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...military prosecutors are now among the first lawmen in the country to see the AIDS virus as a weapon and its willful transmission as a crime. At Fort Huachuca, Ariz., last week, Private First Class Adrian G. Morris Jr., a clerk-typist at the garrison headquarters, faced a court-martial on charges that include aggravated assault. Reason: Morris allegedly had sex with two soldiers, one male, one female, although he knew an Army screening had shown him to be an AIDS virus carrier...
That judgment now appears to have been hasty at best. Bracy is no longer accused of anything. Lonetree is still charged with passing secret documents and the names of U.S. intelligence officers to the Soviets. Others face courts-martial on less serious matters. But the most stunning charges of spying inside the Moscow embassy have been dropped for lack of evidence. Indeed, no Soviet bug has yet been found anywhere in the current embassy, and there is growing concern that the military may have either blown the investigation or blown it out of proportion or both. Says a ranking...
...insisted we should have a joint declaration on democracy. He did not accept my proposal, but when I left him, I had a feeling that he was already about to change his mind. According to my sources, President Chun Doo Hwan and his people were considering either martial law or accepting the people's demand for democracy...
...goal for South Korea is a "democratic and stable society and a freely elected government which enjoys the support of its people and respects its rights." That was at least an endorsement for constitutional reform, if not necessarily on the opposition's terms. On the matter of martial law, which the government has hinted it might invoke, Sigur was unequivocal. "Our position on that is crystal clear," he said. "We oppose martial law, and would hate to see anything like that happen." Back in Washington, Sigur briefed President Reagan on his findings Friday afternoon and, at a later press conference...
...citizens," Lee added, "Should it become impossible to restore law-and-order through ((self-restraint)) alone, it would be inevitable for the government to make an extraordinary decision." He did not elaborate, nor did he need to. An "extraordinary decision" could only mean emergency government powers, perhaps even martial...