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With me he never even brought up the possibility." But Sindona believed Marcinkus was "incompetent" in choosing Vatican investments. "He is a good bodyguard," quipped Sindona, "but no banker...
...them. Last Friday an Israeli jet attacked an eight-story apartment building in the Sanayeh district of West Beirut, killing or injuring 250 people. Contrary to reports, the building had not been used as an Arafat headquarters, although it did house the family of Arafat's chief personal bodyguard. A short while later, a car bomb exploded near by. P.L.O. leaders were convinced that the Israelis were closely following Arafat's movements and trying to kill him before the crisis in Lebanon had been resolved...
...possible bank fraud. Among them was American-born Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, 60, the president of the bank, which is officially known as the Institute per le Opere di Religione (I.O.R.), or Institute for Religious Works. Earlier, the Vatican's top banker had served as both a papal bodyguard and aide to Pope Paul VI. The other two bank officers are Luigi Mennini, 71, the bank's managing director, and Pelligrino de Strobel, 70, the chief accountant. Though the notification did not necessarily mean that the men would be indicted, it was a great embarrassment to the Vatican...
...effectiveness of their country's police and intelligence services. Details of how Intruder Michael Fagan had found his way to the Queen's bedroom two weeks ago stirred a heated debate about protection for the royal family. In a separate incident, the Queen's chief bodyguard, Michael Trestrail, resigned after admitting that he had had frequent sexual relations with a male prostitute. The scandal came to light when Trestrail's lover, noting the publicity swirling around the palace intrusion, tried to sell his story to a British newspaper...
...President Reagan, the Palace scandal, compounded by the revelation that the queen's former bodyguard is gay, has provided a respite from the repeated denunciations of his foreign policy made by the British press and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, acting as pointperson for Western European leaders...