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...September 25, Shannon Hall, the location ofthe Center for International Affairs (CFIA),suffered a violent bomb attack by theWeathermen--a radical splinter of SDS. Theexplosion caused physical damage to the buildingand ignited fear around campus...
...also helps that she's funny and exuberant, salting her conversation with north Georgia expressions that cannot be published in a family magazine. Shannon does some of her best work in biker bars and other places where she can meet her sources-from both sides of the law -- without their being spotted...
...profile is proving difficult to maintain. When Shannon showed up at a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency post while working on the cartels story, agents asked her to autograph copies of her book Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win. Her good relations with law-enforcement officials, however, do not keep her from asking tough questions-as she did in her award-winning coverage of how U.S. government agents mishandled the Waco, Texas, siege two years...
...Elaine is an incredibly determined journalist who uncovers a lot of information well below the surface," says senior editor Jim Collins, who edited the cartels story. Which is why Shannon was also part of our team in Phoenix, Arizona, last week covering the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. "Traditionally, members of the n.r.a. have been big supporters of law enforcement," she notes. "But over the past eight to 10 years, n.r.a. leaders have espoused an increasingly radical, antigovernment view." That kind of complex and puzzling situation is perfect for Shannon's get-to-the-bottom-of-it style...
...Reported by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Nina Burleigh/Washington, S.C. Gwynne/Austin, Elaine Shannon and Richard Woodbury/Phoenix and David Seideman/New York