Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Billy Carter, Libyan agent, embarrasses Brother Jimmy-again...
...Billy finally ended up in the renowned alcoholic rehabilitation service of the Long Beach Naval Regional Medical Center for a seven-week drying out. Things were less antic for a while, but last week, adding to Jimmy Carter's woes this election year, Billy reluctantly registered as the agent of a foreign government in order to avoid possible criminal prosecution by his brother's Justice Department...
...Foreign Agents Registration Act permits any U.S. citizen to work for a foreign government and lobby for its interests. But if he is under its direction or control, he must register with the Department of Justice. For almost two years Billy has quite openly been the best U.S. friend of the dictatorial Arab republic of Libya. But he had all along refused to register because, he insisted, he was just a friend to the Libyans, not an agent. All that changed when the Government found out earlier this year that Billy had received $220,000 from the Libyans in "loans...
Billy Carter hotly denied last week that he was much of a foreign agent. "I registered under protest," he told reporters in Georgia. "I registered for the things they said I did in the past. I don't have influence in Washington and I have not tried to use influence I don't have." In deed, the Libyans seem to have got little from the country slicker from Plains. But Billy was frank enough to admit in an ABC interview: "I would not have been invited to Libya if Jimmy wasn't President. They sought my friendship...
...point in the term for free-speech lawyers came in Snepp vs. U.S. The court ruled that former CIA Agent Frank Snepp must give the Government all his profits from an unauthorized book he wrote about his CIA experiences. Though the agency conceded that Snepp had revealed no classified information, the Justices upheld its claim that he violated a contract-required of all employees-giving it the right to block publication of any manuscript...