CONTEMPORARY STOCK FOOTAGE
NEWSFEED: 3/23-31/04, 9/11 COMMISSION, BERLIN MEETING OVER AFGHANISTAN, HEARING ABOUT MEXICAN CITIZENS IN U.S. PRISONS ;9/11 HEARINGS Colin Powell speaking-response to bombing of S.S.Cole, Clinton administration terrorist policy; Richard Armitage-changing policies taking time ;Senator reads report listing names of past cabinet members testifying before Congressional committees, Armitage very un-amused; Powell glances at camera, senator brings up question of war with Iraq, Afghanistan ;Senator brings up Wolfowitz pushing to invade Iraq, Powell avoids telling his own position on Iraq ;This is great- senator goes on for almost four minutes before getting around to question...military force against Al Queda; Senator whips out Richard Clark's book, reads passage about mounting threat of Al Queda attack, Powell says its anachronism; Powell- 'The options were not options', Senator Gorton- reason for absence of terrorism in U.S. since 9/11 ;Senator w/Boston accent announces lunch break, Powell & Armitage titter when he announces security will seize unattended bags; Press photographers swarm after; Finished news item: Condoleeza Rice at desk, 9/11 hearings, Rice standing in front of Bush in oval office, Bush speech; File footage Al Queda or generic terrorists with faces covered raising machine guns, Rice, hearings, pro & 'Con' Rice testifying; Rice & Bush walking together, hearings (reporters sitting on the floor like kindergartners), Rice at meeting w/Bush; Copy of 'Against All Enemies', Richard Clarke swearing, White House; Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at podium on Rice testifying (way too many microphones!), maybe Charles Schumer speaks; Kennedy takes podium again, guy who might be Schumer speaks again; 'The Mayor of Kabul' Karzai (what a clotheshorse!) taking seat, meeting in large hall, UN United Nations 'Afghanistan' on wall; Man seated next to Karzai speaking in German ;Nice WS meeting hall, man speaking about democratizing Afghanistan, applause, elderly Japanese woman speaking about opium trade; Karzai speaks (this meeting is taking place in Berlin...), there's Colin Powell chatting, Karzai mixing with crowd; WS participants posing for photo; DX Impressive bldg, Gothic architecture, Latin inscription, UN United Nations flag; Men exit limo & enter hall, INT meeting, anxious looking Mexican delegate, U.S. delegates look around restlessly; Delegates stand, solemn judges enter-something to do with Mexican nationals on death row in U.S.; Judges file out of hall, hearing over Mexican citizens tried in U.S. without contacting embassy, inadequate representation ;
