Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories):
1. Clarke Hasn't Apologized for Rwandan Genocide?
2. Pentagon Reveals al-Qaida's Ties to Saddam
3. U.S. Now 'Fingerprinting' Nuclear Dust
4. Jeb Bush Considers White House Run In 2008?

1. Clarke Hasn't Apologized for Rwandan Genocide?

A former intelligence official that worked in the U.S. government during the Clinton years tells NewsMax that though the Rwandan genocide of the '90s was the subject of headlines blazing the word "genocide" throughout the world, U.S. officials were not allowed to use the "G" word.

The source told us that it was Richard Clarke's office at the National Security Council who decided in October of 1993 not to back up the Rwanda peace plan with adequate UN troops.

Then, in the spring of 1994, Clarke - Special Assistant to the President for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs from 1993 to 1997 -- and Madeline Albright decided to allow the bloodshed to continue because of growing Congressional criticism on peacekeeping policy.

"They decided to hang the Rwandans out to dry because they feared losing points at home if they expanded peacekeeping further or more U.S. troops died," our source told us.

"Later, when the French tried to send troops after fighting broke out, Albright again tried to block sending in troops."

Though Albright later claimed that the administration did not understand how bad the situation was and that it happened too fast to react to, our source said the Clinton administration had warnings about the genocide in February of 1994.

Also, the Rwandan killings occurred over a 100-day period.

It was Clarke who was coordinating Clinton peacekeeping policy in late 1993 and throughout 1994. And Clarke was responsible for formulating the U.S. response, our source said.

"Their strategy at the time was to fall back on their flawed peacekeeping policy until after the November 1994 elections."

And in this passage from her book "A Problem from Hell," Samantha Power writes, "At the NSC the person who managed Rwanda policy was ... Richard Clarke, who oversaw peacekeeping policy ... Donald Steinberg managed the Africa portfolio at the NSC and tried to look out for the dying Rwandans, but he was not an experienced in-fighter, and, colleagues say, he 'never won a single argument' with Clarke."

We're not holding our breath waiting for Clarke to say he's sorry for failing the Rwandans.

2. Pentagon Reveals al-Qaida's Ties to Saddam

A U.S. senator this week told NewsMax.com's Washington correspondent Wes Vernon of previously overlooked evidence linking al-Qaida and Iraq.

Testimony going back to months before the war in Iraq shows that the Bush administration had reliable intelligence of the link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

That would tend to throw cold water on some of the news reports on the stormy hearings of the 9/11 commission that suggest there was no link between the bloody dictator and the terrorists who later plotted the 9/11 attacks.

Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith told senators in October 2002 that the administration had "solid reporting of senior-level contacts between Iraq and al-Qaida going back a decade."

Under questioning by Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. and Carl Levin, D-Mich., Feith added that credible information indicated that Iraq and al-Qaida had discussed havens and reciprocal non-aggression.

It was also brought out at the Senate hearing that since the War on Terror began following 9/11, solid evidence had emerged of the presence in Iraq of al-Qaida members, including some who have been in Baghdad.

It was learned too that al-Qaida leaders sought contacts in Iraq who could help them acquire capabilities for weapons of mass destruction. The reporting also stated that Iraq had provided training to al-Qaida members in poisons and gases and making conventional bombs.

The testimony takes on added significance now in light of election-year carping against the wartime president, especially with the implications or outright claims that there was no link between Saddam and al-Qaida.

3. U.S. Now 'Fingerprinting' Nuclear Dust

In preparation for a potential nuclear 9/11, Uncle Sam is pulling out some "fingerprinting" techniques that have been collecting dust since the end of the Cold War.

New Mexico's Sandia National Labs are devising ways to collect and study a bombsite's nuclear dust -- in order to identify the country from which terrorists obtained the nuclear materials.

The Week reports that the government wants the capability to trace a nuke or a "dirty" bomb to its originating location.

"We're hoping for deterrence," said Dr. Charles B. Richardson. "We don't want anyone to think they can get away with it."

The Labs' researchers are also working on a robot that could travel as far as 10 miles into a bombed city and collect samples of radioactive material for testing.

If such a catastrophic event were to happen, would you want a President Kerry on duty?

4. Jeb Bush Considers White House Run In 2008?

With seven months to go until the presidential election, some are already discussing a Bush victory in 2008.

Of the many Bush books hitting the shelves is Peter and Rochelle Schweizer's "The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty." The new book claims Florida Governor Jeb will likely make a run for older brother W.'s job.

Even if he didn't win he would also make history, as the first candidate to seek the office of the presidency after it was held by both his father and a brother.

He's already made history as the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term in Florida, and he did that after the controversy over whether George Bush won Florida.

BusinessWeek reports that Bush donors "have been asked to keep their powder dry" for 2008. And as Jeb's term as governor ends in 2006, he'll have two years to raise campaign funds.

Of course, one of the Gov's staff dismissed the rumor, insisting that Jeb Bush is "focused on running the state."