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1. Tenet, Powell Setting Up Bush?
2. Europe Furious With U.S. Demands
3. New Reagan Documents Surface
4. Charles Barkley: Democrats Keep Blacks Poor
5. Bill & Hillary Clinton Library Program

1. TENET, POWELL SETTING UP BUSH?

Is George Bush being sandbagged by his own appointees?

A top-level Reagan national security advisor says he has no doubt that is the case.

This week the CIA, perhaps at the direction of George Tenet, cleverly leaked the now- famous memo wherein Director George Tenet warns that the threat from Iraq is indeed small, but if we attack Iraq, the possibility of Iraqi retaliation is very high.

Some Washington watchers say the leaked memo is Tenet at his best.

On one hand, he is offering the president confidential advice. On the other hand, the memo puts him on record warning of problems if we do invade Iraq.

If disaster happens here in the U.S. after the U.S. invasion -- a strong likelihood -- Tenet will be in the safest political position.

Having warned the administration, it will be difficult for the president to fire Tenet. After all, the Democrats will view Tenet as a hero who warned of calamity.

Meanwhile, lost in all the smoke will be the fact that Tenet as head of the CIA bears responsibility for the catastrophic intelligence failure of 9/11, not to mention any future Iraqi counterstrikes here in the U.S.

Back to our friend in the Reagan administration who we met recently at a clandestine dinner.

Our friend, who has been touted by some on Capitol Hill as a replacement for Tenet, reported to us before the leaked memo surfaced this past week that Tenet had aligned himself against the hawk faction seeking to confront Saddam.

Both Tenet and Powell strongly oppose war but are too smart to challenge Bush and the hawks head on.

Instead, Tenet, Powell and the State Department have worked feverishly to make a final war action difficult.

Additionally, Condi Rice made the fatal mistake of appointing her National Security staff from career State Department officials.

Republicans in previous administrations discovered that State Department personnel couldn't be counted on to carry out presidential policy plans, and thus political appointees were used for the NSC staff as a counterweight to State.

But Condi, who has little experience in bureaucratic infighting, fell for the trap.

Case in point was the administration's U.N. strategy.

Our friend says that Bush's visit to the U.N. and his courting of U.N. support for a strong resolution had turned into a disaster.

Source explained: "The minute the White House knew that three of the five permanent members of the Security Council -- China, Russia and France -- all opposed a strong resolution against Iraq, Bush should have taken another path and not emphasized the U.N."

"This is a no-brainer," our source continued, saying that the State Department folks and Powell knew that this was the wrong approach and doomed to failure.

Bush went along because this it what he was advised to do. But his advisers want him to fail, and they want so much international opposition that it will thwart his plans. If Bush proceeds, he will do so against international sentiment and at high diplomatic cost.

2. EUROPE FURIOUS WITH U.S. DEMANDS

Still another reason the U.N. approach may have been a mistaken one is the anger it has engendered among European allies.

The Europeans believe that the Bush administration has made unreasonable demands on the Iraqis, demands so high they are tantamount to an occupation, demands that will never be accepted by the Iraqis

Here is the listing of some of these demands, as published by Britain's Guardian:

The U.S.(as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council) can ask to be present on any inspection team and thus gain access to any part of the country.

The inspectors can set up bases throughout the country. They will be accompanied at those bases by soldiers under the U.N. banner sufficient to protect them.

The U.N. will have the right to declare no-fly, no-drive and exclusion zones, ground and air transit corridors, to be enforced either by the U.N. or by member states that could include the U.S.

Iraq must agree to free and unrestricted landing of aircraft, including unmanned spy planes.

The U.N. can take anyone it wishes to interview out of Iraq, along with his or her family.

Any false information provided by Iraq or any failure to comply with the resolution would automatically entitle member states to use all necessary means to restore international peace.

3. NEW REAGAN DOCUMENTS SURFACE

NewsMax was the first to report on thousands of documents that were unearthed in the personal papers of former President Reagan.

These documents proved that Reagan wrote almost his speeches, columns and radio addresses from the time he left the California governorship until he was inaugurated.

The documents formed the basis of the best-selling book "Reagan In His Own Hand." This book deflated liberal myths that Reagan was just a non-thinking puppet, an actor playing a role.

Now we hear that some 10,000 pieces of Reagan's personal correspondence throughout his life have been discovered.

These documents will form the basis of another blockbuster book, to be published next year.

The letters show that Reagan was not only a prolific writer, but intimately involved in the details of his political career, the development of his ideological beliefs, and the formation and running of his administration.

The letters are said to bare many revelations about Reagan's private views on a myriad of issues, as well as his relationship behind the scenes with major political figures, including Eisenhower, Nixon, Thatcher and the pope.

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4. CHARLES BARKLEY: DEMOCRATS KEEP BLACKS POOR

You may have caught Charles Barkley on the talk show circuit promoting his new book, "I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It." But you can be sure you didn't hear about Barkley's political views.

For sure, Barkley does not follow the party line among African-American celebs -- especially when it comes to politics.

In fact, the ever-outspoken former NBA star and current TBS/TNT broadcast celebrity has a few choice words for Democrats, the GOP ... all Americans, in fact. In his new book Barkley holds forth on everything political.

He writes that after published reports suggested he might become a Republican, his concerned mother said to him, "Charles, Republicans are for rich people."

He answered her succinctly, "Mom, I'm rich."

Barkley has a few other things to say:

He wonders, if our system is so inclusive, why there are no black or Hispanic governors. How many black or Latino senators are there, even though their combined numbers make up 20 percent of the U.S. population?

The National Republican Black Caucus sent people to speak with Barkley, but, he wrote, "I understand how the game works." He wants to help, but Barkley wants his hometown of Leeds and downtown Birmingham, Ala., to be rebuilt first.

He will not be a token black for any party.

He doesn't want to be someone who sits around counting his money, never helping anyone. "There's no way God allowed me to make all this money ... and not help people improve their lives."

He also drops this bomb on readers: "The biggest misconception is that the Democratic Party does so much to help poor people. In a whole lot of cases, the Democratic Party keeps people poor."

He goes on to say that nearly every person in his hometown is a Democrat, and their lives are no better than they were 20 years ago.

Asked if he will run for governor of Alabama himself, Barkley says, "Next year!"

He says he's retired, relaxing and trying to figure out what life has in store for him. He thinks that private enterprise might be a better way than politics to help people.

5. BILL & HILLARY CLINTON LIBRARY PROGRAM

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Now NewsMax has launched a special "Reach America" program that allows you to donate a copy of "Catastrophe" to your local library, school, public official -- or anyone you think should read this book.

Putting this book in libraries is especially effective. By becoming part of the library archive, this book becomes part of the permanent history of 9/11 -- and will be viewed by generations to come.

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