Word: monitorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those that Reeves researched by putting on his reporter's hat and coming up with fresh news. The most interesting section in Convention is that detailing the full story behind the rumors that Carter had at his disposal during the convention a communications system that not only could monitor other candidates' communication systems, but could also jam them if necessary. The system was devised with the aid and complicity of Jim Gammill '75, Carter convention co-ordinator, and killed at the last minute by more prudent advisers. But even this story partially was reported last November in the Times...
...Carter wore the sweater at dinner with Rosalynn, Amy, Sons Chip and Jeff and their wives. In the library after his meal, Carter asked TV Adviser Barry Jagoda and Adman Jerry Rafshoon what they thought of the cardigan. They told him to check it himself on the TV monitor. All agreed it looked fine. Then Carter rehearsed his talk before the TelePrompTer (which was also used during the speech). "Y'all give me any suggestions you might have," he told his advisers. Just the ending needed another run-through...
...State Department, Secretary Cyrus Vance sent a message to all U.S. posts overseas, noting that the Administration intended to conduct foreign policy "as openly as possible" and in ways that reflect "traditional American values." In the same spirit, he prohibited his staff from having secretaries secretly record or monitor telephone conversations. The practice was common in the Nixon and Ford administrations (New York Times Columnist William Safire dubbed the transcripts "the dead-key scrolls"). Carter liked Vance's order so much that he extended it to the White House; other Cabinet members are expected to follow suit...
...first time I became concerned about our involvement in Iran was last August 9th, upon reading an article in The Christian Science Monitor entitled: U.S., IRAN DRAW UP GIANT DEAL. Nuclear Technology, Oil, Weapons Linked in Talks." This report detailed the lengthy communication between the Shah of Iran and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 in the three controversial areas of U.S. relations in Iran--arms sales, transfer of nuclear technology, and the price of oil. The article reads in part as follows...
Then, The Christian Science Monitor "Inside The News--Briefly" of November 29th, highlights "Iran tied to torture, political jailings. Indeed, this makes me wonder even more why we are becoming so deeply committed in quicksand in this part of planet earth...