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...special operations division, meanwhile, was getting into even deeper trouble. The source was Yellow Fruit, which had been assigned to keep watch over the other special operations units to make sure they preserved secrecy. In 1983 two of the unit's officers complained that their commander, Lieut. Colonel Dale Duncan, was trying to cover nearly $90,000 in missing funds with phony receipts. Colonel Robert Kvederas, the new commander of special operations, asked Longhofer, who had become military liaison with the CIA, to investigate. Longhofer initially concluded that Duncan's accusers could not prove their charges. But Jerry King...
Last week he did. In statements that echoed the recent pronouncements of a certain Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, Eitan maintained that he had done nothing in the Pollard operation without the direction of his superiors. "In all my activities, I did not act without approval," he said on a radio show. In a separate newspaper interview, Eitan asked, "Do the people responsible appreciate the fact that I agreed to assume the responsibility?" If so, they are not saying so. Israeli officials had no comment...
...many American ghettos now resemble Beirut, urban terrorists like Hagan are largely responsible, acting as roving gangs peddling drugs and violence and terror. Despite the fratricide among gangs, most of their victims are innocent bystanders. Says Lieut. Bob Ruchhoft of the Los Angeles police department's gang detail: "Life is cheap as hell in some of these communities...
Ancient triremes reportedly cruised up to 18 hours at a steady 7 to 8 knots. Using scale models, British and Greek scientists calculate that fully outfitted boats could have attained a top speed of almost 10 knots. "Of course," says Lieut. Commander Spyros Platis, the Greek navy's supervisor on the project, "this would be at the peak of the oarsmen's output, which couldn't last for more than a minute...
...issue of aid to the contras. When aid was indeed denied, I had the exhilarating sense that I had effectively contributed to our democratic system. My faith in this process has been shaken by the revelations of the Iran-contra affair. Despite the sincerity and eloquence of Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, I agree with Indiana Representative Lee Hamilton's assessment that our own democratic principles have been subverted in the effort to secure a democracy in Nicaragua...