Notebook: Nov. 26, 2001

INSIDE The Bushes and the Kennedys--Bush and Putin at the Ranch--Jordanian Intelligence--Flying Lessons--Fighting Over the Sit Room--Clinton's Ad--Afghanistan's Star--Christmas Cards

RAW DATA

From the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JIHAD, al-Qaeda's guidebook for terror: "BIOLOGICAL LETTERS...consist of a normal letter coated with some kind of microbes, viruses, that can withstand dryness for quite some time and still maintain its capability of multiplying...enough to coat the letter and guarantee it reaches its destination as deadly to the human being, either orally or through a scratch in the skin, and gets him infected with a contagious sickness that resolves into his death...CHEMICAL LETTERS...consist of a normal letter coated with some mustard agent or other poisons. This method is not yet deployed for fear of the reaction on an international level."