Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Aaron Brown) A series of sobering warnings about terrorist attacks on the US noted.

(Washington: Kelli Arena) The issue of the inevitability of suicide bombings in the US and the threat of bombings in apartment buildings and water purification systems examined; statement from FBI director Robert Mueller quoted. [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says it is a possibility here.] [terrorism expert Bruce HOFFMAN - says it could happen anywhere.] [Representative Porter GOSS - says there has to be a balance in the warnings.] [National security adviser Condoleezza RICE - says we are getting a volume of information.] The government plan to give lie detector tests to workers to get leads in the anthrax story discussed.

(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Time magazine editor-at- large Michael Elliott about terrorism and the intelligence system. [ELLIOTT - says everyone recognized there were intelligence failures and that President Bush did all he could; outlines the four mistakes made: the "Phoenix memo" that "nailed" the threat, the initial arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui that was not elevated sufficiently, Rice's mistake about hijacking planes and the administration view that an overseas attack was more likely than a domestic attack; reviews the "Phoenix memo."]

(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with former CIA director Robert Gates about the question of terrorist warnings and intelligence gathering. [From Mount Vernon, WA, GATES - says the administration handled the intelligence information pretty well; states the problem was a lack of specific information about when an attack might take place; outlines measures that might have been taken; says the Office of Homeland Security is trying to make a "fusion center" for information.]