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...Prime Minister for eight of the past ten years-helped to dampen his political appetite. He once told friends: "I got into this too young." Last week he added: "Twenty-five years in various ministerial posts should be enough. The time I have used talking to newsmen I will now use for reading...
...press enjoys as much freedom as any in the world, a reporter's right to keep sources of sensitive information confidential remains a tense and crucial issue. When pressed by grand juries, prosecutors or judges to tell more than they are willing to print or broadcast, newsmen have traditionally claimed absolute immunity under the First Amendment, which broadly protects the press against Government regulation. The Supreme Court last June smashed that shield in a 5-4 ruling that journalists have no guaranteed immunity against compelled testimony before a grand jury...
...tested. The art of the expose has not suddenly disappeared with the decision. The Chicago Tribune, for instance, recently revealed massive vote fraud in Illinois (TIME, Sept. 25). Moreover, the Supreme Court told Congress and the state legislatures that they could write statutes giving full or partial immunity to newsmen under a variety of circumstances. A House Judiciary Subcommittee chaired by Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier last week completed hearings on a number of bills that would give newsmen considerable protection, at least in U.S. Government investigations. A new federal law might also serve as a model for state legislation (only...
Pressed by newsmen to justify his charges, Brandt finally exploded. With his face reddening and his rasping voice rising, he exclaimed: "My subjective conviction was and is that in the case of attempted and completed party switches, financial things also played a role." As for it "all coming out eventually," Brandt explained weakly that he had been expressing a hope...
Shultz's new world would be one of greater uncertainty for traders and the money speculators, who range from small-time investors to the treasurers of multinational corporations. In fact, the Secretary told newsmen that one of his aims is to "throw all sorts of curve balls, spitballs and sinkers at the speculators." But Shultz's world would also be a place in which changes in currency exchange rates would occur in small steps in accordance with internationally agreed-upon rules rather than through a series of wrenching crises...