INSIGHT NEWS ALERT! New stories from Insight on the News are now online. http://www.insightmag.com ............................................... Folks, best wishes on America’s 226th birthday! Here in Washington we’re keeping our spirits high and our eyes peeled as we prepare to celebrate with the rest of the country. Let’s hope all the security precautions turn out to be a waste of time. Anyway, check out Arnaud de Borchgrave’s stunner on al-Qaeda’s e-mails if you have the time http://www.insightmag.com/news/257229.html. We’ve got a gourmet menu of new articles for you today. From the Bunker, I’m your newsman in Washington, wishing all of us a glorious Independence Day. ............................................... DISTURBING READING—AL-QAEDA’S ENCRYPTED E-MAILS Arnaud de Borchgrave reveals that the U.S. intelligence community is convinced that al-Qaeda has already activated "sleeper" agents in the U.S. http://www.insightmag.com/news/257229.html ............................................... FOREST SERVICE BLOWING SMOKE OVER THE DEATHS OF FIREFIGHTERS Michelle Malkin writes that Terry Barton, a U.S. Forest Service ranger, recently was charged with intentionally setting the largest wildfire in Colorado history. It is a black mark on the beleaguered federal agency. But it's not the blackest mark. ... http://www.insightmag.com/news/257031.html ............................................... DID THE UAW OBSTRUCT JUSTICE? In this investigative report, Michael Munday writes that, in winning a controversial jury verdict, the United Auto Workers seem to have obstructed justice. http://www.insightmag.com/news/256945.html ======================================== Pat Boone’s 7 Reasons to Own Gold! http://www.fame-inc.com/MultiReg/index.asp?CC=30 ======================================== PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD---BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ISRAEL Don Feder writes that in the past Bush has cautioned that statehood can only come after the slaughter ceases and democratic reform — the first ever in the Arab world — takes place. Still, Secretary of State Colin Powell and others are pushing the president to pick up his pom-poms and act as a cheerleader for a Palestinian state. ... http://www.insightmag.com/news/256965.html ............................................... IS MEDICARE BEING TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS? Peter Pitts asks if Americans have checked their pockets. http://www.insightmag.com/news/257314.html ............................................... WHY ARAFAT WANTS IT ALL Mona Charen tells us that there was a time when most Palestinians truly wanted a separate state. Arafat never did. And while accepting Nobel prizes and red carpets from governments the world over, he has remade the Palestinians in his own image. They are now a nation of terrorists. http://www.insightmag.com/news/256966.html ............................................... HARRY BINGHAM---PROFILE IN COURAGE This U.S. Foreign Service officer is finally being recognized, after he ignored his bosses at Foggy Bottom and saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, at the cost of his career. http://www.insightmag.com/news/256953.html ............................................... DO WE NEED ANOTHER CABINET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY? Sean Paige says that the Bush administration not only has capitulated to Congress on whether the nation needs a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security, but also upped the ante by throwing everything into the pot but the kitchen sink. http://www.insightmag.com/news/256964.html ======================================== SUBSCRIBE TO INSIGHT TODAY! Save $50.83 (Off Our Newsstand Price) https://www.collegepublisher.com/insightsub/subform1.cfm ======================================== You have received this newsletter because you have a user name and password at Insight on the News. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, visit "http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=unsubscribe". You may also log into Insight on the News and edit your account preferences on the Web. If you have forgotten or don't know your user name and password, it will be emailed to you after visiting the following link: http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=emailPassword&serialNumber=16oai891z5&email=cypherpunks@ssz.com