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Asbestos -- It's Still Killing
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch showed how asbestos is still very much a part of everyday life for Americans. "Most Americans believe the government banned asbestos years ago. Most Americans are wrong. Three days after the attacks on the World Trade Center ... EPA Administrator Christie Whitman (told) New Yorkers that they faced no danger from asbestos in the enormous dust storm that inundated Lower Manhattan. ... She was being fed information based on Federal agencies continuing to use 20-year-old technology. (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch) followed civilian scientists and physicians through the streets and dwellings of New York as they used the newest methods to collect and analyze asbestos. (The Post-Dispatch) reported that (the) EPA was not testing any apartments or offices. (The newspaper) reported that the asbestos contamination in many of these dwellings were far (above) the government safety level."
Tags: September 11; terrorist attacks; asbestos; EPA; Christie Whitman
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Echelon
A CBS News 60 Minutes investigation discovers that a top-secret, "little-known system called Echelon is able to intercept virtually any electronic transmission worldwide." The story reports on the European Union concerns over corporate espionage by the NSA. It finds that "the Echelon program is far more vast than the EU had presented, and that the globe is peppered with huge spy stations..." The report reveals that, while the American National Security Agency "is forbidden by American law to spy on American citizens, .... Canada and England do the spying on behalf of the NSA and simply send the information to their American colleagues." The investigation finds that these two countries "use the same loophole to get around their own domestic surveillance rules," and uncovers reports that Echelon has listened in on late Princess Diana, Amnesty International and Greenpeace.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; FOIA; intelligence; national security; Federation of American Scientists; Menwith Hill; House Intelligence Committee; Congress; traffic; parliament; encryption; law enforcement