NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Drug Cartel Threats Against Bush Told
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Secret Service agents are concerned that a cocaine cartel could try to kill President Bush, possibly by downing his plane, when he goes to an anti-drugs summit in Colombia next month, CBS news reported in New York. “The Secret Service is investigating a growing number of intelligence reports that members of the drug cartel will attempt to assassinate President Bush,” CBS Evening News said. It cited reports that a cartel has obtained surface-to-air missiles.
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