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FEATURE ARTICLE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Black Leaders and Public Health Advocates Criticize Misinformation by
Drug Czar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington D.C. Leading black intellectuals and public health advocates
have joined drug policy reform advocates to criticize Drug Czar Barry
McCaffrey for "a series of inaccurate and misleading statements" he has
made over the last year. The individuals are sending a letter listing
the General's misstatements on February 25, 1999, the same day
McCaffrey will testify before the House Committee on Government
Oversight. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The letter signers include Harvard professors Dr. Henry Louis Gates
Jr., Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Dr. Orlando Patterson, and Dr. William Julius
Wilson, as well as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the National
Black Police Association, the National Women's Health Network, and San
Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Zeese, President of Common Sense for Drug Policy, who circulated
the letter, said, "I find it deeply disturbing that the Drug Czar is
making these misstatements while spending hundreds of millions of
taxpayer dollars urging parents to tell the truth about drugs. General
McCaffrey should set a better example." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This is not the first time McCaffrey has been criticized for supporting
a criminal justice rather than a public health approach to the drug
problem. After McCaffrey successfully lobbied President Clinton to
block federal funding for needle exchange, several members of the
Congressional Black Caucus called for the Drug Czar's resignation. And
Common Sense for Drug Policy, an advocacy organization based in Falls
Church Virginia, has been running ads for the last six months in The
New Republic criticizing the Drug Czar for making false statements (see
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A recent inconsistency with McCaffrey are his statements and his
policies. McCaffrey said on NPR's Talk of the Nation, "I don't think
we're going to arrest our way out of this. We've got 1.7 million people
behind bars right now" (Feb. 25, 1998). Yet the Drug Czar's funding
request for 2000 increases the law enforcement budget by 4.7 percent
($524 million increase for a total of $11.7 billion) while increasing
the prevention and treatment budget by 3.6 percent ($210 million for a
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February 25, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General Barry McCaffrey Office of National Drug Control Policy
Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dear General McCaffrey, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
As academics, journalists, public health experts, and community
leaders, we are deeply troubled by a series of inaccurate and
misleading statements you have made as Drug Czar. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In particular, we are concerned by statements you have made on the
following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* Needle Exchange Programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In March 1998, you described needle exchange programs as "magnets for all social ills," including violence, drug dealers and prostitution. Yet in study after study, scientific researchers have found that needle exchanges reduce the transmission of HIV without increasing drug use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Also, in April, you claimed that two Canadian needle exchange studies
showed that needle exchanges were ineffective in reducing the spread of
HIV and may have worsened the problem. Missing from your analysis was
the fact that Canada, unlike the United States, allows needles to be
purchased without a prescription and as a result the Canadian study did
not include more affluent and healthier addicts who were less likely to
engage in the riskiest activities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Your statements so disturbed the Canadian scientists that they felt
compelled to publish an oped in the New York Times to repudiate the
misuse of their findings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* Medical Marijuana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
On August 15, 1996, you said, "There is not a shred of scientific
evidence that shows that smoked marijuana is useful or needed. This is
not medicine. This is a cruel hoax." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yet exhaustive research, including numerous studies by the National
Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, and
other authoritative institutions, have concluded that marijuana
possesses therapeutic value and effectively treats chemotherapy related
nausea and appetite loss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Even after the New England Journal of Medicine, which represents the
mainstream medical community, editorialized in support of medical
marijuana, you have made no statements recognizing the scientific
research backing the medicinal value of marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* International Models of Drug Control | ||||||||||||||||||||||
On July 24, 1998 the Chicago Tribune quoted you as saying: "The murder rate in Holland is double that in the United States...That's drugs." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In fact, the Dutch homicide rate is only one fourth that of the United
States. The Dutch rate has never approached, much less exceeded, that
of the United States. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
When you claimed that the Dutch murder rate was higher, you blamed
Holland's drug policies. Yet when confronted with the facts, you did
not suggest that U.S. drug policies are the cause of our higher
homicide rate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The media and the public rely on your office to avoid unfounded
speculation, to recognize and disseminate scientific consensus when it
exists, and to provide, when available, material facts that could help
us deal realistically and effectively with our very real problems of
addiction. Therefore we urge you and other national leaders to provide
the news media and the public with the most accurate scientific
findings available. We realize that speaking forthrightly requires
leadership and courage in the current ideological atmosphere but, given
your distinguished record in the military, the public has reason to
expect nothing less. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Respectfully, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Chair of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University * Willie L. Brown Jr., Mayor of San Francisco * Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Harvard * Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Professor, Arkansas Children's Hospital, former Surgeon General * Orlando Patterson, Professor, Harvard University * William Julius Wilson, Professor, Harvard University * Dr. David Duncan, Clinical Associate Professor, Brown University Medical School and Chair, Council on Illicit Drugs, National Association for Public Health Policy * Ira Glasser, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union * Rebecca Isaacs, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force * Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Lindesmith Center * Kevin Zeese, Executive Director, Common Sense for Drug Policy * Kathleen Stoll, Center for Women's Policy Studies * Dr. Patricia D. Hawkins, Associate Executive Director, Whitman Walker Clinic * Glenn C. Loury, Director, The Institute on Race and Social Division * R. Keith Stroup, Executive Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws * Ronald E. Hampton, Executive Director, National Black Police Association * Eva Patterson, Executive Director, Layers Committee for Civil Rights * Daniel Maccallair, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice * Pat Christen, Executive Director, SF AIDS Foundation * Regina Aragón, Public Policy Director, SF AIDS Foundation * Cynthia Pearson, Executive Director, National Women's Health Network * Dr. Helen RodriguezTrias, CoDirector, Pacific Institute for Women's Health * Trish Moylan Torruella, Executive Director, Mothers' Voices : United to End AIDS * Craig E. Thompson, Executive Director, AIDS Project Los Angeles * Duane Poe, Executive Director, Black Coalition on AIDS, Inc. * Rob Kampia, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project * Martin Waukazoo, Executive Director, Native American Health Center * Ron Rowell, MPH, Executive Director, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center * Loras Ojeda, Community Relations Director, Mobilization Against AIDS * Dennis deLeon, Executive Director, Latino Commission on AIDS * Lupe Lopez, Executive Director, People of Color Against AIDS Network * Margaret Batchelor White, President, Black Women's Agenda, Inc. * Dr. James T. Black, President, 100 Black Men of Los Angeles * Luz Alvarez Martinez, Executive Director, National Latina Health Organization * Alvan Quamina, Executive Director, African American AIDS Support Services and Survival Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic News-Policy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (1-7) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three federal agencies engaged in the drug war made the news last
week: DEA chief Constantine was despondent because Mexican cartels
have bigger budgets than his agency, the Customs Service was contrite
after being scolded for past corruption, and the Border Patrol was
pleased to receive some new high-tech gadgets. The likelihood of any
of the three interfering with our criminal drug market in any material
way remains at or near zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Seattle Times has been so reasonable recently, we've come to
expect it; thus their endorsement of routine pre-employment drug
testing for certain jobs was a bit of a surprise. That such testing is
unreliable was confirmed by data from CBS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finally, New York's Mayor Giuliani seems convinced that the best way
to run for president is to embrace fascism under the guise of civic
improvement. I certainly hope he's proven wrong. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) DEA CHIEF: DRUG FIGHT LACKS DESIRE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says the nation has neither the will nor the resources to win the drug war. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DEA Administrator Thomas Constantine, in an interview Thursday, said
that curbing drug use is not a high enough priority with the American
people. He also said the nation has not made the financial commitment
to curb the flow of illegal drugs into the USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) U.S. CUSTOMS ADMITS ITS OWN DRUG CORRUPTION | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON -- The front-line role of the Customs Service in the
government's war against illegal drugs has left the agency highly
vulnerable to narcotics-related corruption, Customs officials
acknowledged Tuesday in a report to Congress. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) BORDER PATROL ADDS HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO ITS ARSENAL (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Surveillance Scopes, Sensors Join Force's War on Smuggling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BROWNSVILLE, Tex.--Sitting in front of a small screen in a cramped metal box 20 feet above the ground, senior Border Patrol agent Rey Abrego watches a human form moving through riverbank brush on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. It is pitch dark outside, but the form shows up as white light against the green glow of the monitor, which is connected to a Loris infrared night-vision scope overlooking the river. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The high-tech equipment serves as "force multipliers," increasing
agents' productivity, according to a Border Patrol report. "The use of
technological resources such as low-light TV, infrared night scopes,
sensors and encrypted radios has moved the Border Patrol into the 21st
century of law enforcement." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) ACLU IS OFF BASE ON CITY DRUG TESTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Although we often share the moral high ground with the American
Civil Liberties Union, we part company on the subject of mandatory drug
testing for job applicants in the public sector. We're for it, the ACLU
is against it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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BAD HAIR DAYS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A report on "The CBS Morning News" this week finds a disturbing
increase in the use of hair tests to screen job candidates for past
drug use -- disturbing because many experts say the tests are
unreliable and possibly racially biased. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(6) TESTING THE DRUG TEST LABS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All three labs detected the drug in the African-American user, two
failed to find it in the white user. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS NEW YORK Wednesday, February 17,1999 - 10:13 AM ET | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(CBS) This week, a series of special reports by CBS This Morning Correspondent Roberta Baskin raised important questions about the reliability of using hair tests to detect drug use. Her three-month investigation concludes with her own exclusive survey, and results that should be of real concern for anyone who's subjected to hair testing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(7) DRUNKEN DRIVERS' CARS TO BE SEIZED AT ARRESTS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NEW YORK -- In what city officials described as the toughest municipal policy against drunken driving in the nation, the New York City Police Department will begin seizing cars from people arrested on charges of drunken driving, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced Saturday. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The plan, which is to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, will allow a
police officer to seize a suspect's car where it is stopped, regardless
of the driver's circumstances. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drug Policy, Mexican Division- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (8-10) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Intense coverage of Mexican certification continued through Clinton's whirlwind Mexico trip and an amiable meeting with Zedillo in Herida. Clinton made no bones about his intention to "certify" Mexico, despite its abject failure to reduce participation in the illegal drug market which continues to expand its influence in both nations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In this context, Matthew Kelly's Washington Post editorial is a fatuous exercise which takes the easy shot at Clinton for hypocrisy, but doesn't suggest a useful alternative. Does he advocate sanctions which would cruelly punish the Mexican people without affecting the drug market, or would he destroy that market by repealing prohibition? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exactly- whatever, yourself, Mr. Kelly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) MEXICO GREETS CLINTON LIKE AN OLD FRIEND (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MERIDA, Mexico - With a new lease on his political life, President
Clinton basked in a warm reception Sunday in the tropical capital of
the Yucatan, where even raucous pre-Lenten Carnival celebrations were
quieted in honor of his arrival. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(9) MEXICO'S TROUBADOURS TURN FROM AMOR TO DRUGS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico -- As Mario Quintero steps to the microphone,
strums his guitar and begins singing about the pleasures of snorting
cocaine after a few drinks, scores of teen-age girls crowd the outdoor
stage screaming, "I love you, Mario!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Quintero and his wildly popular band, the Tucanes de Tijuana, or
Toucans of Tijuana, follow with a song about a smuggler's love for his
rooster, parrot and goat, underworld symbols for marijuana, cocaine
and heroin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tucanes are one of the most successful of hundreds of Mexican
country bands whose lyrics chronicle traffickers' daily lives and
violent routines. The extraordinary popularity of their music here and
in the United States underscores the profound roots the drug industry
has sunk into North American popular culture, suggesting that millions
of fans quietly admire the smugglers' fabled wealth, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(10) MINUET IN MEXICO (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
It is fortuitous that President Clinton's first major foreign policy
decision after his acquittal in the Senate will be to affirm, once
more, that Mexico is "fully cooperating" with the United States in
combating narcotics trafficking. This gives the president an
opportunity to remind his acquitters that, in his case, dishonesty does
not stop at the boudoir's edge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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But all of this is perhaps superfluous detail. All you really need to
know about Clinton, Mexico and certification is this truth, uttered by
a wisely anonymous administration official to the Times: "This is not
about what Mexico has done. This is about convincing the Hill that
whatever Mexico has done is enough." Exactly. Whatever. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Law Enforcement & Prisons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (11-14) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A news item from Kansas reminds us that people are still being shot in
their homes by police who claim to be "protecting" them against the
evil influence of drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Articles from Wisconsin and Texas tell how our gulag relentlessly
continues to grow larger each year, fueled by "tough on drugs"
rhetoric. November Coalition's Dr. John Beresford, eloquently made an
increasingly apt comparison to Thirties Germany; it should be read in
its entirety. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(11) AUTHORITIES RELEASE ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING, SAY MARIJUANA FOUND IN HOUSE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
OSAWATOMIE -- A police raid that left an Osawatomie man dead turned up what appeared to be a small amount of marijuana, investigators said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Willie Heard, 46, was killed early Saturday -- the day before his
birthday -- when he picked up a .22-caliber rifle and confronted
officers who burst into his house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives said Tuesday that the search warrant authorized officers to look for crack cocaine, crack pipes, scales and other paraphernalia. Officers searched the house with a dog and found two or three remnants of marijuana cigarettes, said Gary Heard, Willie Heard's brother. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"That was already smoked marijuana," Gary Heard said. "There were
small little cigarettes." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(12) SHAKING THIS HABIT WILL BE TOUGH (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
No more prisons, declares Gov. Tommy Thompson. And it is an admirable
vow. But to shake its addiction to prison construction, the state needs
the full, 12-step program, not just a vow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Above all, the state needs courage and foresight on the part of
politicians - -- qualities in too short a supply to date when it has
come to prisons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
With the nation's fastest-growing inmate rolls, Wisconsin is hooked bad
on prison building. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(13) TEXAS INMATES TELL U.S. JUDGE OF ABUSES | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AUSTIN, Texas -- For three weeks, doctors, corrections officials and inmates have been describing to a federal judge the conditions in Texas' vast network of prisons, and much of the testimony from the prisoners has been a grim litany of abuses and humiliations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(14) THE NAZI COMPARISON (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Drug War prisoners that I correspond with call themselves POWs. Some
write "POW in America" in the corner of an envelope under the writer's
name and prison number. "Political prisoner" and "gulag" are terms that
enter conversation. Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle and The Gulag
Archipelago are works sometimes referred to. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
America's vast network of prisons, boot camps, and jails invites comparison with the detention machinery of former totalitarian regimes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medical Marijuana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (15-17) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eric Schlosser did it again; this time a brilliant expose of the
scope, duplicity, and dishonesty marijuana prohibition in Rolling
Stone. AIDS groups used an interesting ploy against McCzar; response
to date; dead silence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Libertarian support for Steve Kubby's case has been important in
keeping it in the news. Since the prosecution has shown no inclination
to back down, it may prove very interesting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(15) THE POLITICS OF POT- A GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
There is more and more proof that marijuana is NOT A KILLER WEED, and
yet in Bill Clinton's America, the number of pot arrests has more than
doubled | ||||||||||||||||||||||
IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF 1998, a number of events exposed the profound
irrationality of America's war on marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(16) AIDS GROUPS PLEAD FOR 'MEDICAL MARIJUANA' (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AIDS activists are concerned that a study due out next month may set back for years their hopes that marijuana will be approved for AIDS patients, and they are urging the White House drug czar to intercede. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A coalition of 17 organizations across the country fears that the
report will stop short of recommending medical marijuana as suitable
for AIDS patients, and instead call for more research. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(17) KUBBYS REASSURE LIBERTARIANS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Steve and Michelle Kubby reassured
Libertarians Sunday night that they grew marijuana solely for their
own use and had no intent to sell it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"There was no way economically we could stop growing his medicine,"
Mrs. Kubby told the crowd at the Libertarian Party's state convention,
which ended Monday in San Jose. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The worst part of their ordeal , she said, was time in the Auburn jail
where she could hear her husband vomiting but was not allowed to see
him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"This medicine (marijuana) is what keeps him alive," she said. Without
it, "they almost killed him." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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International News | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (18-20) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In Canada, medical marijuana received a powerful push from an MP;
something that couldn't happen in Congress. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia, reeling from record numbers of heroin related deaths also received the economic bill for prohibition; against this backdrop "tough on drugs" PM John Howard ran true to form and sought advice from the FBI- does this mean he thinks America's drug control policy is successful? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(18) MP'S MARIJUANA MOTION GATHERING STEAM (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Last spring, Bloc Quebecois MP Bernard Bigras spoke to a constituent suffering from AIDS who risked being jailed for six months every time he smoked marijuana to alleviate his daily nausea, vomiting and pain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Bigras is now sponsoring a motion in the House of Commons asking the
government to study the benefits of marijuana in treating the symptoms of
some illnesses. Mr. Bigras is suggesting that Health Canada conduct a
three-year research program involving 400 to 600 patients before
considering legalizing the substance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Bigras's motion will force the government to come up with a position on this issue before it comes to a vote in May. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(19) ADDICTS FUEL 7 BIL. INDUSTRY (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AUSTRALIA'S illegal drug trade rivals the country's biggest industries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The $7 billion illegal drug trade is equal in size to the oil industry
and bigger than the tobacco industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
It also represents more money than Australians spend on gas,
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Economic analysts said the drug trade could be worth up to $9.6 billion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(20) FREEH ADVICE ON DRUGS: INJECT MONEY AND POLITICAL WILL (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
John Howard may not like everything the director of the FBI, Louis Freeh, has to tell him about how to win the war on drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In Mr Freeh's thinking, that fight requires two key ingredients - an abundance of funding and an equally generous amount of political will. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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HOT OFF THE 'NET (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Happy99.exe virus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thanks to Peter Webster for the info below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SO WHAT DOES THIS WORM DO? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Happy99.exe virus may be coming to you as an attached file to your
Email DO NOT OPEN OR CLICK ON IT. Unlike many of the hoaxes that are
regularly announced around the web this one is real. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Happy99.exe is more of a nuisance than a threat. It doesn't delete
any files on your computer. It doesn't open a "back door" into your
computer. Basically, every time you send an e-mail or post to a
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KUBBY WEB SITE UPDATED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Steve Kubby for Governor Page, http://www.kubby.com/ has been
updated to include the nearly fifty articles that have appeared in
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Windows "Tune Up" Hints | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Does it seem that your computer takes forever to boot up? Do your
programs open up very slowly? Maybe it's time we use those system tools
that are included with Microsoft Window's 95. Here is a list of some of
these "Computer Tuning Tools" and a brief description of what they do.
Click on the "Start" button, then go into "Programs", then on to
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