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Reports on the lawsuit filed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 2002 to force the government to disclose who attended the meetings of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force in 2001. Highest ranking litigator in the government; Arguments of the GAO in its suit; Significance of the zone of privacy.

The article focuses on corruption of the Palestinian Authority (PA) headed by Yasir Arafat. A report was published by Britain's National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) estimating the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) loot in a 1993 briefing paper on organizations threatening Great Britain, calling it the richest of all terrorist organizations. Investigation of Arafat and the PA's wealth in November 1995, by the U.S. General Accounting Office, was kept secret because the Central Intelligence Agency insisted that the publicity would hurt the national security interest. Last year, at least $45 million per month was transferred directly to Arafat, most notably from the Saudis and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, not to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people, but to fund PLO terrorist training and organizations.

The article reports that a U.S. House aviation subcommittee panel followed up on findings of the paper "Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety" issued by the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) to lessen runway incursions. The GAO found that the lack of leadership and inadequate budgeting of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have hindered progress in eliminating the risk. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) launched its Hold Short for Runway Safety campaign to educate pilots on how to avoid runway hazards.