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CREDIT: From a telephone poll of 1000 adult Americans taken for TIME/CNN on Aug. 17-18 by Yankelovich Partners Inc. Sampling error is plus or minus...
Both CIA agent Aldrich Hazen Ames and Russian informant Dmitri Polyakov ((ESPIONAGE, Aug. 8)) were double agents. But General Polyakov's altruistic nature was evidenced by the fact that "he would not accept much money" for passing Moscow's secrets to the U.S. This behavior, coupled with his commitment to remain in Russia to right the wrongs within the Soviet system, shows that he was the antithesis of Ames, a piece of profit-oriented garbage. Why is someone like Ames extended the courtesy of a life prison sentence? It would seem his very existence poses a security threat...
...hoping it would be hijacked to Key West. Other Cubans began to commandeer motorboats and tugboats, but the authorities gave chase and opened fire. On July 13 at least 32 people died on the tugboat Trece de Marzo after it was rammed and sunk by pursuing Cuban ships. Aug. 5 saw the largest antigovernment demonstrations since Castro came to power...
Altman had been accused of lying to the Senate in February about the breadth of White House-Treasury contacts over Whitewater. During House and Senate hearings, Altman strove mightily to salvage his credibility. He failed. Although it had been reported that Altman decided to resign on Aug. 10, sources close to him say he knew as soon as his Senate testimony was over that his departure was likely...
...legions of doubters. This morning, a pathologist hired by the Tennessee department of health arrived in Memphis, ready to review Elvis Presley's medical records, autopsy report and other information. At issue: whether Shelby County medical examiner Jerry Francisco suppressed the role drugs played in Presley's death on Aug. 16, 1977. The verdict's due in two weeks...