----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Burket"
To: kelli.arena@turner.com
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:06 PM
Subject: speculation about al Qaeda

Hello, Kelli Arena.

In http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/27/wbr.01.html you said:

"there is some speculation that al Qaeda believes it has a better chance of winning in Iraq if John Kerry is in the White House."

Any truth to the rumor that the unattributed source of this speculation was Condoleeza "I'm-a-team-player-not-like-some- people-I-know-whose-initials-are-CP" Rice? If not, then who?

I know you'll want to clear this up because of your (and your employer's) commitment to the very highest standards of journalistic ethics and excellence in broadcasting.

Objectively yours,

Craig Burket