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...lack of awareness is part of the problem. Most Americans have little conception of political and economic issues, both national and international. Witness how easily a jury was found for the trial of Oliver North, the symbol of the Reagan administration's covert corruptions. That trial involved some of the most shocking allegations of loose-cannon government ever seen in this country. Yet many people were unaware of the case, unconcerned by the process or ignorant of the implications of the trial's results...
...staff, with apparently nothing better to do, has fabricated a link between the College administration and final clubs which simply does not exist. Dingman's conversation with Kane, by The Crimson's own news account, can hardly be construed as indicative of the type of covert "direct relationship" upon which this editorial is premised. Neither did the conversation merit the alarming and sensational headline which appeared in the news story...
...White House officials said Secretary of State Warren Christopher did not know about theCIA programswhen he said on a talk show Sunday that no U.S. money was going to Guatemala. TIME Washington national security correspondent Douglas Waller explains that the CIA, which was ordered in 1992 to drop its covert action in the country, legally maintained several low-profile "liaison" programs that trained Guatemalan officers in intelligence-gathering and counternarcotics. Waller adds: "We have been maintaining an intelligence relationship with a government whose army has the worst human rights record in the region. And there's no reason...
...also described nuclear and biological weapon proliferation, narcotics trafficking and international economic relations as policy areas that continue to rely heavily upon the operations of the CIA, both its analysis and its covert operations...
...Harry Covert Alexandria, Virginia...