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B-I - Daniel talks with Diarmuid Jeffreys, author of "The Bureau - Inside the Modern FBI" (Hougton Mifflin). Jeffreys discusses a period during the 1980's when the FBI investigated people belonging to peace and activist groups that were critical of U.S. policies in Latin America. Jeffreys says this period was reminescent of other dark periods in the Bureau when the FBI turned its attention towards investigating people in the U.S. based largely on their political views.

NPR's Anne Garrels visited several villages in the southern part of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya and reports that residents are divided as to whether to continue fighting Russian troops. The Russians have occupied the capitol Grozny for several weeks.

Daniel talks to Laurie Garrett, author of the book, "The Coming Plague." She says that there are more antibiotic-resistant microbes and diseases that resist conventional medications now than ever before, and that they are spreading rapidly throughout the world because people and goods are travelling more than ever.

Daniel speaks with Silas Cochise, a tribal council member of the Mescalero-Apache Indian tribe in New Mexico. This week the tribe decided not to allow the federal government to bury nuclear wastes on their lands.

STAMBERG/BICYCLES: SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH TOM O'KEEFE, DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK THAT HAS PUT A HUNDRED DONATED BIKES ON THE STREETS OF PORTLAND, OREGON, FOR THE FREE USE OF ANYONE.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT OLYMPIC DIVING GOLD MEDALIST GREG LOUGANIS, WHO REVEALED THIS WEEK THAT HE HAS AIDS.

MARTIN GOLDSMITH, HOST OF NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY SHOW, TALKS WITH SCOTT SIMON AOUT A NEW TREND IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. THE NAME MAY SOUND OFF-PUTTING -- IT'S CALLED "MYSTICAL MINIMALISM." BUT, ACCORDING TO ITS FANS, THE MUSIC IS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC HAS BEEN IN A LONG TIME.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports that a Republican lawmaker in the state of California has proposed legislation that would cancel affirmative action programs in the public sector. Two California academics have written what they call the California Civil Rights Initiative, that would also bar the state from granting preferences based on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, if voters were to pass the initiative.

Mail Divorce - Host Daniel Zwerdling speaks with Danelle Morton who negotiated her divorce via E-Mail. She decided she didn't want to use a lawyer and that person to person negotiations became too emotional, so she turned to E-Mail.

A recent spy flap between the United States and France has focused attention on the issue and ethics of industrial espionage -- spying on foreign firms to gain trade secrets and an advantage in the global marketplace. NPR's Dan Charles reports that the CIA is now warning U.S. companies against foreign spy operations while intelligence specialists are advising U.S. companies to develop espionage capabilities of their own.