Word: plot
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...much, if a report in an Israeli newspaper is to be believed. Ha'aretz, normally a sedate read, went wild Wednesday with claims that the Cold War flick inspired Israeli intelligence agents to hypnotize a young Arab prisoner into attempting to assassinate Yasser Arafat nearly 30 years ago. The plot, allegedly the brainchild of Major Benjamin Shalit, chief psychologist in the Israeli navy, seems too ridiculous for words -- the 28-year old Palestinian, codename "Fathi," was supposedly brainwashed and dispatched over the border with an exploding two-way radio. He passed it on to Arafat, but the booby trap failed...
...true, the made-in-Hollywood plot is sure to go down in history next to the legendary CIA bid to blow up Castro with an exploding cigar. Can Arafat confirm it? Not likely -- the Palestinian leader has seen way too much skullduggery in his time for this to stick out. "There were several attempts to assassinate him," says a PLO security aide, "but I don't recall an incident with a radio...
...another PR salvo against Bin Laden, intelligence sources have told Newsday that the terror boss was responsible for two plots to kill President Clinton. The sources said FBI agents had learned from captured suspects that a plot to kill the President during a visit to the Philippines was abandoned because of tight security, while a second assassination plot was to have been attempted during Clinton's canceled Pakistan visit. If the reports are true, Washington would do well to beef up security for next week's Moscow trip -- after all, Bin Laden is also alleged to have trained a number...
...that scenario in the real Washington's hands, though, and suddenly every plot point's a Pentagon toilet seat. Thursday's diversion cost at least $75 million, at a million per cruise missile, for all of an hour's work. No figures available on Clinton's first diversion, that February tango with Saddam, but those battleships sure don't run on solar power. And as overhead, you've got Ken Starr. At $40 million, the taxpayers would certainly have been better entertained by two Brandos and a Jim Carrey...
...navigation package that can be installed on PCs. If you want to get fancy, you can buy one of the car-based global-positioning devices, like StreetPilot GPS, by Garmin of Olathe, Kans., for under $550. Using signals from satellites, these devices tell you where you are and plot your course...