Word: informant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...earlier campaigns--certainly of such famous ones as the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. Those men answered questions from the audience, quizzed each other on facts, and courteously but staunchly defended their philosophies, not their bank accounts. Today, two 20th century politicians cannot or dare not present their ideas and inform America where they really stand...
Ellsberg had originally sought to inform the public about official deception in the evolution of U.S. policy in Viet Nam (see BOOKS). The Government first challenged the press's right to publish copies of the papers received from Ellsberg, but the Supreme Court rejected that challenge. The Government then charged that Ellsberg and Rand associate Russo collected and disclosed secret material in violation of statutes on conspiracy, theft and espionage...
...thus is in such a position of strength that he can love the fools without killing them. Working from that base, if he can now move toward American subjects set in more pertinent modern points farther east and west, he might become one of the first American filmmakers to inform or enrage his audiences to the extent that they might change their world...
...taps are known to have been used, for example, in investigations of the Chicago Seven and in the recent Berrigan case. Wherever violations are found, the Justice Department will have to either disclose the details of the eavesdropping or drop prosecution. Wouldn't it be only proper to inform anyone who has been illegally overheard? "Hell, no," said Kleindienst. "Our duty is to prosecute persons who commit crimes. We don't have to confess our sins anywhere, like some bleeding heart. We were acting in good faith...
...learned of Lavelle's raids had not an Air Force sergeant in Viet Nam involved in falsifying the reports become troubled when his immediate commanding officer quipped that even the President did not know what the fighter-bombers were doing. The sergeant wrote Iowa Senator Harold Hughes "to inform you of what is happening and to find out if this falsification of classified documents is legal and proper." Hughes suspected not, and had a copy of the letter hand-carried to Air Force Chief of Staff General John Ryan on March 8. Within 24 hours Ryan...