CLARKE SPEAKS OF HUGE CACHE OF INFORMATION WE HAVE
FROM AFGHANISTAN AND ARE GOING THROUGH.

ADM. STUFFLEBEEM TAKES PODIUM, GIVES BRIEF UPDATE OF
WEEK'S ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN, TELLS OF CONTINUOUS
BOMBINGS OF HUGE COMPLEX, CAVES IN DWAKILI WHICH HAD
BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AL QAEDA FACILITY, SOME OF WHICH
CONTAINED TANKS.

NEWSMAN ASKS STUFFLEBEEM IF AL QAEDA IS STILL TRYING
TO RE-GROUP. TWO NEWSMEN TAKE NOTES.

GOOD ABOVE VIEW STUFFLEBEEM. CLARKE ON PODIUM AND
NEWSMEN, WOMEN IN SEATS BEFORE THEM AS STUFFLEBEEM
SPEAKS ABOUT WETHER THE CAVES WERE SEALED WITH PEOPLE
INSIDE THEM?

CLARKE SAYS, IT IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL TO GET THESE
LEADERS (OMAR AND BEN LADEN) BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
GOAL IS TO PREVENT FURTHER TERRORISM".

CU MSNBC PENTAGON NEWSMAN BILL MIKLASZEWSKI LISTENING
TO ADMIRAL ANSWER HIS QUESTION AND ASKING ABOUT
CONDITIONS IN QUANTANAMO SINCE HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COMPLAINED PUBLICLY ABOUT THEM.

STUFFLEBEEM ANSWERS QUESTION ABOUT JOHN WALKER
(AMERICAN TALIBAN).

STUFFLEBEEM ANSWERS QUESTION IF A "THERMAL BARRACK"
BOMB IS BEING USED ON CAVES?

STUFFLEBEEM SAYS, ANTI-TALIBAN FORCES HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN LOCATING THE CAVES.

END

RUMSFELD, MYERS TAKES PODIUM, MYERS STARTS BRIEFING FOR A CHANGE, GIVES HIS ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DAY
BEFORE. NO BOMBS WERE DROPPED YESTERDAY, SAYS MYERS.
NUMBER OF AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN PRISONERS STAND AT 403 AND 43 IN GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA WITH 30 MORE ON WAY.
90 PAKISTANIS ARE BEING HELD IN AFGHANISTAN. THEY
WERE SCREENED AND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO PAKISTAN,
SAYS MYERS.

IN RESPONSE TO NEWSMAN QUESTION, RUMSFELD SAYS HE
DON'T THINK INTERROGATION HAS CONTINUED AT GUANTANAMO
BAY. ABOVE VIEW OD NEWSMEN SEATED IN ROOM. POV
PODIUM.

RUMSFELD IS ASKED BY NEWSMAN ABOUT JOHN WALKER AND
HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WHICH REQUIRES 2 WITNESSES
TO TESTIFY AGAINST WALKER. NEWSMAN JIM MIKLASZEWSKI
AND OTHERS LISTEN TO ANSWER.

RUMSFELD SAYS THE FACT THAT AMERICAN HOSTAGES ARE
BEING HELD IN PHILIPPINES, "ADDS A DIMENSION TO OUR
INTEREST".

RUMSFELD ASKS IF THERE IS INTEREST OR A NEED FOR OUR PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA. HE GIVES LENGTHY, IN DEPTH ANSWER. NEWSMAN LISTENS.

NEWSMAN LISTENS TO RUMSFELD ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION
ABOUT 90 PAKISTANI DETAINEES BEING RETURNED TO
PAKISTAN FROM AFGHANISTAN.

END.