Nightline (ABC) - 2001-10-17
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[0:00] and the it's on recess but because of
[0:02] Anthrax the Senate will be in session
[0:05] tomorrow that is Senators will be in the
[0:07] chamber but most if not all of their
[0:10] offices will be closed and most of their
[0:12] staff will not be reporting to work
[0:15] because of anrex so you should expect
[0:18] that most of this broadcast tonight will
[0:20] focus on the dangers of
[0:23] biowarfare but to anticipate some of
[0:25] your questions and complaints as we air
[0:27] some of these terribly troubling issues
[0:30] let me ask you to briefly consider a
[0:31] world in which we essentially shut down
[0:34] our own information gathering process it
[0:37] is in most countries of the world the
[0:39] only kind of news that shows up in
[0:41] newspapers or on radio and television
[0:44] the government decides what is in the
[0:46] National interest and the media
[0:48] disseminate that information you may
[0:51] find yourselves wondering tonight and in
[0:53] the days to come whether that might not
[0:55] be a safer a more reassuring environment
[0:58] but be careful what you wish for
[1:01] Americans are accustomed to knowing what
[1:03] is going on in their world and bad news
[1:06] is a necessary part of that it is how we
[1:09] analyze our problems how we find
[1:11] Solutions but above all it is also how
[1:14] our public officials often are held
[1:17] accountable earlier this evening just as
[1:20] I was sitting down to interview the
[1:21] Secretary of Health and Human Services
[1:23] you'll hear most of that interview a
[1:25] little later news broke that the Centers
[1:28] for Disease Control had found the the
[1:30] anthrax in Florida appears to match the
[1:33] strain of the anthrax in New York that
[1:36] could be one more