World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-09

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-09
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

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[0:14] On World News Tonight this Thursday, the

[0:16] Russian listening device at the heart of

[0:18] the State Department. How long was it

[0:19] there? What did the Russians hear before

[0:21] they were caught?

[0:24] >> Why is President Yelson rattling the

[0:26] saber at President Clinton? [music]

[0:34] Thousands of people, including the

[0:35] president, pay [music] tribute to the

[0:36] Massachusetts firemen who died in the

[0:38] line of duty. We'll take a closer look

[0:41] at how US farmers have been caught up in

[0:43] the debate about genetically altered

[0:44] food and Lafit Pinkai [music]

[0:48] riding for the record.

[0:51] [music]

[0:57] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[1:00] York, this is World News Tonight with

[1:03] [music] Peter Jennings.

[1:04] >> Good evening. For a while today, it

[1:05] seemed as if we were talking about the

[1:07] United States and Russia when the Cold

[1:08] War was on. The Russians have bugged the

[1:10] State Department and so the US throws

[1:13] out the Russian diplomat who was caught

[1:14] doing the listening. The Russian

[1:16] president says the US should not forget

[1:18] that Russia is a nuclear power. We get

[1:20] to the president in a moment, but we

[1:22] begin at the State Department with ABC's

[1:24] John McCaffy.

[1:26] The listening device was planted halfway

[1:28] up the wall in a piece of wooden

[1:30] molding, and whoever put it there knew

[1:32] enough about the room, sources tell ABC

[1:34] News, to quote, match the paint to cover

[1:37] it up. This is a sophisticated state

[1:40] sponsored operation. It took a lot of

[1:42] time, a lot