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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  XXXXX DRUDGE SNEAK XXXXX MON MARCH 29, 2004 18:00:00 ET XXXXX XX DROP IN TOP OPS XX Senior American commanders and top Pentagon officials are warning of an exodus of the military's most seasoned Special Operations forces to higher-paying civilian security jobs, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to front on Tuesday, just as those troops are playing an increasingly pivotal role in combating terror and helping conduct stability operations around the world. Newspaper sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT, TIMES pentagon reporter Eric Schmitt will detail how senior enlisted Army Green Berets and Navy Seals with 20 years or more experience now earn about $50,000 in base pay. But private security companies, whose services are in growing demand in Iraq and Afghanistan, are offering salaries ranging from $100,000 to nearly $200,000 a year to the military's most experienced special operators. XX LA TIMES: BUSH QUANDARY XX The White House finds itself caught between two conflicting priorities in the continuing controversy over the Sept. 11 commission -- its determination to keep its own internal deliberations secret and its desire to protect the president's image as an effective leader in the war against terrorism. LOS ANGELES TIMES reporter Greg Miller will explore on Page One in Tuesday runs, newsroom sources reveal. XX PEARL WIDOW WANTS CASH XX It is a 22-page application, completed in a fashion similar to thousands of other filings to the federal fund compensating the relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attack: The victim was 38, in the prime of his life, and employed by a Wall Street giant. His wife was pregnant. His death, investigators believe, was horrific. What makes this claim different is that it was filed on behalf of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter kidnapped in Pakistan, then beheaded, investigators believe, by the al-Qaida official who orchestrated the Sept. 11 hijackings. THE NEW YORK TIMES on Tuesday is planning to splash how three weeks ago, the administrator for the terror fund rejected the claim because it falls outside the bounds of a statute governing the fund. Pearl's widow, Mariane, has filed a formal appeal. Previous efforts to tap into the same fund and compensate the victims of other terror attacks, such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, have fallen short. Still, they are determined, because it raises broader questions over to what extent -- or even whether -- governments should compensate the victims of all terror attacks, past, present or future. ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereportArchives.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2004 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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