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SONGS OF AMERICA (Nonesuch). From Foster and Ives to Copland and Carter, a tour de force by mezzo Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish...
Those who play along are well cared for. Steven Kalish, a convicted U.S. drug smuggler who was the chief witness against Noriega in the Tampa indictment, says he personally delivered at least $900,000 in bribes to the general in 1983 and 1984. In exchange, says Kalish, Noriega gave him a diplomatic passport, a multimillion-dollar letter of credit and safe passage for hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana...
Until Blandon, Kalish and others provided direct evidence of Noriega's criminal activities, American officials were divided over what to do about him. As early as 1972, a U.S. narcotics agent proposed his "total and complete immobilization" -- meaning assassination. But the agent's superior rejected the idea. Last March, when Senators Jesse Helms of North Carolina and John Kerry of Massachusetts introduced a resolution condemning Panama for its , poor showing in the war on drugs, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott protested that the Panamanian record was "superb...
...first time he called on Panama's General Manuel Antonio Noriega, in September 1983, says Steven Kalish, he brought along a briefcase containing $300,000 in cash. When the meeting ended, Kalish left the satchel behind. "Noriega called me back," Kalish says, "and said I forgot my briefcase. I told him it was for him, and he smiled...
That is the story that Kalish, 35, a convicted drug dealer, told a congressional subcommittee last week. His testimony was the most damaging public testimony so far linking the Panamanian strongman to drug-smuggling operations. Kalish testified that he gave at least $650,000 to the general and his associates to help with drug deals and money laundering. Noriega had no comment on the charges. Meanwhile, a Miami grand jury is conducting a separate inquiry into drug-trafficking allegations against Noriega...