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...sign a U.S.-sponsored "bridging" proposal that outlines conditions for a cease-fire--outraged Sharon, who told a group of Jewish-American fund raisers the Secretary was making a "tragic mistake."And after the Friday bombing, White House aides opened an escape hatch for Powell, saying Bush wanted to consult with him soon. "Ultimately the President is going to expect him to come home and make a report," a senior aide says...
...Attorney General's announcement restricts one of the most basic of American rights, the right to consult a lawyer in private. This right - protected by the Constitution's Fourth Amendment - is not limited to those facing criminal prosecution, but rather applies to all sorts of legal counseling. Much of what clients discuss privately with lawyers is embarrassing or sensitive: family disputes, personal finances, health care issues...
...Attorney General worries that some overzealous lawyers will cross the ethical line, a more limited intrusion would be to create a roster of approved lawyers who meet the highest ethical standards - say, former Justice Department officials - and allow inmates to consult confidentially with any lawyer on that list. This approach would allow honest inmates to consult honest lawyers without government agents listening in on every word...
...meantime, short of hiring a professional, consumers are left to consult books, websites or knowledgeable friends and neighbors. Almita and Jim Ranstrom, retirees in their 70s who live on Vashon Island near Seattle and run a computer club, refer their members to The Little Network Book by Lon Poole and John Rizzo and invite people over to look at their home network. "Some people are still intimidated by their computers," says Almita. "It's not that what you're doing is hard; it's all the jargon...
Perhaps it's time for ANDREA THOMPSON to consult a career counselor. Two years ago, she quit her job on NYPD Blue and left acting behind to become a broadcast journalist. After a stint as a reporter at a TV station in New Mexico, she headed to CNN amid much controversy over the blurring of lines between news and entertainment, and some now infamous photos taken of Thompson when she was acting in films that could have got her busted by Detective Sipowicz. Now, after seven months of toiling as an anchor for the network's Headline News...