FBI Agent Held Without Bond on Spy Charges (washingtonpost.com)
FBI Agent Held Without Bond on Spy Charges

By David A. Vise and Brooke A. Masters
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 20, 2001; 2:05 PM
A long-time FBI agent has been charged with spying for Moscow for 15 years, including accusations that he handed over highly classified documents and betrayed American intelligence sources in exchange for more than $1.4 million.
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Isn’t this special!! And the FBI has been trying to blame all their problems on a poor Chinaman. I’ll bet Wen Ho Lee is busting a gut over this one right about now.

Nine Hikers Shot Dead in Colombia Nine Hikers Shot Dead in Colombia

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:02 p.m. ET
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The nine young men and women hiked through ancient ruins, rugged peaks and valleys and to the foothills of a snowcapped volcano. There, in the breathtaking Colombian Andes, they were shot execution-style — most with one bullet to the head.
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There will be more and more of this as civil war in Columbia grows. As usual, the US is integral in this mess because of the Billion odd dollars we’ve committed to their war.

FindLaw’s Writ – Legal Commentary WHY AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MARC RICH PARDON IS IMMINENT
By JOHN DEAN
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Starting to look more and more like Rich was pardoned on behalf of favors he did for Israel. Interesting to note that it has taken several weeks for this info to trickle out. The Republicans would still like us to believe he was ‘purchased’ out by political contributions. In any event, I hope they’re as pissed off at Clinton as we progressives are about the Supreme (kangaroo) Court decision handing the presidency to Bush.