Arafat presents Palestinian reform plan to CIA director

Wednesday, June 5, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Responding to growing U.S. pressure to fight terror, Yasser Arafat presented CIA Director George Tenet with a plan Tuesday for restructuring the unwieldy Palestinian security apparatus. Israel called the proposals "worthless."

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