Word: jabara
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unpredictable and extremely dangerous. But then, Leonard always seems more interested in sociology than suspense. His supporting cast springs from that circle where commerce, show business and crime are hard to separate. Casino Manager Jackie Garbo likes to impress visitors with his autographed celebrity photos. Bodyguard Moosleh Hajim Jabara strains parody as an Ethiopian-born retired pro-football player who changed his name to DeLeon Johnson. LaDonna Holly Padgett is a former Miss Oklahoma and Miss Congeniality well on her way to such titles as Miss Cordial and Miss Bloody Mary. The rub-out of a Mafioso in the mandatory...
...FEDERAL COURT recently ruled against Abdeen Jabara, an American lawyer who had sued the government for secretly tapping his phone for years. The decision raises serious questions about government adherence to Fourth Amendment restrictions on unreasonable search and seizure. More importantly, it highlights long-standing questions about the nature and actions of the National Security Agency...
...several problems with the NSA's structure. By shrouding the warrant process in secrecy, the government restricts the public from finding out or reviewing when and why wiretapping is authorized. The use of secret judges also distorts the warrant-requirement limits placed on domestic law-enforcement agencies. In the Jabara case, for example, the NSA supplied tapped information to the FBI, 17 domestic agencies and three foreign governments. The FBI, which never formally charged the lawyer with any crime, could not have obtained a warrant...
...dangerous potential of the NSA is obvious from incidents like the Jabara case. Congress should open an investigation of the NSA and its operations, especially the secret warrant process. If our government plans to expand its ability to keep track of its own citizens, the matter should at least be brought out into the open...
...fired off a message to Secretary of State Alexander Haig expressing his country's "sorrow and pain." Chedli Klibi, secretary general of the Arab League, denounced the move as an "American crime." Palestinians demonstrated against the action in several West Bank towns and in East Jerusalem. Warned Abdeen Jabara of Detroit, one of Abu Eain's attorneys: "This decision will come back to haunt...