Word: condemned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have your nerve. You condemn William Safire for his "groaners" in the same issue [Oct. 3] that you commit "Sloops du Jour,'' "The Spy Who Came in for the Gold," "Growing Fonda of Jane" and, worst of all, "did not go gently into that good nightside...
Among politicians, former Democratic Governor Robert Docking of Kansas was sympathetic to Lance. "He defended himself very well and deserves to be heard out. We should not be too quick to condemn people in this country." Republican Richard Aurelio, former deputy mayor of New York City, called the hearings "one of the most extraordinary things I've ever seen in public affairs. The Senators have come off looking foolish. Lance's performance has been remarkable...
Bernstein does not condemn colleagues who did odd jobs for the CIA. "Some of what happened was, in the context of the times, understandable," he says. "Some is less understandable. This is just a story to try and find out what happened and why." But it may be more than that. Though the article has so far received little attention in the foreign press, there is the possibility that some nondemocratic governments, having long used the specter of CIA ties as grounds for expelling troublesome correspondents, will now cite, however incorrectly, Bernstein's story as justification for their acts...
...Most condemn him, but they fear reform more...
Critics cite HIID work in countries such as Iran, Indonesia and Bolivia and condemn the institute as a supporter of repressive regimes, that enthusiastically helps Third World governments maintain the status quo. "It's a very difficult problem," Stephen Marglin, a professor of Economics who did a small amount of work with the DAS, says. "Research and consulting seem naturally weighted toward smoothing the wheels of the existing machine rather than putting together an altogether...