Word: access
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Local Access...
Ronald Reagan has tried several times to authorize wide use of lie-detector tests but on each occasion has backed down in the face of opposition from Congress or his own Administration. Confronted by the need to police some 100,000 Government employees and contractors who have access to ultrasecret national security information, the President is trying once again. The Los Angeles Times disclosed that Reagan had signed a national security directive on Nov. 1 providing for the polygraphing of federal contractors and employees, including Cabinet members...
...controversial tests will be used primarily for those who hold or apply for "special access," or clearance to handle information with a security rating higher than Top Secret...
Schmidt, 43, filled two of Yale's requisites by being an alumnus ('63) and a renowned scholar: he presently serves as dean of the Columbia Law School and is a ranking expert on constitutional law. Among his books is Freedom of the Press vs. Public Access (1977), a bellwether text on media rights. PBS viewers know him as a probing moderator on last year's series The Constitution: A Delicate Balance. His academic rise has been dramatic. After getting his LL.B. at Yale in 1966, Schmidt clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren, joined the Columbia faculty in 1969. Before being...
...examine a polar extreme--the hypothetical legislator becomes an avid patron of pornographic materials. The protection of pornography makes his life more 'pleasant.' He has unlimited access to whatever his eyes desire. He's glad the hypothetical veil gave him the 'right' to look at dirty pictures...