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...such rules apply to opinions in a newspaper? A racist editorial involves no offensive behavior, and may be argued coherently. But since the rules take issue with the content of the opinion, the definitions of harrassment and hate speech would have to include offensive editorializing among the forbidden behaviors...
Under a 1981 Executive Order, the U.S. government is forbidden to participate in assassination. But the rules of battle arguably supercede that prohibition. In wartime, international law recognizes military commanders as legitimate targets; as commander in chief of Iraqi forces, Saddam thus qualifies. (Of course, so does President Bush.) Washington's denials notwithstanding, Saddam has been pursued by allied bombers. His presidential palace has been hit; his command-and-contro l centers have been hit; most of the places allied intelligence thought Saddam might be have been...
Elsewhere in the gulf, the press is operating under other tough restrictions. Israel has long required that all material relating to military security be subject to censorship. Revealing such details as the exact location of Scud missile hits is forbidden. (The information could theoretically be used by the Iraqis to improve their targeting.) After a Scud attack in Tel Aviv, NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher broadcast prematurely that there were casualties; Israeli authorities retaliated by cutting NBC's satellite link. NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw had to apologize on air for the inadvertent violation before the line was restored. "We apologized...
...guided the country to the brink of battle and consulted Congress only when the legislative branch had no reasonable alternative but to go along. What was even more disturbing, however, was Bush's open admission that he would have committed American troops to fight even if Congress had explicitly forbidden him to do so. If the war goes badly and Congress votes to withdraw U.S. forces, Bush may provoke a Constitutional crisis by ignoring the legislative branch...
...Florida those pushy lawyers who hawk themselves on TV will have to amend their ways. As of Jan. 1, a new set of rules put a virtual gag on attorneys pushing their services on the tube. They are forbidden to use dramatic scenes, slogans, endorsements from clients, plugs from celebrities, moving pictures -- in short, just about anything of greater interest than a test pattern. To top it off, such commercials have to include a disclaimer warning potential customers that they shouldn't be picking attorneys through TV ads in the first place. The Florida Bar Association, which developed the rules...