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THIS IS NOT TO SAY that Allen deserves to hang onto his job. In addition to the Japanese incident, he has often undermined the president's position with his constant bickering with Haig. He also is not as indispensable to the Reagan administration as Haig and Stockman, and thus cannot afford the mistakes they...
...special White House test to get rid of Allen is a feeble and cowardly way around the truth. The White House seems to be saying it will find a way to make Allen look guilty if the Justice Department does not. The fact that Allen cannot get along with Haig or run his department well is one thing. It is quite another if he is illegally accepting money. By using the Japanese incident as the reason for a possible Allen departure, Allen's enemies will stain not just his reputation as a political player, but his name, his family...
...been accused of sending hitmen to assassinate Washington's Ambassador to Italy Maxwell Rabb. And now U.S. intelligence authorities are investigating a report that agents of Muammar Gaddafi may be on the prowl for even bigger targets: President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger...
Rumors that Libya would attempt some type of dramatic revenge have been circulating ever since U.S. pilots downed two Libyan jets in a dogfight over the Gulf of Sidra last August. Haig and others have spoken of a "hit list" of potential U.S. targets. Although Libya has labeled these claims "insolent in the extreme," security around American leaders has been significantly tightened in recent weeks. Secret Service agents carrying UZI submachine guns have been notably more prominent at Reagan's side during public appearances. Air Force One and other official planes have been equipped with devices to foil heat...
...second Al Haig may be gaining a little high ground. He presides some mornings over eggs with ambassadors and journalists, leading them on a tour of the world's far horizons, trying to make sense of the jumble of events and people, both inside the Reagan Government and outside...