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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The great debate over the quality of US intelligence in Iraq re-introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) CIA director George Tenet's methodical case in defense of the agency's handling of intelligence presented. [TENET - talks about the intelligence business; states no one told us what to say; defends the conclusions about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's weapons.] [Senator Carl LEVIN - says the administration made it {the danger from Iraq} sound "imminent."] [Former Iraqi WMD search adviser David KAY†- says we suffered a generation loss of faith in our intelligence.] President Bush's declaration that he did the right thing in invading Iraq noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Martha Raddatz) Last year's case for war with Iraq presented at the U.N. by Secretary of State Colin Powell with Tenet's support re-examined; satellite images shown at the U.N. of trucks re-shown. [February 5, 2003, POWELL - says we are giving facts based on solid intelligence; states "we know..."; says a human source has corroborated the movement of chemical weapons.] [Today, TENET - comments on sources on Iraqi experiments with weapons.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's pardon of scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who admitted selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya & North Korea, reported. Statement from the U.N.'s Mohamed el-Baradei that Khan was the "tip of the iceberg" in Pakistan noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Studio: Brian Ross) A videotape showing men preparing for last November's suicide bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reviewed; excerpts shown of the making of an Al Qaeda terror attack, including the faces of the two suicide bombers & the repainted truck. [ABC consultant Dick CLARKE†- says the tape looks like the real thing; notes the equipment looks American manufactured.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Cochran) The government's release of the first tape from inside the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, featured; pictures shown to illustrate life at the camp for the detainees; details given about how the prisoners are treated. [Army Sgt. Rayonse ROWE†- talks about why prisoners cooperate.] [Amnesty International USA Curt GOERING†- says the prisoners are in a legal black hole.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Germany's clearing of a Moroccan accused of helping the September 11 terrorist attack reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The police questioning of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon about a corruption scandal involving him & his son reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Betsy Stark) The cross-examination in the Martha Stewart trial of former stock broker's assistant Douglas Faneuil about a coverup of her ImClone stock sale examined; questions from Peter Bacanovic's lawyer David Apfel† to Faneuil about whether he was asked to lie & about Faneuil's personal view of Stewart quoted; courtroom sketches by Christine Cornell shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by Representative Richard Gephardt that he will endorse presidential candidate Senator John Kerry & Howard Dean's decision to focus on the Wisconsin primary reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The purchase by a Russian oil baron of the Faberge† collection that belonged to the late publisher Malcolm Forbes reported; pictures of the intricate eggs shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A closer look at retirement health benefits introduced; statistics cited.
(Chicago: Dean Reynolds) The problem of corporations downgrading health coverage for retired workers examined; Kaiser Family Foundation/Hewitt Associates findings on insurance premiums cited. [Lucent Technologies retiree Bob JARRIDGE‡- talks about his rising medical deductions.] [National Business Group on Health president Helen DARLING†, Northwestern University professor David MESSICK†- offer differing opinions on the companies' point of view of insurance costs.] [Johns Manville retiree Ed BETANARDI‡- expresses disgust.] The cost of a government-supported retirement plan noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Krulwich) The importance of the first impression made by the 2004 presidential candidates examined; details given about a study on quick first impressions. [Psychology professor Nalami IMBADI‡- outlines her research findings.]
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