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Did White House Blow CIA Operative's Cover?; Arnold Leads in Recall Polls

Aired September 29, 2003 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): He's become a symbol for corporate greed. Will a jail cell replace his executive suite? One spy has been outed. How do the rest stay in the shadows?

Today's women are busier than ever. But is all the action making some of them sick?

The hunt for eternal youth: what works, at what cost?

And think you have a bad time at work? You won't believe what some people do for a living. One magazine rates the worst jobs.

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ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN broadcast center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And a good evening to you. Thanks for joining us on 360.

We begin tonight with a simmering controversy that is now approaching full boil. It centers on one explosive question: Did someone at the White House deliberately blow the cover of a CIA operative, retaliating because her husband openly criticized how the White House handled Iraqi intelligence before the war?

The controversy has been percolating for a while now. Now the Justice Department itself is investigating.

We have two reports tonight. We get the damage control at the White House with John King. But we begin with the latest from national security correspondent, David Ensor, who joins us now -- David.

DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, this story broke rather quietly in July without too much attention. What's bringing attention now is the fact that the CIA has referred to matter to the Justice Department, and that fact came out just in the last 48 hours.

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ENSOR (voice-over): At the request of CIA lawyers, the Justice Department is looking into whether to launch a full investigation into the leak of the name a CIA operative, her face concealed here at her husband Joseph Wilson's request.

JOSEPH WILSON, FMR. U.S. AMBASSADOR: Let's say if it was just out of spite or for revenge, it is really truly despicable.

ENSOR: Former Ambassador Wilson is the man sent by the CIA to investigate whether Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger, a claim Wilson says he debunked. Wilson says the leak was payback for his criticism of the administration's Iraq policy.

WILSON: I believe that it came out of the White House. I have sources who have told me that.

ENSOR: This man does know who the leaker was. Bob Novak, syndicated columnist and CNN contributor, named Wilson's wife as an agency operative in a July column, quoting two senior administration officials. Now he's calling the controversy Bush bashing and declining to say who told him about it.

ROBERT NOVAK, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": I do not reveal confidential sources.

ENSOR: At the CIA four years ago, former President Bush Sr. made his views about such leaks crystal clear.

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, FMR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.

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ENSOR: U.S. Officials say, if caught, a leaker could face jail time since exposing a CIA clandestine operative is a felony. And it can cause sources developed over the whole person's career to dry up -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right. It is serious indeed. David Ensor, thanks very much.

Now, you might be wondering, why did Robert Novak reveal the name of a CIA operative in the first place? We did. Well, he gave a fuller explanation on today's "CROSSFIRE."

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NOVAK: As a professional journalist with 46 years experience in Washington, I do not reveal confidential sources. When I called the CIA in July, they confirmed Mrs. Wilson's involvement in the mission for her husband who is -- on a secondary basis, he is a former Clinton administration official. They asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else.

(END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: That's his explanation. Well, this controversy meant that Democrats today dine on an Atkins-approved meal of political red meat. Some Democrats, including presidential candidates, tossed around the phrase "independent counsel" -- we've heard that before -- demanding an outsider look into who revealed the operative's identity. That meant the White House was busy today, indeed.

Here's senior White House correspondent, John King.

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JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The president quickly left the room after this afternoon bill signing, ignoring shouted questions. His spokesman says Mr. Bush sees no need for an internal White House investigation and no need for an outside investigation by a special prosecutor.

SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It should be pursued to the fullest extent by the appropriate agency, and the appropriate agency is the Department of Justice.

KING: White House chief of staff, Andy Card, told senior staffers Monday, anyone with information about the leak should contact the Justice Department. But there was no formal directive to the White House staff, and the president is not asking for an internal review despite reports the illegal leak came from within the White House.

MCCLELLAN: It's not our practice to go and try to chase down anonymous sources every time there's a report in the media.

KING: Ambassador Wilson initially blamed top Bush political adviser, Karl Rove, for the leak. But Wilson now says he's not sure. And Rove emphatically denies any role. Democrats and others Bush critics are demanding a special prosecutor, because they say Attorney General Ashcroft, the Bush appointee, cannot be trusted to lead such a sensitive investigation.

SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER (D), NEW YORK: There is a clear conflict of interest for the Justice Department.

KING: The Democrats running for president are joining the call for a special prosecutor, a reminder the Justice Department review raises both legal and political questions for a president who made honesty and integrity a major campaign theme.

JOHN PODESTA, FMR. CLINTON CHIEF OF STAFF: I think the White House would be prudent right now to issue some, at least, warnings and directives to preserve e-mails, to preserve phone records, to take the kind of prudent steps that are necessary.

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KING: The White House says no such directive have been issued because the Justice Department has not requested any records or any interviews. That, despite the fact that the CIA asked for this investigation several weeks ago. In a letter to the president tonight, several leading Democrats say that is proof to them the attorney general does not take this investigation seriously enough, and that an independent special prosecutor should be named immediately -- Anderson.

COOPER: John King, thanks very much tonight from the White House. We're going to have more on this controversy in about 25 minutes. We're going to talk to two former CIA covert operators to talk about the importance of maintaining cover for CIA personnel.

We move to California now. Our favorite headline of the last few days, which pretty much sums up the recall mayhem -- take a look. "All Politics are Loco."

Well, if it is loco, Arnold Schwarzenegger will have much of that. One poll shows him sprinting ahead in the final stretch, which means Governor Gray Davis is running hard and fast to try to catch up. The latest now from senior political correspondent, Candy Crowley.

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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SR. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seniors on Saturday, Latinos on Monday, with an assist from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Down to politics 101 in the final days, return to your base to turn out the vote.

Governor Gray Davis will be meeting some kind of turnout. The latest CNN Gallup Poll shows 63 percent of likely voters in California want to dump their governor. Forty percent would vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger on the second half of the ballot. It is Davis versus Goliath.

GOV. GRAY DAVIS (D), CALIFORNIA: I weigh maybe 165 pounds on a good day. I'm ready to go to him toe-to-toe. But he seems to be the one on the run here.

CROWLEY: The governor, who spent the summer working on his softer, gentler side, has changed his game...

DAVIS: We had four. We had one, two, three, four.

CROWLEY: ... from bingo to hard ball.

ANNOUNCER: He ducks tough questions, didn't vote in 13 of the last 21 elections. And now he refuses to debate the governor he's trying to replace.

CROWLEY: Message: you really want a newbie running California, and a Republican newbie at that? Still, he's clearly a quick study.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: I'm thinking about just the same message that's the most important thing: to be upbeat and to let the people always know that we can change.

CROWLEY: It's the law of political gravity that when poll numbers go up, the party falls in line. And they are falling like dominoes into the Schwarzenegger fold.

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CROWLEY: The California Republican Party, a famously conservative group, weighed in today, taking a look at Schwarzenegger's moderate to liberal social views, and then his poll numbers. They decided to endorse him -- Anderson.

COOPER: As you said, Candy, it all boils down to politics 101. Thanks very much for the report tonight.

We've got a number of stories making news "Cross Country" tonight. Let's take a look.

Washington, D.C.: do not call. The U.S. Supreme Court has given the Federal Communications Commission the go ahead to begin enforcing its "Do Not Call" rules starting on Wednesday. The ruling allows the FCC to fine telemarketers who violate the registry.

There may be further appeals, however. President Bush, meanwhile, signed a bill authorizing the FTC also to enforce its rules, which a lower court has called an infringement on telemarketers' free speech.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: a deadly dispute. Police say a woman involved in a property dispute opened fire at a county government center, killed the woman she was fighting with apparently. Also, an attorney was wounded. The shooting suspect is now in custody.

Montgomery, Alabama: Ten Commandments suspected (ph) Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, well, he's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to permit the display of his Ten Commandment monument in the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building. Moore filed a 31-page appeal brief today.

Los Angeles: protesting war. Police report no arrests or injuries from this anti-war march that drew about 3,000 to the streets of Hollywood yesterday. It was one of several rallies across the country over the weekend, protesting the occupation of Iran.

And your local gas station: a Lundberg Survey. Well, they reported the average price at the pump dropped more than a dime over the last two weeks. And that is the biggest drop in two years.

And that's a look at stories "Cross Country" tonight.

Still to come, however, on this Monday edition of 360: bin Laden's right-hand man. A new tape and a new threat surfaces. Do they provide the clues to track down al Qaeda's top leaders? We're going to take a closer look.

Also, rat race blues. Find out why modern life may be driving waist lines up and sex lives down.

And the desperate search for the fountain of youth. Just how far are some willing to go to keep that youthful glow? What works and what is downright dangerous? We'll take a look.

First, let's take a look "Inside the Box": the top stories on tonight's network evening newscasts.

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COOPER: They are walking on my name.

Some questions for the overtaxed woman out there. And we know it's a lot of you. Do you lurch from work to your kid's soccer practice to the PTA meeting in a haze of exhaustion and crankiness? Do you overeat when the pressure gets to be too much? Has your sex life perhaps gone as dormant as a bear in winter?

Well, if the answers are yes, you may be suffering from what one doctor is now calling HWS, Hurried Woman Syndrome. More from Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Fatigue, moodiness, weight gain, low sex drive? How many women do you know that suffer from all four?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It sounds like me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everybody goes through it once in awhile.

GUPTA: The Hurried Woman Syndrome is the name Dr. Brent Bost, a Texas obstetrician-gynecologist, has given to this set of conditions.

DR. BRENT BOST, "THE HURRIED WOMAN SYNDROME": The Hurried Woman Syndrome affects mostly women between the ages of 25 and 55. Often they have children.

GUPTA: In fact, fatigue, moodiness, weight gain and low sex drive have traditionally been seen by doctors simply as symptoms of minor depression.

BOST: These patients are one level of brain chemistry short of a major depression. So the importance is prevention.

GUPTA: Some psychologists argue Hurried Woman Syndrome isn't new.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We might medicalize something that, if you really analyze it fundamentally, it's really just an aspect of life.

GUPTA: But for women like Tracy Gartner (ph), a mother, wife, and eighth grade teacher, a diagnosis with a name gave her permission to slow down.

TRACY GARTNER: I don't think I would have stopped had I not realized that I do need to take care of myself now and not prolong this. GUPTA: Dr. Bost says women who don't address the symptoms may see them evolve into more serious illnesses, including immune system problems, heart disease, ulcers, migraines, and major depression.

BOST: So let's back off, get control of that schedule, learn to say no to the right people, and set your priorities and get your things met first. Let the other stuff go.

GUPTA: And that's good advice for everyone, hurried or not.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Well, here I am. The doctor profiled in Sanjay's piece tells us he's also studying overtaxed men, and says that, unlike women, men see an increase in their sex drive when they face stress.

Well, let's hurry up and take a look at what's happening overseas in tonight's "Up Link."

Rome, Italy: the power is on, but anger mounts as the investigation begins in to what caused the country's worst electric outage since World War II. Fifty-five million people were in the dark for 18 hours.

Tehran, Iran: alleged nuclear program. Iran acknowledges more traces of weapons-grade uranium have been found at a second site in the country. But Iran insists it comes from contaminated equipment purchased from another country.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Hurricane Juan. Two people are dead, extensive damage reported. Juan lost strength after landfall and is now downgraded to a tropical storm.

Northern Japan: oil refinery fire. Firefighters are battling the blaze and dousing a storage tank with chemicals to try to put it out. This thing is burning -- look at that.

No injuries reported. Residents are complaining about the thick chemical fumes in the air.

Paris, France: a diplomatic tour of sorts. First Lady Laura Bush makes a keynote speech, praising UNESCO after a 19-year U.S absence.. She also met earlier with French President Jacques Chirac.

And that is tonight's "Up Link."

In the hunt for terrorists, a new audiotape purportedly from al Qaeda's number two man takes aim at the president of Pakistan. It also has intelligence officials trying to figure out Ayman al- Zawahiri's exact location and how he can send messages so quickly to his followers.

CNN's national correspondent, Mike Boettcher, reports.

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MIKE BOETTCHER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ayman al--Zawahiri, like Osama bin Laden, is believed to be hiding somewhere in Pakistan. Now, however, coalition intelligence analysts suspect that the top two al Qaeda leaders, in the past inseparable, are now in different locations. The latest audio message said to be from Zawahiri takes aim at Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, condemning his support of America's invasion of Afghanistan.

AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI (through translator): The Muslims in Pakistan should unite and cooperate in order to oust this traitor and have a loyal leadership in Pakistan, one that will defend the Muslims and Islam.

BOETTCHER: The tape, which is still being verified, mentions Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's visit to India, which means it was recorded within the last three weeks. That's different from the recently released video showing al-Zawahiri with Osama bin Laden. No one knows exactly when that was recorded.

Intelligence officials now believe al-Zawahiri may be moving on his own in an effort to direct al Qaeda operations. They are trying to verify reports he was in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan earlier this year, a place that would allow him to communicate with deputies across the nearby border in Iran. Pakistanis say they will ignore Zawahiri's threats.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The pursuit of terrorists, al Qaeda and their associates continues despite these threats.

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COOPER: And Mike Boettcher joins us now live. Mike, you know we hear so many conflicting reports in the past couple of weeks. One day, Special Ops Forces are hot on bin Laden's trail, the next they have no clue where he is.

What are you hearing? How close is anyone to catching bin Laden?

BOETTCHER: Well, that's the $64,000 question, Anderson. They believe they have an idea of where he is. But the problem is that location is in Pakistan, and what we believe, and what we're being told by our sources, is the Pakistanis really want to make a move to try to move him out back to Afghanistan.

Now, if Ayman al-Zawahiri is indeed moving, that exposes him to some risk of being caught. And if that's the case, they do catch him, then that could give more information about bin Laden, a more exact location.

COOPER: So the key is getting them on the move. All right. Mike Boettcher, thanks very much for the report.

We've got a couple of other stories in tonight's "Terror Watch" for you. Yemen warns western ambassadors of possible terrorist attacks against foreign targets in its country. Yemen's interior ministry met with several officials to share the information and urge their citizens to be vigilant.

A top FBI official defends his agency. The FBI's assistant director, Michael Mason, says anyone who thinks the FBI failed to connect the dots and missed a number of clues that could have prevented 9/11 is "a pile of manure."

Israel cracks down on its own terrorists. Israeli police say they busted a radical underground Jewish group which had plans to bomb several mosques and a school for Palestinian girls. A number of arrests have been made, and a big cache of weapons and explosives discovered.

And that is tonight's "Terror Watch" for you.

A lot more of 360 to come. Scandal Inc: a CEO accused of looting $600 million, well, he faces justice. Is it about time or too little, too late?

Also, White House on the defensive over a spy leak. What was compromised and who is to blame? I'll ask two former CIA operatives as we begin our week-long look at the spying game.

Plus, sunscreen failure. Find out why researchers are sounding the alarm.

Stay tuned.

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COOPER: In "Justice Served" tonight, allegations of corporate crime. Jury selection began today in New York for the former CEO of the conglomerate Tyco, Dennis Kozlowski, accused of using Tyco as a vast money trough on which to feed.

He's become infamous for his high living ways. And even this past weekend he was spotted partying like it was 1999. But if prosecutors have their way, the party will be over for good. That story from CNN Financial News correspondent, Allan Chernoff.

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ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNNFN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In an era of corporate scandal and excess, Dennis Kozlowski has come to personify greed. The former chief executive of Tyco today entered the same New York State court where he plead not guilty to begin fighting criminal charges he used the company as his personal piggy bank, looting $600 million in partnership with his chief financial officer and now co- defendant, Mark Swartz.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is yet another case of corporate executives abusing their positions of trust. CHERNOFF: Kozlowski's lifestyle has become famous for being so rich, $12 million on art, a Park Avenue apartment for his ex-wife, a mansion in this Boca Raton complex, and an $18 million Fifth Avenue duplex lavishly furnished with a $6,000 floral pattern shower curtain and a $15,000 antique umbrella stand.

When Kozlowski rose to the top of Tyco, he joined the worth of philanthropy on the company's bill, donating $5 million to his alma mater, Seton Hall University. Defense attorneys have argued the company's auditors and board signed off on stock grants, bonuses, and for giving loans that enriched Kozlowski.

(on camera): The Manhattan district attorney is using an organized crime statute to prosecute Kozlowski and to price (ph) corruption. Kozlowski faces an additional 30 criminal counts, including grand larceny. If convicted, he could face a maximum prison term of 30 years.

Allan Chernoff, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: All right. Let's take this case apart with our 360 legal analyst, San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom. Kimberly, thanks for being with us. If you are prosecuting this case, what kind of a jury do you want?

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE-NEWSOM, SAN FRANCISCO ASSIST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, you're going to want a jury that's not going to be completely alienated by the extravagant lifestyle that Mr. Kozlowski has been living. You heard the tape there about the shower curtain, $6,000, the multimillion-dollar estates.

COOPER: How do you find a jury that's not alienated by a $6,000 shower curtain?

NEWSOM: You just really don't, I think is the problem. And, again, you're going to have a jury that can take up to three months off from work. So what you're probably going to see is everyday people who aren't going to relate to this guy and who are going to have their arms folded right away from the beginning and are going to look upon this with disgust, especially in the day and age of people like Kenneth Lay, who have gone unprosecuted.

COOPER: So, ideally, you are looking for high-income individuals on the jury. But as you point out, there are some people who are not going to be willing or wanting to take three months off from work to try this case. Do you look for men or women, do you think?

NEWSOM: I think more men in this kind of case.

COOPER: OK. What about the defense? What kind of advice do you think they are going to be giving their client?

NEWSOM: You're going to see them coming in looking entirely different than their ordinary lives. No Rolex watches, no Armani and Zeyna (ph) suits. They better come in looking a little bit humble with button-down shirts and not fancy clothing, because that's really going to send the wrong message to this jury.

COOPER: Were you surprised that he is going to trial and not going for some sort of a plea bargain? I mean, it's a gamble, isn't it?

NEWSOM: It is a gamble, especially when you see -- these types of cases, you see defendants enter pleas. You don't see them take the chances. The Ivan Boskeys, and recently Waksal, pleading guilty to take their losses -- Michael Milkin.

It's a big gamble. And state and federal prosecutors are going to be watching this kind of case closely to see what kind of success they get. And it's going to have a big impact on whether or not they're going to continue to pursue these cases of corporate greed and malfeasance aggressively.

COOPER: And these kinds of cases are tough to bring. I mean, some have said, look, why haven't more of these kinds of cases been brought? But they are difficult to actually make.

NEWSOM: You have some of the smartest corporate minds, but proving to be criminal minds, in the country. They are running these companies for a reason. And you are trying to trip them up and find details to show that they embezzled money or didn't do things by the book.

And, in this case, they are saying that the defense is, hey, we had approval. The board approved all of these loans and bonuses and so did our accountant. So how is it threat or embezzlement if everybody knew about it and it was approved?

COOPER: And, as you said, this trial could drag on for quite some time.

NEWSOM: Definitely.

COOPER: All right. Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom, thanks for being with us.

NEWSOM: Thank you.

COOPER: All right.

To put this in perspective for you, in the early 1990s, white collar criminals who stole $100,000 or more received sentences averaging 36.4 months. But a person who stole $300 or less received on average 55.5 months. Some perspective.

Still to come tonight: a CIA operative exposed by a leak inside the U.S. government. Was it revenge for her husband's stance on Iraq? Was national security compromised? I'll ask two former intelligence officers.

Also, the endless search for youth. Why Americans are taking desperate measures for beauty. You won't believe what some people are doing.

And ringing off the hook. Meet one woman who says the Sharon Osbourne show is putting her on the crazy train. We'll explain all that ahead.

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COOPER: Time for "The Reset," today's top stories.

Washington, the Justice Department is trying to find out whether someone in the Bush administration leaked the name of a CIA operative to the media. Her husband was a former U.S. ambassador and critic of the administration's pre-war statements on Iraq. More on this in a moment.

Tikrit, Iraq. Iraqi police, backed up by, U.S. troops, made a series of raids in the Tikrit area. Ninety-two people were rounded up. The raids included what was called the largest ever joint U.S.- Iraqi police effort.

Washington. A new possible theory about the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people. A top FBI official says the attacks may have been carried out by someone who didn't want to hurt anyone, but may have been trying to send a warning about bioterror risks.

Also Washington -- U.S. government money is going to new human stem cell research. Three small grants will go to work on stem cells that existed before August 2001. Because of the controversial nature of human stem cell research, President Bush has limited federal funding to older cells only.

And the Food and Drug Administration says people looking for cheaper medications from outside the U.S. are taking a risk. The FDA says recent inspections of drug imports found hundreds of fake or potentially dangerous prescription drugs coming into the country. Eighty-eight percent of the packages intercepted had unapproved versions of medicines in them -- 88 percent.

London, England -- bad news for sun lovers. British research shows sunscreens do not fully block the most dangerous types of rays from the sun. Most sunscreens will fully block ultraviolent B rays responsible for sunburn and the most common types of skin cancer, but they only block about half the UVA rays, the ones thought responsible for deadly malignant melanoma.

That is "The Reset" for tonight.

Well, this whole week on 360, we'll be looking at "The Spying Game,," spy dramas past and present from Guantanamo Bay, the CIA and beyond.

And that brings us back to our top story, the possibility that a White House leak exposed an undercover CIA operative. That operative is married to a former diplomat, Joe Wilson, a man who's been critical of Bush administration policies. To him, the move smacks of payback. Listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JOE WILSON, FMR. DEPUTY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: They attempt to discredit the messenger who brought the message by dragging my wife into -- into the public square. Why that's gained momentum I think is twofold -- one, if it's true, it is a very serious crime. And, secondly, this is, after all, an administration that promised to restore dignity and honor to the White House. And acting like schoolyard bullies pulling the hair of a little girl, metaphorically speaking, is something that I don't think people -- people appreciate very much.

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COOPER: Well, what are the risks of putting officers -- CIA officers into the open? For that, we turn to two former CIA case officers, experts in disguise and undercover work, and the authors of "Spy Dust," Antonio and Jonna Mendez.

Appreciate both of you joining us.

Jonna, let me begin with you. What is the greatest danger? I mean, not only there's the life of a CIA officer or operative overseas at risk, but also all the people they've worked with, right?

JONNA MENDEZ, CO-AUTHOR, "SPY DUST": Exactly. When I was working overseas undercover, all of my colleagues I associated with were also under cover. And if one of them is exposed, then the whole -- the whole group is contaminated.

Also, the people that you're working with, you typically have a clandestine relationship. You assure them that you will protect them, that they won't be in danger, and all of us who do that intend to keep that promise. But if your name is in "The New York Times" the next day, it doesn't do much good.

COOPER: Well, Antonio, I mean, in that case, can you keep your promise to those people you've assured, you know, anonymity to?

ANTONIO MENDEZ, FORMER CIA CASE OFFICER: Well, you're certainly eroding your credibility if, in fact, you can't protect them or protect even yourself. So it's kind of the only lifeline you have, and you have to try to maintain that at all cost.

COOPER: Jonna, I understand you were not a case officer. I think I misspoke a second ago. I said you were a case -- you -- you were -- I know you worked overseas in a covert capacity training people.

J. MENDEZ: That's -- that's right. We were technical operations officer, and working around the world.

COOPER: There -- there are a number of positions overseas. And -- probably don't -- I know you probably don't want to get into too much detail. But case officers are probably the most famous, people have diplomatic immunity, work at embassies overseas, recruiting assets to spy on their own governments, non-official cover people. What are some of the lengths that CIA operatives go in order to maintain their cover?

J. MENDEZ: It was part of our job. If you're going to have a cover job, you need documentation that goes along with it that substantiates your story. A lot of times you need disguises. A lot of times you need ways of covertly communicating. It's endless. The technical support that goes into a cover operation -- all of it comes together.

COOPER: And your husband, Antonio --you provided -- you worked very hard to provide cover -- cover to various people overseas. What are some of the examples, if you can say?

A. MENDEZ: Well, the most exotic example is we always promise to get them out when it was time. And so we were always planning for the rescue of people behind the Iron Curtain, that sort of thing. So in those cases it was really life threatening situations that had to be very, very well constructed and put together.

COOPER: And there was a particular instance in Iran, I believe?

A. MENDEZ: Yes, well, the famous case of the rescue of the six diplomats out of Iran, which is an operation that I conducted. I went into Iran as a location manager for a motion picture company that I set up. And that was the cover and it was fully backstopped in Hollywood.

COOPER: Jonna, to what extent do you have to go to maintain your cover? I mean, friends you meet overseas, other people you work with in the embassy, do they know? I mean, it's got to be extraordinary trying to keep this up 24 hours a day.

J. MENDEZ: It is. It's a test of your mental agility, because on different days you have different names and occasionally you'd find yourself on a Sunday evening checking into a hotel with a pen and there's this hesitation and the clerk is watching you and you're really trying to remember, who am I today, what is -- what is that document? What does it say? Who am I supposed to be?

And it goes to neighbors. We lived next to neighbors in Virginia for about eight months, became very good friends with them, went out to dinner with them and discovered only after eight months that we worked at the same place.

COOPER: That's amazing.

J. MENDEZ: It was. We bumped into each other.

COOPER: Jonna Mendez and Anotonio Mendez, appreciate you joining us. Always good to talk to you.

J. MENDEZ: Thank you, Anderson.

A. MENDEZ: Thank you. COOPER: "360 Flashback" now. Aldridge Ames, the CIA analyst who says greed and folly led him to American trade secrets to the KGB in exchange for nearly $3 million. Over a decade, the career agency official revealed more than 100 covert operations, betrayed at least 30 officers and agents, 10 of whom were later executed by the Soviets. Ames and his wife were arrested in 1994. He is serving life in prison without parole.

Tomorrow, we have a whole weeklong series on this. Tomorrow we're going to take a look at some of the worst traitors in American history.

Want to take a turn now to the never-ending quest for youth and beauty. It used to be that only the super rich and the money -- had the money and the opportunity to fight the effects of aging. But vanity has gotten a lot more democratic. Good to say, or sad to say. Now the not-so-rich are doing it too. Men, as well as women, and not just in a doctor's office either. These days you can get your cinnabun and your Botox all at the same time. Ain't American grand? At the same quick trip to the mall.

The story from CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forget Ponce de Leon. The new fountain of youth is at a strip mall. These anti-aging boutiques are popping up all over the country. And you'd be surprised who's trying to look younger.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Botox.

COHEN: Liz Kerry is only 34 years old and comes regularly for Botox and two other procedures.

Increased interest from the younger set is one reason anti -aging procedures are on the rise.

In the last decade, the number of people getting facelifts has shot up 84 percent. Forehead lifts are up 176 percent. Surgery to make eyes look younger, up 91 percent.

Cosmeceuticals, a cross between drugs and cosmetics, is a $3.2 billion a year industry and is expected to reach nearly $5 billion in three years.

And more and more men are getting into the act. At the Ageless Center in Atlanta, they say half the clients are men, like Harry Saltzberg (ph), who gets Botox regularly.

Dr. Paul Lorenc says he's been seeing more and more men at his practice on Park Avenue in New York City.

DR. PAUL LORENC, PLASTIC SURGEON: The type of patients that I see in my practice include a money manager who is in his 50s, 60s, who wants to look younger. He's competing with younger, 30 and 40-year- old individuals.

COHEN: And many of these new procedures cost a fraction of what a face-lift would cost. But they're temporary. With Botox you pay at least $200 to $400 every few months.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's going to be $450.

COHEN: That makes Botox alone a $176 million a year industry.

Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Atlanta.

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COOPER: Well, the latest issue of "New York" magazine looks at the almost competitive sport that's emerged in the business of selling youth, racing to be the first to provide that hot new technique, even if it isn't FDA approved. Hey, who cares about that?

Sarah Bernard worked on the cover story. She joins us now.

Sarah, thanks for being with us.

SARAH BERNARD, "NEW YORK MAGAZINE": Thank you.

COOPER: It's a fascinating article. Talk about off label -- use of off-label products. What is that?

BERNARD: That means that these are drugs that the FDA has approved for medical use, but not for the cosmetic purpose that these doctors are using them for.

COOPER: So they're basically -- I mean, Botox started this way.

BERNARD: Exactly, that's a great example of it. It was actually approved for eye twitching. Not wrinkle removal, which is what doctors are using it for.

COOPER: Is it legal to use this stuff -- it's meant for one thing. As you hear it on screen you see Botox, eye twitches. But to use it to relax wrinkles?

BERNARD: It's not illegal to know. Except patients need to know it's not being used in the way FDA meant it. But's it is not illegal per se.

COOPER: Some of these other things are pretty scary, Levulan?

BERNARD: Levulan, that's right. This was a topical solution that was used to treat precancerous growths. But doctors were using it to combat sun damage something competelty different.

COOPER: And this other thing, hypertonic saline solution.

BERNARD: This was used to induce abortion.

Some how, someone figured out that if you injected it into unsightly veins it would take care of it as well.

COOPER: The problem is there's basicly -- these things aren't approved by the FDA for this use there is pressure on these doctors to do it.

BERNARD: They use them. The pressure really comes from the patients. And it's kind of like the tail wagging the dog. The patients hear about these and they want them so badly the doctors are trying, scrambling to get them and offer them, to be competitive.

COOPER: And patients know about this stuff because it's being used in Europe or South America.

BERNARD: Exactly. They hear about it from friends and they want the latest thing, they want the newest possible thing that is going to make them look better.

COOPER: Then doctors sort of use this backwards logic, which is well everyone else is kind of using it, so it's OK for me to use to.

BERNARD: That's right. That's what happened with Botox. And eventually the FDA decided, OK, let's pay attention. And they did approve it last year for the wrinkle removal.

COOPER: All right. Let's talk about some of these other anti- aging treatments that are out there. These sort of cutting edge ones.

Cosmoplast.

BERNARD: This is version of coligene that actually costs $600 a syringe. Maybe you need more, but $600 each syringe and it only lasts about three months so it has a very short life span.

COOPER: What does it do? What does it susposedly do.

BERNARD: You can inject it into your lips, into your wrinkles and it's susposed to get rid of them, but only for a short period of time. So, Restolin (ph) is the next one which lasts about 6 months. So it works in the same way. You inject it into the spots that you want flattened out. And people like it because it lasts longer. It's also $600 a syringe, however.

COOPER: Side effects.

BERNARD: A little bruising and swelling in the area it's injected into.

COOPER: And this stuff people go and do, you were tell me, during their lunch break?

BERNARD: It only takes a half hour. Doctors are happy about how quickly they can get their patients in and out.

COOPER: There is also something called Radiance (ph)?

BERNARD: This one is really knew and very popular. It's actually calcium deposits suspend in a gel. And you're supposed to only need it once. It cost $1,500 an injection. A lot more, but technically that's all you'll ever need. The problem is that some people have developed bone deposits, and...

COOPER: Bone deposits?

BERNARD: Right, like a bump on your forehead if that's where you injected it, and that's obviously not a good sign.

COOPER: Wow, it's a fascinating article. It's in "New York Magazine." The extent people go. Thank you very much, Sarah. Sarah Bernard.

All coming up next on 360, what would you do if hundreds of people called your home looking for Sharon Osbourne? Hey it could happen. At least it happened to one woman. We'll talk to her.

Also tonight -- who would have thought "Popular Science" could be so fun. We'll share icky stuff we found between their pages, the worst jobs imaginable. I am talking really bad jobs.

And little bit later on it may be TV, but is it art?

We'll let you decide for yourself. Stay with us.

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COOPER: Welcome back. If you are like me you probably wanted to call the Osbourne family at some point. Maybe get Ozzy's help writing a letter or give Sharon some ideas for her talk show. Well, hundreds of people who thought they were calling Sharon's show actually got this family.

Meet the Voepel's, an Arizona family that has a little Web site business going and a phone number just one digit different from Sharon's. Sandy Voepel run's the business. She joins us tonight from Phoenix. Sandy thanks for being with us.

I guess this started out kind of funny. People started calling your house thinking they were calling Sharon Osbourne's TV show.

How did you first react?

SANDY VOEPEL, GETTING HUNDREDS OF CALLS MEANT FOR SHARON OSBOURNE: Well, at first it was quite funny. We had a lot of fun with it.

COOPER: What were your kids doing with it?

VOEPEL: They did a lot of Ozzy imitations? They learned to do them quite well.

COOPER: So people would call and they'd pretend to be Ozzy Osbourne?

VOEPEL: Yes. COOPER: I guess at some point it no longer became funny. You were trying to operate a business here.

VOEPEL: Right and it is affecting my business now, two weeks later.

COOPER: How's it effecting the business.

VOEPEL: Well, my customers can't get through on my phone. And if I not home and trying to return calls, my voice box fills up within an hour, two hours. And...

COOPER: Now I know -- I understand you called the "Sharon Osbourne Show," you called the producers at the correct number, obviously not dialing your home number. And she actually apologized on air. I think we have a clip of that. We are going to show it and talk about it. Let's show Sharon Osborne's show.

VOEPEL: I'm sorry, patty, and I think everyone should call patty and buy a pen and everyone can buy a pen from Patty go to pinseverywhere.com.

COOPER: There you go. That was an on-air sort of apology and a plug for business.

Did it help business?

VOEPEL: Yes, it did. It aired Friday, and I had quite a spill of orders.

COOPER: So overall, I mean, so what happens now? I mean, are you going to change your number? Is the Osbourne show -- I guess they're not going to change theirs?

VOEPEL: I'm trying to come up with a marketing plan to turn Sharon Osbourne viewers into Pins Everywhere customers.

COOPER: Making lemonade out of lemons I guess.

VOEPEL: That's right.

COOPER: All right, well Sandy Voepel good luck to you. It's just one of those flukes that happens. Appreciate you joining us.

VOEPEL: Thank you.

COOPER: Time for a quick check of "The Current." The "Rock's" new movie "The Rundown" ran over the competition at the box office this weekend coming in number one with $18.5 million. The number two movie, "Under The Tuscan Sun" did half that. But, on a per screen basis averaged $7,600 compared with $5,800 for the "Rundown. Did you follow that? Good.

Now if a train leaves Chicago at 60 miles per hours while another goes to Chicago from Santa Fe at 50 miles an hour, how long before the two trains meet? Pencils down people. The State Department is on the lookout for unwanted intruders in its own headquarters. We were talking about mice, though. Don't get too alarmed. In accordance with existing diplomatic protocol, any mouse discovered in the building is to be blamed on France. Not sure that's technically true but like to think so.

Police on the East Coast are reporting a bumper crop in marijuana this year with record amounts found from Maine to South Carolina.

Is that what marijuana looks like?

Also doing well, we're told, sales are Cool Ranch Doritos.

Officials in Boston captured a 300-pound gorilla named Little Joe. You know doubt have seen this all the time all day long here. After he escaped from the Franklin Zoo. Police caught up with Little Joe as he was apparently trying to catch a bus out of town, maybe to start over new somewhere. New name, new job, the works, who knows. And a in a show of defiance Little Joe warned that his ascendants would one day adopt Romans names such as Zaius and Cornelius and then take over the world. I think he was just talking.

Coming up next on 360 our "Fresh Print" segment looks at what some people are willing to doing in the name of science. We are talking about really bad jobs and the debt we owe them can never be repaid.

Also tonight, is nothing sacred? I ask you this, some students think they can make art out of TV. So, naive youth of today. We'll be right back.

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COOPER: For tonight's edition of "Fresh Print," a close-up look at bad jobs. The October issue of "Popular Science" magazine compiles a list of the creepy-crawliest, "Fear Factor-iest" science-related jobs you can imagine.

Among the worst, apparently on a scale of yuck to not for a million dollars, we find the unsung carcass cleaners of the world. The lucky folks whose resumes boast of how good they are at reducing dead animals down to their skeleton. While some just let the carcasses deteriorate until only a skeleton remains, one UC Berkeley zoologist uses flesh-eating beetles, which I suppose is better than using interns.

Mosquito researchers make the list as well. Some malaria researchers have little choice but to give the little suckers a hearty scientist smorgasbord. One researcher caught 500 mosquitoes, suffering 17 bites per minute for three years. Remember, not to scratch.

Then there are the good folks at tech lab. Their job? Analyzing stool samples, and not the kind you find at Home Depot. This is not a shot from tech lab, although the same basic materials are involved. "Popular Science" chose flatulence smeller as the absolute worst job, I think for obvious reasons. Still here at 360, we thought "Popular Science" dropped the ball, so to speak, when they picked their third worst science job. For our money, the absolute worst science job is, you guessed it, barnyard masturbator. Which I think narrowly edged out assistant barnyard masturbator. These lonely, lonely souls coax pigs and bulls into giving up their little genetic bundles for scientific research.

There you have it. Barnyard masturbator, worst science job ever. Hands down.

Remember Mike Teevee, the kid who got shrunk down into a TV set while visiting Willy Wonka's chocolate factory? Me too. Granted, I'm not sure that is in any way relevant to Jeanne Moos' report on the TVs being displayed now at Grand Central Station in New York. Still, you kind of have to think, old Mike would have appreciated it.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These TVs are going to kill you. And it's not just what's on TV. It's what's under.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There she is. There she is.

MOOS: From Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven-Year Itch" to Hitchcock's "Birds" to "Edward Scissorhands," this programming is cutting edge.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take a brand new TV out of the box, and just sandpaper it and glue stuff to it. It was just great.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Their instruction was to pick a favorite movie moment and kind of create a shrine.

MOOS: Students from New York's School of Visual Arts chose everything from "Silence of the Lambs" to "Rocky." Though movie critics can't lay a glove on these TVs, one did get the ax. Remember when Jack Nicholson hacked through a door in "The Shining"?

JACK NICHOLSON, ACTOR: Here's Johnny!

MOOS: Nothing is a bigger scream than "Psycho."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People just love this scene. They stop, they still get frightened.

MOOS: From the shower to the sink, Lily Tomlin in the "Incredible Shrinking Woman."

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She's trying to climb out. But she's so tiny that she can't get out.

MOOS (on camera): And talk about life-like replicas. One student even put dust on the back of his giant set. (voice-over): Ghosts of movies past, or in this case, the sensual pottery scene from "Ghost." As for Marilyn, she can't even hide behind her own skirts.

(on camera): All right, we saw that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm sorry.

MOOS: Taking pictures under a lady's dress not allowed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm a researcher.

MOOS (voice-over): With research like that, he's going to need a cold shower.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Did that guy say he was a researcher?

Coming up next on 360, how can the White House protect the identities of America's undercover operatives? Well, we'll take one idea to "The Nth Degree."

And tomorrow we'll continue our series on spies and espionage with a look at some of the most famous and infamous of them all, the spying game. Tomorrow.

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COOPER: OK, slow down.

Tonight, taking covert operations to "The Nth Degree." We were thinking today about what the White House could do to protect the identities of American covert operatives. Cooperating with the probe into who revealed one name this summer is a good start. But when we saw President Bush today signing a law establishing the new national do-not-call list for telemarketers, that gave us an idea. Maybe the White House could give America's undercover agents a national do-not- call list of their own?

See, that way agents who want to stay undercover could simply register once, and then administration officials would know not to call reporters with top secret information about their identity. For instance, an agent undercover with remnants of Iraq's Republican Guard could simply call 555-please-don't-blow-my-cover, or register online at ForTheLoveofGodMyLifeIsAtStake.org. After that, every time an official did call reporters to leak an agent's information, they'd be subject to a $500 fine.

Sure, there might be some free speech issue here, but this idea could help preserve vital American secrets, and more importantly, protect reporters from getting those annoying calls from administration officials pushing classified information. And always right when you sit down for dinner. That wraps up our program tonight. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW."

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): He's become a symbol for corporate greed. Will a jail cell replace his executive suite? One spy has been outed. How do the rest stay in the shadows?

Today's women are busier than ever. But is all the action making some of them sick?

The hunt for eternal youth: what works, at what cost?

And think you have a bad time at work? You won't believe what some people do for a living. One magazine rates the worst jobs.

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ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN broadcast center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And a good evening to you. Thanks for joining us on 360.

We begin tonight with a simmering controversy that is now approaching full boil. It centers on one explosive question: Did someone at the White House deliberately blow the cover of a CIA operative, retaliating because her husband openly criticized how the White House handled Iraqi intelligence before the war?

The controversy has been percolating for a while now. Now the Justice Department itself is investigating.

We have two reports tonight. We get the damage control at the White House with John King. But we begin with the latest from national security correspondent, David Ensor, who joins us now -- David.

DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, this story broke rather quietly in July without too much attention. What's bringing attention now is the fact that the CIA has referred to matter to the Justice Department, and that fact came out just in the last 48 hours.

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ENSOR (voice-over): At the request of CIA lawyers, the Justice Department is looking into whether to launch a full investigation into the leak of the name a CIA operative, her face concealed here at her husband Joseph Wilson's request.

JOSEPH WILSON, FMR. U.S. AMBASSADOR: Let's say if it was just out of spite or for revenge, it is really truly despicable.

ENSOR: Former Ambassador Wilson is the man sent by the CIA to investigate whether Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger, a claim Wilson says he debunked. Wilson says the leak was payback for his criticism of the administration's Iraq policy.

WILSON: I believe that it came out of the White House. I have sources who have told me that.

ENSOR: This man does know who the leaker was. Bob Novak, syndicated columnist and CNN contributor, named Wilson's wife as an agency operative in a July column, quoting two senior administration officials. Now he's calling the controversy Bush bashing and declining to say who told him about it.

ROBERT NOVAK, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": I do not reveal confidential sources.

ENSOR: At the CIA four years ago, former President Bush Sr. made his views about such leaks crystal clear.

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, FMR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.

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ENSOR: U.S. Officials say, if caught, a leaker could face jail time since exposing a CIA clandestine operative is a felony. And it can cause sources developed over the whole person's career to dry up -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right. It is serious indeed. David Ensor, thanks very much.

Now, you might be wondering, why did Robert Novak reveal the name of a CIA operative in the first place? We did. Well, he gave a fuller explanation on today's "CROSSFIRE."

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NOVAK: As a professional journalist with 46 years experience in Washington, I do not reveal confidential sources. When I called the CIA in July, they confirmed Mrs. Wilson's involvement in the mission for her husband who is -- on a secondary basis, he is a former Clinton administration official. They asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else.

(END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: That's his explanation. Well, this controversy meant that Democrats today dine on an Atkins-approved meal of political red meat. Some Democrats, including presidential candidates, tossed around the phrase "independent counsel" -- we've heard that before -- demanding an outsider look into who revealed the operative's identity. That meant the White House was busy today, indeed.

Here's senior White House correspondent, John King.

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JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The president quickly left the room after this afternoon bill signing, ignoring shouted questions. His spokesman says Mr. Bush sees no need for an internal White House investigation and no need for an outside investigation by a special prosecutor.

SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It should be pursued to the fullest extent by the appropriate agency, and the appropriate agency is the Department of Justice.

KING: White House chief of staff, Andy Card, told senior staffers Monday, anyone with information about the leak should contact the Justice Department. But there was no formal directive to the White House staff, and the president is not asking for an internal review despite reports the illegal leak came from within the White House.

MCCLELLAN: It's not our practice to go and try to chase down anonymous sources every time there's a report in the media.

KING: Ambassador Wilson initially blamed top Bush political adviser, Karl Rove, for the leak. But Wilson now says he's not sure. And Rove emphatically denies any role. Democrats and others Bush critics are demanding a special prosecutor, because they say Attorney General Ashcroft, the Bush appointee, cannot be trusted to lead such a sensitive investigation.

SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER (D), NEW YORK: There is a clear conflict of interest for the Justice Department.

KING: The Democrats running for president are joining the call for a special prosecutor, a reminder the Justice Department review raises both legal and political questions for a president who made honesty and integrity a major campaign theme.

JOHN PODESTA, FMR. CLINTON CHIEF OF STAFF: I think the White House would be prudent right now to issue some, at least, warnings and directives to preserve e-mails, to preserve phone records, to take the kind of prudent steps that are necessary.

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KING: The White House says no such directive have been issued because the Justice Department has not requested any records or any interviews. That, despite the fact that the CIA asked for this investigation several weeks ago. In a letter to the president tonight, several leading Democrats say that is proof to them the attorney general does not take this investigation seriously enough, and that an independent special prosecutor should be named immediately -- Anderson.

COOPER: John King, thanks very much tonight from the White House. We're going to have more on this controversy in about 25 minutes. We're going to talk to two former CIA covert operators to talk about the importance of maintaining cover for CIA personnel.

We move to California now. Our favorite headline of the last few days, which pretty much sums up the recall mayhem -- take a look. "All Politics are Loco."

Well, if it is loco, Arnold Schwarzenegger will have much of that. One poll shows him sprinting ahead in the final stretch, which means Governor Gray Davis is running hard and fast to try to catch up. The latest now from senior political correspondent, Candy Crowley.

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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SR. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seniors on Saturday, Latinos on Monday, with an assist from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Down to politics 101 in the final days, return to your base to turn out the vote.

Governor Gray Davis will be meeting some kind of turnout. The latest CNN Gallup Poll shows 63 percent of likely voters in California want to dump their governor. Forty percent would vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger on the second half of the ballot. It is Davis versus Goliath.

GOV. GRAY DAVIS (D), CALIFORNIA: I weigh maybe 165 pounds on a good day. I'm ready to go to him toe-to-toe. But he seems to be the one on the run here.

CROWLEY: The governor, who spent the summer working on his softer, gentler side, has changed his game...

DAVIS: We had four. We had one, two, three, four.

CROWLEY: ... from bingo to hard ball.

ANNOUNCER: He ducks tough questions, didn't vote in 13 of the last 21 elections. And now he refuses to debate the governor he's trying to replace.

CROWLEY: Message: you really want a newbie running California, and a Republican newbie at that? Still, he's clearly a quick study.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: I'm thinking about just the same message that's the most important thing: to be upbeat and to let the people always know that we can change.

CROWLEY: It's the law of political gravity that when poll numbers go up, the party falls in line. And they are falling like dominoes into the Schwarzenegger fold.

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CROWLEY: The California Republican Party, a famously conservative group, weighed in today, taking a look at Schwarzenegger's moderate to liberal social views, and then his poll numbers. They decided to endorse him -- Anderson.

COOPER: As you said, Candy, it all boils down to politics 101. Thanks very much for the report tonight.

We've got a number of stories making news "Cross Country" tonight. Let's take a look.

Washington, D.C.: do not call. The U.S. Supreme Court has given the Federal Communications Commission the go ahead to begin enforcing its "Do Not Call" rules starting on Wednesday. The ruling allows the FCC to fine telemarketers who violate the registry.

There may be further appeals, however. President Bush, meanwhile, signed a bill authorizing the FTC also to enforce its rules, which a lower court has called an infringement on telemarketers' free speech.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: a deadly dispute. Police say a woman involved in a property dispute opened fire at a county government center, killed the woman she was fighting with apparently. Also, an attorney was wounded. The shooting suspect is now in custody.

Montgomery, Alabama: Ten Commandments suspected (ph) Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, well, he's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to permit the display of his Ten Commandment monument in the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building. Moore filed a 31-page appeal brief today.

Los Angeles: protesting war. Police report no arrests or injuries from this anti-war march that drew about 3,000 to the streets of Hollywood yesterday. It was one of several rallies across the country over the weekend, protesting the occupation of Iran.

And your local gas station: a Lundberg Survey. Well, they reported the average price at the pump dropped more than a dime over the last two weeks. And that is the biggest drop in two years.

And that's a look at stories "Cross Country" tonight.

Still to come, however, on this Monday edition of 360: bin Laden's right-hand man. A new tape and a new threat surfaces. Do they provide the clues to track down al Qaeda's top leaders? We're going to take a closer look.

Also, rat race blues. Find out why modern life may be driving waist lines up and sex lives down.

And the desperate search for the fountain of youth. Just how far are some willing to go to keep that youthful glow? What works and what is downright dangerous? We'll take a look.

First, let's take a look "Inside the Box": the top stories on tonight's network evening newscasts.

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COOPER: They are walking on my name.

Some questions for the overtaxed woman out there. And we know it's a lot of you. Do you lurch from work to your kid's soccer practice to the PTA meeting in a haze of exhaustion and crankiness? Do you overeat when the pressure gets to be too much? Has your sex life perhaps gone as dormant as a bear in winter?

Well, if the answers are yes, you may be suffering from what one doctor is now calling HWS, Hurried Woman Syndrome. More from Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Fatigue, moodiness, weight gain, low sex drive? How many women do you know that suffer from all four?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It sounds like me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everybody goes through it once in awhile.

GUPTA: The Hurried Woman Syndrome is the name Dr. Brent Bost, a Texas obstetrician-gynecologist, has given to this set of conditions.

DR. BRENT BOST, "THE HURRIED WOMAN SYNDROME": The Hurried Woman Syndrome affects mostly women between the ages of 25 and 55. Often they have children.

GUPTA: In fact, fatigue, moodiness, weight gain and low sex drive have traditionally been seen by doctors simply as symptoms of minor depression.

BOST: These patients are one level of brain chemistry short of a major depression. So the importance is prevention.

GUPTA: Some psychologists argue Hurried Woman Syndrome isn't new.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We might medicalize something that, if you really analyze it fundamentally, it's really just an aspect of life.

GUPTA: But for women like Tracy Gartner (ph), a mother, wife, and eighth grade teacher, a diagnosis with a name gave her permission to slow down.

TRACY GARTNER: I don't think I would have stopped had I not realized that I do need to take care of myself now and not prolong this. GUPTA: Dr. Bost says women who don't address the symptoms may see them evolve into more serious illnesses, including immune system problems, heart disease, ulcers, migraines, and major depression.

BOST: So let's back off, get control of that schedule, learn to say no to the right people, and set your priorities and get your things met first. Let the other stuff go.

GUPTA: And that's good advice for everyone, hurried or not.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Well, here I am. The doctor profiled in Sanjay's piece tells us he's also studying overtaxed men, and says that, unlike women, men see an increase in their sex drive when they face stress.

Well, let's hurry up and take a look at what's happening overseas in tonight's "Up Link."

Rome, Italy: the power is on, but anger mounts as the investigation begins in to what caused the country's worst electric outage since World War II. Fifty-five million people were in the dark for 18 hours.

Tehran, Iran: alleged nuclear program. Iran acknowledges more traces of weapons-grade uranium have been found at a second site in the country. But Iran insists it comes from contaminated equipment purchased from another country.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Hurricane Juan. Two people are dead, extensive damage reported. Juan lost strength after landfall and is now downgraded to a tropical storm.

Northern Japan: oil refinery fire. Firefighters are battling the blaze and dousing a storage tank with chemicals to try to put it out. This thing is burning -- look at that.

No injuries reported. Residents are complaining about the thick chemical fumes in the air.

Paris, France: a diplomatic tour of sorts. First Lady Laura Bush makes a keynote speech, praising UNESCO after a 19-year U.S absence.. She also met earlier with French President Jacques Chirac.

And that is tonight's "Up Link."

In the hunt for terrorists, a new audiotape purportedly from al Qaeda's number two man takes aim at the president of Pakistan. It also has intelligence officials trying to figure out Ayman al- Zawahiri's exact location and how he can send messages so quickly to his followers.

CNN's national correspondent, Mike Boettcher, reports.

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MIKE BOETTCHER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ayman al--Zawahiri, like Osama bin Laden, is believed to be hiding somewhere in Pakistan. Now, however, coalition intelligence analysts suspect that the top two al Qaeda leaders, in the past inseparable, are now in different locations. The latest audio message said to be from Zawahiri takes aim at Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, condemning his support of America's invasion of Afghanistan.

AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI (through translator): The Muslims in Pakistan should unite and cooperate in order to oust this traitor and have a loyal leadership in Pakistan, one that will defend the Muslims and Islam.

BOETTCHER: The tape, which is still being verified, mentions Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's visit to India, which means it was recorded within the last three weeks. That's different from the recently released video showing al-Zawahiri with Osama bin Laden. No one knows exactly when that was recorded.

Intelligence officials now believe al-Zawahiri may be moving on his own in an effort to direct al Qaeda operations. They are trying to verify reports he was in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan earlier this year, a place that would allow him to communicate with deputies across the nearby border in Iran. Pakistanis say they will ignore Zawahiri's threats.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The pursuit of terrorists, al Qaeda and their associates continues despite these threats.

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COOPER: And Mike Boettcher joins us now live. Mike, you know we hear so many conflicting reports in the past couple of weeks. One day, Special Ops Forces are hot on bin Laden's trail, the next they have no clue where he is.

What are you hearing? How close is anyone to catching bin Laden?

BOETTCHER: Well, that's the $64,000 question, Anderson. They believe they have an idea of where he is. But the problem is that location is in Pakistan, and what we believe, and what we're being told by our sources, is the Pakistanis really want to make a move to try to move him out back to Afghanistan.

Now, if Ayman al-Zawahiri is indeed moving, that exposes him to some risk of being caught. And if that's the case, they do catch him, then that could give more information about bin Laden, a more exact location.

COOPER: So the key is getting them on the move. All right. Mike Boettcher, thanks very much for the report.

We've got a couple of other stories in tonight's "Terror Watch" for you. Yemen warns western ambassadors of possible terrorist attacks against foreign targets in its country. Yemen's interior ministry met with several officials to share the information and urge their citizens to be vigilant.

A top FBI official defends his agency. The FBI's assistant director, Michael Mason, says anyone who thinks the FBI failed to connect the dots and missed a number of clues that could have prevented 9/11 is "a pile of manure."

Israel cracks down on its own terrorists. Israeli police say they busted a radical underground Jewish group which had plans to bomb several mosques and a school for Palestinian girls. A number of arrests have been made, and a big cache of weapons and explosives discovered.

And that is tonight's "Terror Watch" for you.

A lot more of 360 to come. Scandal Inc: a CEO accused of looting $600 million, well, he faces justice. Is it about time or too little, too late?

Also, White House on the defensive over a spy leak. What was compromised and who is to blame? I'll ask two former CIA operatives as we begin our week-long look at the spying game.

Plus, sunscreen failure. Find out why researchers are sounding the alarm.

Stay tuned.

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COOPER: In "Justice Served" tonight, allegations of corporate crime. Jury selection began today in New York for the former CEO of the conglomerate Tyco, Dennis Kozlowski, accused of using Tyco as a vast money trough on which to feed.

He's become infamous for his high living ways. And even this past weekend he was spotted partying like it was 1999. But if prosecutors have their way, the party will be over for good. That story from CNN Financial News correspondent, Allan Chernoff.

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ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNNFN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In an era of corporate scandal and excess, Dennis Kozlowski has come to personify greed. The former chief executive of Tyco today entered the same New York State court where he plead not guilty to begin fighting criminal charges he used the company as his personal piggy bank, looting $600 million in partnership with his chief financial officer and now co- defendant, Mark Swartz.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is yet another case of corporate executives abusing their positions of trust. CHERNOFF: Kozlowski's lifestyle has become famous for being so rich, $12 million on art, a Park Avenue apartment for his ex-wife, a mansion in this Boca Raton complex, and an $18 million Fifth Avenue duplex lavishly furnished with a $6,000 floral pattern shower curtain and a $15,000 antique umbrella stand.

When Kozlowski rose to the top of Tyco, he joined the worth of philanthropy on the company's bill, donating $5 million to his alma mater, Seton Hall University. Defense attorneys have argued the company's auditors and board signed off on stock grants, bonuses, and for giving loans that enriched Kozlowski.

(on camera): The Manhattan district attorney is using an organized crime statute to prosecute Kozlowski and to price (ph) corruption. Kozlowski faces an additional 30 criminal counts, including grand larceny. If convicted, he could face a maximum prison term of 30 years.

Allan Chernoff, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: All right. Let's take this case apart with our 360 legal analyst, San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom. Kimberly, thanks for being with us. If you are prosecuting this case, what kind of a jury do you want?

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE-NEWSOM, SAN FRANCISCO ASSIST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, you're going to want a jury that's not going to be completely alienated by the extravagant lifestyle that Mr. Kozlowski has been living. You heard the tape there about the shower curtain, $6,000, the multimillion-dollar estates.

COOPER: How do you find a jury that's not alienated by a $6,000 shower curtain?

NEWSOM: You just really don't, I think is the problem. And, again, you're going to have a jury that can take up to three months off from work. So what you're probably going to see is everyday people who aren't going to relate to this guy and who are going to have their arms folded right away from the beginning and are going to look upon this with disgust, especially in the day and age of people like Kenneth Lay, who have gone unprosecuted.

COOPER: So, ideally, you are looking for high-income individuals on the jury. But as you point out, there are some people who are not going to be willing or wanting to take three months off from work to try this case. Do you look for men or women, do you think?

NEWSOM: I think more men in this kind of case.

COOPER: OK. What about the defense? What kind of advice do you think they are going to be giving their client?

NEWSOM: You're going to see them coming in looking entirely different than their ordinary lives. No Rolex watches, no Armani and Zeyna (ph) suits. They better come in looking a little bit humble with button-down shirts and not fancy clothing, because that's really going to send the wrong message to this jury.

COOPER: Were you surprised that he is going to trial and not going for some sort of a plea bargain? I mean, it's a gamble, isn't it?

NEWSOM: It is a gamble, especially when you see -- these types of cases, you see defendants enter pleas. You don't see them take the chances. The Ivan Boskeys, and recently Waksal, pleading guilty to take their losses -- Michael Milkin.

It's a big gamble. And state and federal prosecutors are going to be watching this kind of case closely to see what kind of success they get. And it's going to have a big impact on whether or not they're going to continue to pursue these cases of corporate greed and malfeasance aggressively.

COOPER: And these kinds of cases are tough to bring. I mean, some have said, look, why haven't more of these kinds of cases been brought? But they are difficult to actually make.

NEWSOM: You have some of the smartest corporate minds, but proving to be criminal minds, in the country. They are running these companies for a reason. And you are trying to trip them up and find details to show that they embezzled money or didn't do things by the book.

And, in this case, they are saying that the defense is, hey, we had approval. The board approved all of these loans and bonuses and so did our accountant. So how is it threat or embezzlement if everybody knew about it and it was approved?

COOPER: And, as you said, this trial could drag on for quite some time.

NEWSOM: Definitely.

COOPER: All right. Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom, thanks for being with us.

NEWSOM: Thank you.

COOPER: All right.

To put this in perspective for you, in the early 1990s, white collar criminals who stole $100,000 or more received sentences averaging 36.4 months. But a person who stole $300 or less received on average 55.5 months. Some perspective.

Still to come tonight: a CIA operative exposed by a leak inside the U.S. government. Was it revenge for her husband's stance on Iraq? Was national security compromised? I'll ask two former intelligence officers.

Also, the endless search for youth. Why Americans are taking desperate measures for beauty. You won't believe what some people are doing.

And ringing off the hook. Meet one woman who says the Sharon Osbourne show is putting her on the crazy train. We'll explain all that ahead.

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COOPER: Time for "The Reset," today's top stories.

Washington, the Justice Department is trying to find out whether someone in the Bush administration leaked the name of a CIA operative to the media. Her husband was a former U.S. ambassador and critic of the administration's pre-war statements on Iraq. More on this in a moment.

Tikrit, Iraq. Iraqi police, backed up by, U.S. troops, made a series of raids in the Tikrit area. Ninety-two people were rounded up. The raids included what was called the largest ever joint U.S.- Iraqi police effort.

Washington. A new possible theory about the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people. A top FBI official says the attacks may have been carried out by someone who didn't want to hurt anyone, but may have been trying to send a warning about bioterror risks.

Also Washington -- U.S. government money is going to new human stem cell research. Three small grants will go to work on stem cells that existed before August 2001. Because of the controversial nature of human stem cell research, President Bush has limited federal funding to older cells only.

And the Food and Drug Administration says people looking for cheaper medications from outside the U.S. are taking a risk. The FDA says recent inspections of drug imports found hundreds of fake or potentially dangerous prescription drugs coming into the country. Eighty-eight percent of the packages intercepted had unapproved versions of medicines in them -- 88 percent.

London, England -- bad news for sun lovers. British research shows sunscreens do not fully block the most dangerous types of rays from the sun. Most sunscreens will fully block ultraviolent B rays responsible for sunburn and the most common types of skin cancer, but they only block about half the UVA rays, the ones thought responsible for deadly malignant melanoma.

That is "The Reset" for tonight.

Well, this whole week on 360, we'll be looking at "The Spying Game,," spy dramas past and present from Guantanamo Bay, the CIA and beyond.

And that brings us back to our top story, the possibility that a White House leak exposed an undercover CIA operative. That operative is married to a former diplomat, Joe Wilson, a man who's been critical of Bush administration policies. To him, the move smacks of payback. Listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JOE WILSON, FMR. DEPUTY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: They attempt to discredit the messenger who brought the message by dragging my wife into -- into the public square. Why that's gained momentum I think is twofold -- one, if it's true, it is a very serious crime. And, secondly, this is, after all, an administration that promised to restore dignity and honor to the White House. And acting like schoolyard bullies pulling the hair of a little girl, metaphorically speaking, is something that I don't think people -- people appreciate very much.

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COOPER: Well, what are the risks of putting officers -- CIA officers into the open? For that, we turn to two former CIA case officers, experts in disguise and undercover work, and the authors of "Spy Dust," Antonio and Jonna Mendez.

Appreciate both of you joining us.

Jonna, let me begin with you. What is the greatest danger? I mean, not only there's the life of a CIA officer or operative overseas at risk, but also all the people they've worked with, right?

JONNA MENDEZ, CO-AUTHOR, "SPY DUST": Exactly. When I was working overseas undercover, all of my colleagues I associated with were also under cover. And if one of them is exposed, then the whole -- the whole group is contaminated.

Also, the people that you're working with, you typically have a clandestine relationship. You assure them that you will protect them, that they won't be in danger, and all of us who do that intend to keep that promise. But if your name is in "The New York Times" the next day, it doesn't do much good.

COOPER: Well, Antonio, I mean, in that case, can you keep your promise to those people you've assured, you know, anonymity to?

ANTONIO MENDEZ, FORMER CIA CASE OFFICER: Well, you're certainly eroding your credibility if, in fact, you can't protect them or protect even yourself. So it's kind of the only lifeline you have, and you have to try to maintain that at all cost.

COOPER: Jonna, I understand you were not a case officer. I think I misspoke a second ago. I said you were a case -- you -- you were -- I know you worked overseas in a covert capacity training people.

J. MENDEZ: That's -- that's right. We were technical operations officer, and working around the world.

COOPER: There -- there are a number of positions overseas. And -- probably don't -- I know you probably don't want to get into too much detail. But case officers are probably the most famous, people have diplomatic immunity, work at embassies overseas, recruiting assets to spy on their own governments, non-official cover people. What are some of the lengths that CIA operatives go in order to maintain their cover?

J. MENDEZ: It was part of our job. If you're going to have a cover job, you need documentation that goes along with it that substantiates your story. A lot of times you need disguises. A lot of times you need ways of covertly communicating. It's endless. The technical support that goes into a cover operation -- all of it comes together.

COOPER: And your husband, Antonio --you provided -- you worked very hard to provide cover -- cover to various people overseas. What are some of the examples, if you can say?

A. MENDEZ: Well, the most exotic example is we always promise to get them out when it was time. And so we were always planning for the rescue of people behind the Iron Curtain, that sort of thing. So in those cases it was really life threatening situations that had to be very, very well constructed and put together.

COOPER: And there was a particular instance in Iran, I believe?

A. MENDEZ: Yes, well, the famous case of the rescue of the six diplomats out of Iran, which is an operation that I conducted. I went into Iran as a location manager for a motion picture company that I set up. And that was the cover and it was fully backstopped in Hollywood.

COOPER: Jonna, to what extent do you have to go to maintain your cover? I mean, friends you meet overseas, other people you work with in the embassy, do they know? I mean, it's got to be extraordinary trying to keep this up 24 hours a day.

J. MENDEZ: It is. It's a test of your mental agility, because on different days you have different names and occasionally you'd find yourself on a Sunday evening checking into a hotel with a pen and there's this hesitation and the clerk is watching you and you're really trying to remember, who am I today, what is -- what is that document? What does it say? Who am I supposed to be?

And it goes to neighbors. We lived next to neighbors in Virginia for about eight months, became very good friends with them, went out to dinner with them and discovered only after eight months that we worked at the same place.

COOPER: That's amazing.

J. MENDEZ: It was. We bumped into each other.

COOPER: Jonna Mendez and Anotonio Mendez, appreciate you joining us. Always good to talk to you.

J. MENDEZ: Thank you, Anderson.

A. MENDEZ: Thank you. COOPER: "360 Flashback" now. Aldridge Ames, the CIA analyst who says greed and folly led him to American trade secrets to the KGB in exchange for nearly $3 million. Over a decade, the career agency official revealed more than 100 covert operations, betrayed at least 30 officers and agents, 10 of whom were later executed by the Soviets. Ames and his wife were arrested in 1994. He is serving life in prison without parole.

Tomorrow, we have a whole weeklong series on this. Tomorrow we're going to take a look at some of the worst traitors in American history.

Want to take a turn now to the never-ending quest for youth and beauty. It used to be that only the super rich and the money -- had the money and the opportunity to fight the effects of aging. But vanity has gotten a lot more democratic. Good to say, or sad to say. Now the not-so-rich are doing it too. Men, as well as women, and not just in a doctor's office either. These days you can get your cinnabun and your Botox all at the same time. Ain't American grand? At the same quick trip to the mall.

The story from CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forget Ponce de Leon. The new fountain of youth is at a strip mall. These anti-aging boutiques are popping up all over the country. And you'd be surprised who's trying to look younger.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Botox.

COHEN: Liz Kerry is only 34 years old and comes regularly for Botox and two other procedures.

Increased interest from the younger set is one reason anti -aging procedures are on the rise.

In the last decade, the number of people getting facelifts has shot up 84 percent. Forehead lifts are up 176 percent. Surgery to make eyes look younger, up 91 percent.

Cosmeceuticals, a cross between drugs and cosmetics, is a $3.2 billion a year industry and is expected to reach nearly $5 billion in three years.

And more and more men are getting into the act. At the Ageless Center in Atlanta, they say half the clients are men, like Harry Saltzberg (ph), who gets Botox regularly.

Dr. Paul Lorenc says he's been seeing more and more men at his practice on Park Avenue in New York City.

DR. PAUL LORENC, PLASTIC SURGEON: The type of patients that I see in my practice include a money manager who is in his 50s, 60s, who wants to look younger. He's competing with younger, 30 and 40-year- old individuals.

COHEN: And many of these new procedures cost a fraction of what a face-lift would cost. But they're temporary. With Botox you pay at least $200 to $400 every few months.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's going to be $450.

COHEN: That makes Botox alone a $176 million a year industry.

Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Atlanta.

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COOPER: Well, the latest issue of "New York" magazine looks at the almost competitive sport that's emerged in the business of selling youth, racing to be the first to provide that hot new technique, even if it isn't FDA approved. Hey, who cares about that?

Sarah Bernard worked on the cover story. She joins us now.

Sarah, thanks for being with us.

SARAH BERNARD, "NEW YORK MAGAZINE": Thank you.

COOPER: It's a fascinating article. Talk about off label -- use of off-label products. What is that?

BERNARD: That means that these are drugs that the FDA has approved for medical use, but not for the cosmetic purpose that these doctors are using them for.

COOPER: So they're basically -- I mean, Botox started this way.

BERNARD: Exactly, that's a great example of it. It was actually approved for eye twitching. Not wrinkle removal, which is what doctors are using it for.

COOPER: Is it legal to use this stuff -- it's meant for one thing. As you hear it on screen you see Botox, eye twitches. But to use it to relax wrinkles?

BERNARD: It's not illegal to know. Except patients need to know it's not being used in the way FDA meant it. But's it is not illegal per se.

COOPER: Some of these other things are pretty scary, Levulan?

BERNARD: Levulan, that's right. This was a topical solution that was used to treat precancerous growths. But doctors were using it to combat sun damage something competelty different.

COOPER: And this other thing, hypertonic saline solution.

BERNARD: This was used to induce abortion.

Some how, someone figured out that if you injected it into unsightly veins it would take care of it as well.

COOPER: The problem is there's basicly -- these things aren't approved by the FDA for this use there is pressure on these doctors to do it.

BERNARD: They use them. The pressure really comes from the patients. And it's kind of like the tail wagging the dog. The patients hear about these and they want them so badly the doctors are trying, scrambling to get them and offer them, to be competitive.

COOPER: And patients know about this stuff because it's being used in Europe or South America.

BERNARD: Exactly. They hear about it from friends and they want the latest thing, they want the newest possible thing that is going to make them look better.

COOPER: Then doctors sort of use this backwards logic, which is well everyone else is kind of using it, so it's OK for me to use to.

BERNARD: That's right. That's what happened with Botox. And eventually the FDA decided, OK, let's pay attention. And they did approve it last year for the wrinkle removal.

COOPER: All right. Let's talk about some of these other anti- aging treatments that are out there. These sort of cutting edge ones.

Cosmoplast.

BERNARD: This is version of coligene that actually costs $600 a syringe. Maybe you need more, but $600 each syringe and it only lasts about three months so it has a very short life span.

COOPER: What does it do? What does it susposedly do.

BERNARD: You can inject it into your lips, into your wrinkles and it's susposed to get rid of them, but only for a short period of time. So, Restolin (ph) is the next one which lasts about 6 months. So it works in the same way. You inject it into the spots that you want flattened out. And people like it because it lasts longer. It's also $600 a syringe, however.

COOPER: Side effects.

BERNARD: A little bruising and swelling in the area it's injected into.

COOPER: And this stuff people go and do, you were tell me, during their lunch break?

BERNARD: It only takes a half hour. Doctors are happy about how quickly they can get their patients in and out.

COOPER: There is also something called Radiance (ph)?

BERNARD: This one is really knew and very popular. It's actually calcium deposits suspend in a gel. And you're supposed to only need it once. It cost $1,500 an injection. A lot more, but technically that's all you'll ever need. The problem is that some people have developed bone deposits, and...

COOPER: Bone deposits?

BERNARD: Right, like a bump on your forehead if that's where you injected it, and that's obviously not a good sign.

COOPER: Wow, it's a fascinating article. It's in "New York Magazine." The extent people go. Thank you very much, Sarah. Sarah Bernard.

All coming up next on 360, what would you do if hundreds of people called your home looking for Sharon Osbourne? Hey it could happen. At least it happened to one woman. We'll talk to her.

Also tonight -- who would have thought "Popular Science" could be so fun. We'll share icky stuff we found between their pages, the worst jobs imaginable. I am talking really bad jobs.

And little bit later on it may be TV, but is it art?

We'll let you decide for yourself. Stay with us.

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COOPER: Welcome back. If you are like me you probably wanted to call the Osbourne family at some point. Maybe get Ozzy's help writing a letter or give Sharon some ideas for her talk show. Well, hundreds of people who thought they were calling Sharon's show actually got this family.

Meet the Voepel's, an Arizona family that has a little Web site business going and a phone number just one digit different from Sharon's. Sandy Voepel run's the business. She joins us tonight from Phoenix. Sandy thanks for being with us.

I guess this started out kind of funny. People started calling your house thinking they were calling Sharon Osbourne's TV show.

How did you first react?

SANDY VOEPEL, GETTING HUNDREDS OF CALLS MEANT FOR SHARON OSBOURNE: Well, at first it was quite funny. We had a lot of fun with it.

COOPER: What were your kids doing with it?

VOEPEL: They did a lot of Ozzy imitations? They learned to do them quite well.

COOPER: So people would call and they'd pretend to be Ozzy Osbourne?

VOEPEL: Yes. COOPER: I guess at some point it no longer became funny. You were trying to operate a business here.

VOEPEL: Right and it is affecting my business now, two weeks later.

COOPER: How's it effecting the business.

VOEPEL: Well, my customers can't get through on my phone. And if I not home and trying to return calls, my voice box fills up within an hour, two hours. And...

COOPER: Now I know -- I understand you called the "Sharon Osbourne Show," you called the producers at the correct number, obviously not dialing your home number. And she actually apologized on air. I think we have a clip of that. We are going to show it and talk about it. Let's show Sharon Osborne's show.

VOEPEL: I'm sorry, patty, and I think everyone should call patty and buy a pen and everyone can buy a pen from Patty go to pinseverywhere.com.

COOPER: There you go. That was an on-air sort of apology and a plug for business.

Did it help business?

VOEPEL: Yes, it did. It aired Friday, and I had quite a spill of orders.

COOPER: So overall, I mean, so what happens now? I mean, are you going to change your number? Is the Osbourne show -- I guess they're not going to change theirs?

VOEPEL: I'm trying to come up with a marketing plan to turn Sharon Osbourne viewers into Pins Everywhere customers.

COOPER: Making lemonade out of lemons I guess.

VOEPEL: That's right.

COOPER: All right, well Sandy Voepel good luck to you. It's just one of those flukes that happens. Appreciate you joining us.

VOEPEL: Thank you.

COOPER: Time for a quick check of "The Current." The "Rock's" new movie "The Rundown" ran over the competition at the box office this weekend coming in number one with $18.5 million. The number two movie, "Under The Tuscan Sun" did half that. But, on a per screen basis averaged $7,600 compared with $5,800 for the "Rundown. Did you follow that? Good.

Now if a train leaves Chicago at 60 miles per hours while another goes to Chicago from Santa Fe at 50 miles an hour, how long before the two trains meet? Pencils down people. The State Department is on the lookout for unwanted intruders in its own headquarters. We were talking about mice, though. Don't get too alarmed. In accordance with existing diplomatic protocol, any mouse discovered in the building is to be blamed on France. Not sure that's technically true but like to think so.

Police on the East Coast are reporting a bumper crop in marijuana this year with record amounts found from Maine to South Carolina.

Is that what marijuana looks like?

Also doing well, we're told, sales are Cool Ranch Doritos.

Officials in Boston captured a 300-pound gorilla named Little Joe. You know doubt have seen this all the time all day long here. After he escaped from the Franklin Zoo. Police caught up with Little Joe as he was apparently trying to catch a bus out of town, maybe to start over new somewhere. New name, new job, the works, who knows. And a in a show of defiance Little Joe warned that his ascendants would one day adopt Romans names such as Zaius and Cornelius and then take over the world. I think he was just talking.

Coming up next on 360 our "Fresh Print" segment looks at what some people are willing to doing in the name of science. We are talking about really bad jobs and the debt we owe them can never be repaid.

Also tonight, is nothing sacred? I ask you this, some students think they can make art out of TV. So, naive youth of today. We'll be right back.

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COOPER: For tonight's edition of "Fresh Print," a close-up look at bad jobs. The October issue of "Popular Science" magazine compiles a list of the creepy-crawliest, "Fear Factor-iest" science-related jobs you can imagine.

Among the worst, apparently on a scale of yuck to not for a million dollars, we find the unsung carcass cleaners of the world. The lucky folks whose resumes boast of how good they are at reducing dead animals down to their skeleton. While some just let the carcasses deteriorate until only a skeleton remains, one UC Berkeley zoologist uses flesh-eating beetles, which I suppose is better than using interns.

Mosquito researchers make the list as well. Some malaria researchers have little choice but to give the little suckers a hearty scientist smorgasbord. One researcher caught 500 mosquitoes, suffering 17 bites per minute for three years. Remember, not to scratch.

Then there are the good folks at tech lab. Their job? Analyzing stool samples, and not the kind you find at Home Depot. This is not a shot from tech lab, although the same basic materials are involved. "Popular Science" chose flatulence smeller as the absolute worst job, I think for obvious reasons. Still here at 360, we thought "Popular Science" dropped the ball, so to speak, when they picked their third worst science job. For our money, the absolute worst science job is, you guessed it, barnyard masturbator. Which I think narrowly edged out assistant barnyard masturbator. These lonely, lonely souls coax pigs and bulls into giving up their little genetic bundles for scientific research.

There you have it. Barnyard masturbator, worst science job ever. Hands down.

Remember Mike Teevee, the kid who got shrunk down into a TV set while visiting Willy Wonka's chocolate factory? Me too. Granted, I'm not sure that is in any way relevant to Jeanne Moos' report on the TVs being displayed now at Grand Central Station in New York. Still, you kind of have to think, old Mike would have appreciated it.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These TVs are going to kill you. And it's not just what's on TV. It's what's under.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There she is. There she is.

MOOS: From Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven-Year Itch" to Hitchcock's "Birds" to "Edward Scissorhands," this programming is cutting edge.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take a brand new TV out of the box, and just sandpaper it and glue stuff to it. It was just great.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Their instruction was to pick a favorite movie moment and kind of create a shrine.

MOOS: Students from New York's School of Visual Arts chose everything from "Silence of the Lambs" to "Rocky." Though movie critics can't lay a glove on these TVs, one did get the ax. Remember when Jack Nicholson hacked through a door in "The Shining"?

JACK NICHOLSON, ACTOR: Here's Johnny!

MOOS: Nothing is a bigger scream than "Psycho."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People just love this scene. They stop, they still get frightened.

MOOS: From the shower to the sink, Lily Tomlin in the "Incredible Shrinking Woman."

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She's trying to climb out. But she's so tiny that she can't get out.

MOOS (on camera): And talk about life-like replicas. One student even put dust on the back of his giant set. (voice-over): Ghosts of movies past, or in this case, the sensual pottery scene from "Ghost." As for Marilyn, she can't even hide behind her own skirts.

(on camera): All right, we saw that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm sorry.

MOOS: Taking pictures under a lady's dress not allowed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm a researcher.

MOOS (voice-over): With research like that, he's going to need a cold shower.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Did that guy say he was a researcher?

Coming up next on 360, how can the White House protect the identities of America's undercover operatives? Well, we'll take one idea to "The Nth Degree."

And tomorrow we'll continue our series on spies and espionage with a look at some of the most famous and infamous of them all, the spying game. Tomorrow.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COOPER: OK, slow down.

Tonight, taking covert operations to "The Nth Degree." We were thinking today about what the White House could do to protect the identities of American covert operatives. Cooperating with the probe into who revealed one name this summer is a good start. But when we saw President Bush today signing a law establishing the new national do-not-call list for telemarketers, that gave us an idea. Maybe the White House could give America's undercover agents a national do-not- call list of their own?

See, that way agents who want to stay undercover could simply register once, and then administration officials would know not to call reporters with top secret information about their identity. For instance, an agent undercover with remnants of Iraq's Republican Guard could simply call 555-please-don't-blow-my-cover, or register online at ForTheLoveofGodMyLifeIsAtStake.org. After that, every time an official did call reporters to leak an agent's information, they'd be subject to a $500 fine.

Sure, there might be some free speech issue here, but this idea could help preserve vital American secrets, and more importantly, protect reporters from getting those annoying calls from administration officials pushing classified information. And always right when you sit down for dinner. That wraps up our program tonight. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW."

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