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Noah Adams speaks with Richard Rapaport who visited the military operation in Bosnia to see what high tech gear is being employed in that peacekeeping effort. Commanders can receive video from practically anywhere there are soldiers deployed in the field. And a huge remote controlled tank is used to detonate mines.

Today is the Ides of March. To mark it, we read from Shakespeare's tragedy, "Julius Ceasar," in which Brutus eulogizes the man he helped murder.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says what you wear could really tell the world who you are and what you think. He wonders if the juror at the Whitewater trial who dressed in a Star Trek uniform everyday might have been offering a social commentary by suggesting we all should should dress differently.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pirate radio station in Berkeley, California that has provoked the ire of government regulators who want to shut down the low-power station for operating without a license. But, pirate radio operators say their voice is crucial to the democratic process and promise to continue broadcasting despite government efforts to close them down.

WITH TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, OLD BOMB SHELTERS IN TAIPEI ARE REAPPEARING. NPR'S MARY KAY MAGISTAD REPORTS.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr reveals funding figures or two of the country's most secret government agencies.

Commentator Mickey Edwards has been teaching a course this year about how to conduct a political campaign. He isn't sure that Bob Dole would do so well in the course and therefore offers him a few tips.

Commentator Stuart Chifet [shih-FAY] says Cyberspace allows everyone to be an active receipient of information, unlike previous media, like television or radio. We can move forward in cyberspace at the pace we determine.

SUSAN VISITS EDNA'S IN CHICAGO, AN HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to a third four-year term. The President also announced yesterday that he will nominate Budget Director Alice Rivlin and Washington University Economist Lawrence Meyer to vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the arrest today of a former National Security Agency employee charged with spying during the Cold War. The Justice Department alleges that Robert Lipka passed classified documents to the Soviet Union in the 1960's. (5:00) -B- 8. TEXAS FIRES -- Linda talks with Jeff Edwards, fire marshall of Parker County, Texas, about the fires that have been burning out of control just west of Forth Worth. Speaking from Poolville, Texas, Edwards says firefighters have contained one blaze that has destroyed 20,000 acres but worries about two more fire that are still burning.