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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN APRIL 06, 2003 19:28:31 ET XXXXX HEAT ON BRILL AFTER HOMELAND SECURITY BOOK PRAISES 'SYSTEM THAT'S WORKING' Author Steven Brill is experiencing total friction among his close circle of media associates after releasing a book which claims: Homeland Security under President Bush is working! And why have there been no fresh terror strikes in the United States since the start of the war? Brill says it's the competence of the current leadership. PBS host Charlie Rose shouted and squirmed and called Brill's premise "ridiculous" during a promo for the book "After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era," which Brill released last week. [AFTER ranked #678 on the AMAZON.COM sales parade Sunday afternoon.] "He is a laughing stock!" mocked one network executive, who has been a friend of the self-described "lapsed-liberal" for more than 10 years. Brill has been telling associates how arguments over the 700-page book have "nearly become violent." MORE Brill explains: "I�ve had a kind of cultural revelation, and it centers on Tom Ridge, whom all my friends think is a bumpkin because he doesn't look and sound like them. Janitor�s son wins scholarship to Harvard, gets elected governor. Yet my friends think he�s a dummy. The reason: because he�s utterly without guile. To me he is emblematic of what�s great about the country � a guy who leaves his cushy governorship and therefore his wife has to go get a job to pay the bills because they have new rent to pay, and goes to Washington to help. And his staff is the same way. "Sure they don�t do everything right, but they work their asses off and take all kinds of s**t from the press and the pundits and just keep their heads down and do the job they said they would do. The book is full of poignant scenes of these decent people just plain working hard and making sacrifices. No politics. No bulls**t. No glory. No scouring the papers for news clips about themselves." MORE Brill, who founded COURT TV, and recently streaked with the media mag CONTENT, offers an exhaustive, optimistic account of life after terror. On Aviation security: "Everyone now agrees the government has done a good job. The largest new government agency in the history of the government � the Transportation Security Administration � was recruited, trained, and stood up in a space of six months. " On Ashcroft�s much-criticized interviews in the fall of 2001 of young Muslim immigrants: "These produced actual leads that lead to actual terror-cell indictments. And what happened was the most of those interviewed proved to be law abiding people who wanted to help and who did help with tips that produced real cases." On Port Security: "These people really did a great job. We now have our inspectors at the 20 largest foreign ports inspecting stuff bound for the US before it even leaves for the US. And in our own ports we have new radiation detectors, new computer systems to target the riskiest containers and many more agents deployed to catch the bad stuff. (One of the book�s main characters is one of those agents.)" On Patriot Act: "Surveillance that it allowed has led to nailing of terror cells and prevention of attacks by people not yet arrested." On Private Sector: "The CEO of a giant insurance company � Chubb � decides on 9/12 NOT to take his lawyers advice that they can claim an 'act of war exemption' and not pay any claims. Instead he announces they are going to pay all claims and averts an economic panic. He does so because it�s the right thing to do and also because he believes it will enhance Chubb�s reputation. Other insurance companies soon have to follow." Brill declares: "The American people and the American system have been as resilient as ever!" Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereportArchives.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2003 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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