81.   After that meeting, late Tuesday afternoon, Riera went to see a Mexican national security official, Jose Luis Baez, to pursue his asylum request.

82.   Afterward, it was disclosed that Tenet would hold a joint meeting with senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials on Friday in an Israeli-controlled area outside Ramallah.

83.   Ahmed is feeding the information he has about his Israeli contacts and other collaborators to security officials.

84.   Alarmed, he went to Guatemalan security officials.

85.   Albright called on the Palestinian Authority, lead by President Yasser Arafat, to prevent terror attacks and resume cooperation with Israeli security officials.

86.   All this at a time when Israeli security officials say Arafat has been very effectively preserving the peace.

87.   Both before and after the tour, Ridge was briefed by various federal and state security officials.

88.   Both Israeli and Palestinian security officials say they have thwarted an undisclosed number of planned attacks.

89.   But a former national security official in the Clinton administration said he believed that this administration was still reluctant to become truly involved in the Middle East.

90.   But a senior Israeli security official said that Palestinian violence would continue without political talks.