC XXXXX
SOURCES: BERGER MISREPRESENTED TO COX COMMITTEE WHEN PRESIDENT WAS TOLD OF
CHINA THEFT; ADVISER CLAIMS GORE WAS ONLY TOLD AFTER PRESS REPORTS
**Exclusive**
Members of a House committee now believe that President Clinton's national
security adviser Sandy Berger was deliberately misleading during testimony
on just when the president was told of China spying and theft of U.S.
military technology.
"He was not completely forthcoming about what was known, and when the
president was told," a member of the COX committee told the DRUDGE REPORT
on Thursday night.
According to the soon-to-be-released Cox Report, Berger was briefed on the
China activity in 1996.
Berger testified that he did not brief President Clinton until early 1998,
more 18 months later.
But the committee has obtained evidence, via testimony and documents,
according to sources, that Berger's testimony had major timeline trouble.
"We have learned that Sandy Berger told the president in July 1997, not in
early 1998," one committee member said.
Vice President Al Gore was alerted to China's spying in March 1998 by his
national security adviser Leon Fuerth, according to testimony.
But Fuerth was fully briefed in April 1996, the Cox Report determined.
"Administration officials would have us believe that Mr. Fuerth waited to
tell the vice president about the China situation until after it appeared
in the NEW YORK TIMES?" a committee member questioned.
The Cox Report is set to be released in hard copy and online next week.
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'60 MINS' PLANNING NEW Y2K SCARE STORY; WATER, ELECTRICITY MAY BE CUT, SAYS
MAG
Y2chaos on CBS-TV this weekend! Despite the billions being spent to deal
with the Y2K computer bug, many cities in America are uncertain they'll be
able to continue to provide basic services like water and electricity on
Jan. 1, 2000, reports 60 MINUTES in a new shock story being readied for
Sunday.
CBS' Steve Kroft is putting the finishing touches on his controversial
report, according to network sources.
Mary Ellen Hanley, a computer systems specialist hired by the District of
Columbia, tells wide-eyed Kroft that she believes Washington will continue
to function on Jan. 1, 2000, but it must be prepared for what many cities
could face.
"We think there will be some disruptions... localized in many cases if the
supply chain works," Hanley tells the cameras.
"If power works, if gas works, if Bell Atlantic works... all of those are
big ifs."
Hanley explains to Kroft that contingency programs, such as centers where
city workers would manually verify taxes or write welfare checks, are being
planned by her office. And even though she believes the city's water system
can run without computers, rationing could be necessary if a power outage
for as long as a week or two -- slows down water distribution.
Sen. Robert Bennet, R-Utah, who chairs a special Y2K Technology, scares the
stopwatch and explains: "If, for example, there is a municipality that is
unable to distribute welfare checks, there could be some civil unrest that
could come out of that. If, if there was a disruption in the food supply,
and food didn't get in, in a distributive kind of way. That it was
concentrated in one part of the city but not in another, that could be a
situation that could create some civil unrest."
Tick, Tick, T. . .
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IF IT'S SUNDAY MORNING, IT'S TIM RUSSERT... BUT IF IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT,
IT'S...?
MEET THE PRESS was again the No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs program
last weekend, placing first in total viewers, homes and among all key news
demos, according to NIELSEN. Host with the most Tim Russert attracted
3.810 million total viewers, ABC's THIS WEEK trailed by over one million
with 2.866 million, CBS' FACE THE NATION had 2.083 million and FOX NEWS
SUNDAY had 1.311 million total viewers.
MTP placed first among women, men and adults 25-54 and has now been No. 1
among Sunday morning adults 25-54 for 45 consecutive weeks.
But then the NIELSEN machines go screwy.
'DRUDGE' on the FOX NEWS CHANNEL has double the number of viewers as TIM
RUSSERT's CNBC chat show?
In recent weeks Russert has been experiencing total humiliation for his
cable news effort -- losing out to an Internet reporter!
For the weekend of May 8-9, TIM RUSSERT pulled an average .19 rating -- and
DRUDGE scored a .51, according to NIELSEN.
In fact, the latest cable news ratings breakdown [Sunday, May 9] show
DRUDGE on FNC setting the pace, pulling in the highest audience rating of
any program all day on FOX NEWS, MSNBC, CNBC or CNN.
DRUDGE scores a .44 for its Sunday night reairing at 9 PM ET, more than
doubling MSNBC's EQUAL TIME [.22], topping BEST OF RIVERA LIVE [.39] and
smashing CNN's orginal special CELEBRATE THE CENTURY [.35].
But Russert isn't alone in the humiliation. A recent DRUDGE broadcast on
FOX NEWS made a queen out of CNN's LARRY KING WEEKEND.
On the night of Saturday, April 24, NIELSEN shows that LARRY KING pulled in
a .66 rating -- and DRUDGE hit a 1.06 in direct competition at 9 PM ET.
RIVERA and EQUAL TIME both turned prince and princess, scoring a .66 rating.
Internet reporter will be kind to the seniors and will not explore demos.
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http://www.drudgereport.com for steaks and breaks
(c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999
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