Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 4 2003 Q Nation : WASHINGTON (AP) — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed wu actively plotting attacks against commercial sites in the United States and targets in the Arabian peninsula US coun- -i terterrorism officials said Monday Intelligence about Mohammed's activities led in part to the orange alert that lasted most of February said these officials speaking on condition of anonymity “Some of the concerns we had that caused us to raise die threat level were attributable to the planning he was involved in” Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told reporters Monday “There were multiple reasons that we raised the threat levekandhistplationtooneofthe plot lines wasioe of the seveniL" Authorities recovered a huge v amount of infonnation about at Qaida at the house in Pakistan where Mohammed and two others were arrested early Saturday a senior law enforcement official said Monday This includes computers disks cell phones and documents that authorities believe will provide ' i names locations and potential teiv racist plots of in the ' States and around the world United Mohammed also was believed by US officials to have details about the group's finances FBI and CIA officials were described as working around the clock to pore over the seized infer- - p ‘"Mil matron to more arrests could be made 'There was also the fearthat even as officials work feverishly on die i case some of die opera and methods of the interrogators’ Mohammed's willingness to talk and - f- t:3 thatM honing is gaining inte could heTquickhf disrupt attacks 1? being planned or lead to added pre the opposite effet of pushing al-Qaida cells to accelerate plots in the United States and elsewhere rather than run the risked being captured V Mohammed’s interrogators — whether firom die CIA FBI or from a foreign security service — are V working against the dock His information about impending terrorist operations and die location ’ of leaden ! officials said That toufcf mean a domestic taw ? enfbrcement raid to break up a cell ready to strike or an increase of security at areas Mohammed names as targets subject to imminent A: I gv J JihT-- : on Saturday In brief y denies unprecedented $300 billion deficits a record GOP WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is on track to amass annual federal deficits this year and next exceeding $300 billion for the first time Republicans insist the red ink would not be a record a contention Democrats reject in a linguistic duel less about economics than politics “They’re not always engaged in an academic search for truth" Indiana University economics professor Willard Witte said of both parties Economists agree the most meaningful way to compare historic budget figures is to factor in changes in the dollar’s value or the size of the economy Republicans say that when inflation is considered there have: been nine shortfalls since World War II worse than the projected deficits for 2003 and 2004 GOP campaign Even so that argument is part of a weeks-lon- g to downplay their deficit forecasts in hopes of aiding congressional passage of President Bush’s proposed $146 trillion in fresh tax cuts over the next decade “They’re engaged in trying to cany the day in some policy argument” Witte said of the two parties “so they’re bound to interpret the truth in the light that makes their case most strong- - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The police chief refused to join six top aides who stepped aside Monday while protecu-- i ton investigate alleged to cover up a street - r i AP photo ctoss In saying the Pledge Andrea Delaney left and Frands Kwh right joined others in their of Allegiance at the Barbara Comstock Mope Elementary School in tfw Ek Grove Unified School District in Sacramento Calif on Monday NEW YORK (AP) — ImClone Systems founder Samuel Waksal pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and wire fraud admitting that he avoided paying $12 million in taxes for paintings he purchased in the past three years Waksal a friend of Martha Stewart has i aa insider-tradin- g e California school district to appeal pledge ruling “ scan-lWaksa- l’s March 17 ELK GROVE CalifAP) 4hc sentencing because of the new irSSTMHKGrove UnfflO?5OTlTfia L charges Waksfcl attorney Mtirk Ptaf&ahft saRET his client has talked with tire government about MrSebdOf District WiU askhe— fcd1e nftfifftand the i “securities trading conduct by otherpeople” Court to overf Samutf judiciary the 9th US Qsritit stressed turn an appealscourt ruling the did not mean to imply! Waksal Court of Appeals ruled in Waksal had spoken about Stewart that found die use of die Newdow’s favor last summer Prosecutors said the artwork tax fraud charges arose from classin of declaring that use of the Pledge Allegiance their investigation into ImClone the biotechnology company rooms to be unconstitutional pledge in public schools vioschool officials said Monday lates i the Constitution because formerly headed by Waksal Waksal entered the plea before US District Judge William H District Superintendent it includes die words “under Dave Gordon also said attorGod” which amounts to a Pauley who asked him “Did you understand sir that what you were doing was wrong and illegal?” will ask an for extension government endorsement of neys “Yes I did sir” Waksal answered of die current stay which religion On Friday the San Francisco-bexpires next Monday which ased would allow school children 9th Circuit stood by in its decision that schools canto continuing reciting the FAIRFAX Va (AP) — A judge rejected news media requests not have youngsters recite the pledge each morning Students in this Sacramento Monday to allow still and television cameras in the courtroom pledge suburb started their school day Michael Gulden principal for the trial of sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo with the Barbara Comstock Morse “I am concerned with the possible prejudice to Mr Malvo at of Monday Pledge the But whether still cameras or TV cameras” Circuit Judge Jane if stay Allegiance Elementary School said isn’t granted he said die disteachers haven’t explained to Marum Roush said a hearing the students yet what the rultrict will “absolutely follow She did approve a request from Fairfax County to allow a closed-circu- it the law” and stop the daily broadcast to an overflow courtroom for extra ing means The recitation families “I don’t dunk a lot of kids victims’ and prosecution objected only reporters The district will substitute to a televised broadcast while Malvo’s lawyers opposed any would understand” he said broadcast other patriotic exercises to “For older kids it’s somecameras including a closed-circu- it start the day such as a song a thing they’ve done every day Malvo 18 and John Allen Muhammad 42 have been since they started school” accused of shooting 19 people killing 13 of them poem or quotes from historic figures he said but will not consider reciting die pledge without the words “under God” Gordon said — Four MONTEREY Mass (AP) people survived a small “We feel strongly that the their three the relatives of crash that in killed snowy plane words ’under God’ do not mountains of southwestern Massachusetts state police said push religion on children but Monday reflect this country’s history” “It’s quite a miracle that four people were able to survive” Gordon said State Police Sgt David Paine said Authorities said the surThe Elk Grove district was vivors were taken to Albany Medical Center in Albany N Y the target of a lawsuit that Their conditions were not immediately known brought the pledge into federThe plane with a New Hampshire family of seven on board al court Michael INewdow a Beartown State Forest the the in at near was spotted midday Sacramento atheist sued the Connecticut and New York state lines schools alleging that his Searchers had been combing the area for any sign of the engine Piper Cherokee Six since flight controllers lost radio daughter shouldn’t be subjected to collective recitations of contact Sunday evening I r - Media curbs imposed offi- off-(hi-ty Police Chief Earl Sanders will take a medical leave but will not step down his attor- - third-grad- ImClone founder admits fraud involving cers 1 ly’ Police Chief charged with felony says he won’t quit sniper case Ek Grove Unified School District Superintendent Dave Gordon tele reporters that the datrict wM ask Ihe US Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that ruled the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional during a news conference in Sacramento Calif on Monday Alex Fagan St and eight other officers lace felony charges for their I fight over a I inNovembet The Police Commissioo last week agreed not to suspend Sanders or the others District Attorney Terence Hallinan declared that “no one in San Francisco is above the law” “I understand the public feelings of shock outrage anger and apprehension” he said during a news conference at which he rejected accusa-Mayor Willie Brown ha criticized Hallinan for bringing dte indrdments and urged California’s attorney general to throw out the charges “San Francisco does not need to have the entire command staff jeopardized” said Brown who promoted both Sanders and Fagan last after a San Francisco C cle investigation found police solved only 28 percent of the city’s violent crimes the worst record of any major US city Several experts reached all the way back to 1860s New York when the fall of Boss Tweed’s Tammany Hall took noth of the city s leader ship to find a comparison to what’s happening here A San Francisco police chief was last indicted by a grand jury in 1906 when Jeremiah Dinan was accused of bribery and extortion 3 killed 4 survive plane crash single-- Mar 5 6 7 2003 Time: 9:00 am Location: 880 East 1250 North - 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