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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pierre Thomas) Supreme Court's agreement to hear the case of suspected terrorist Jose Padilla, who is being held as an "enemy combatant" without access to an attorney or to his family, featured. [June 10, 2002, Attorney General John ASHCROFT - says Padilla was a terrorist with a "dirty bomb."] [Padilla attorney Donna NEWMAN†- says Padilla is in a "legal black hole."] [Maryland law school professor Michael GREENBERGER†- says the question is whether the president can deprive an enemy combatant of access.] [Former White House associate counsel Bradford BERENSON†- cites the overriding national objective.] The other Supreme Court cases on terrorism enumerated: whether prisoners at Guantanamo Bay should have access to courts & whether Yasir Hamdi, who was captured in Afghanistan, should be removed from military custody.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush's naming of William Pryor to the federal appeals court while Congress was out of town reported; details given of Pryor's opposition to abortion.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Betsy Stark) The conclusion of the prosecution's case in the trial of Martha Stewart on matters related to her sale of ImClone stock reviewed; details given of the defense's examination of Stewart's friend witness Mariana Pasternak† about the timing of the sale of her stock & of the earlier testimonies. [Criminal defense attorney James WALDEN†- outlines the problems in the case against Stewart.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jake Tapper) The angry reaction of Democrats to the coming announcement of whether Ralph Nader will run for the presidency examined. [Former Gore chief of staff Ron KLAIN†- says former Vice President Al Gore would be president if Nader had not run in 2000.] [NADER - says only Gore could beat Gore.] [Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAULIFFE - says we can't afford to have Nader in the race.] [ABC political director Mark HALPERIN†- outlines the problems facing Nader.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The fact that the Secret Service is not with presidential candidate Senator John Kerry noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The refusal of the California court to stay San Francisco's giving out of marriage licenses to gays & the availability of same-sex marriage licenses in rural New Mexico reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The latest general election in Iran introduced.
(Tehran: Jim Sciutto) Life inside Iran featured; scenes shown from Tehran, where young people are testing the limits of Islamic society; details given of the state control of the political system. [Three young IRANIANS - outline what the young people are doing.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The arrival of a US military team in Haiti to review the security situation reported; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince where foreigners are leaving due to the violence against the rule of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Yellowstone National Park: Barry Serafin) The debate about the bison of Yellowstone National Park, who are at peril when they cross a line out of the park because of ranchers' efforts to keep them away from cattle, featured; scenes shown of the bison herds being shot; details given of concern in Montana about the disease brucellosis. [Rancher Frank RIEGLER†- opposes bison.] [National Parks Conservation Assn. Tony JEWETT†- says there are no cases of disease transmission in the wild.] [Yellowstone biologist Rick WALLEN†- says there is no tolerance for the buffalo beyond the park.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Sergey Brin†† & Larry Page††, inventors of the Google computer search engine, profiled; details given about what is available via Google & how fast it now operates; biographical photos shown of the two young men. [BRIN, PAGE - talk about their development of Google, their early interest in computers, their office/campus, their philosophies of life.]
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