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When an "independent investigation" of alleged atrocities against Nicaraguan civilians by contra forces was released last month, much of the press, including TIME, treated the report as the work of a neutral observer, even though the document owned up to a number of circumstances that might have raised some questions about its objectivity. For one thing, the investigation was conceived by a Washington law firm (Reichler & Appelbaum) that represents the Sandinista government. For another, the two fact finders, New York Lawyer Reed Brody and Washington Law Student James Bordelon, lived in a government residence while in Managua and were given...
...former Nicaraguan bureaucrat, Bayardo Payan, 28, said last week that he had been a government accountant during Brody's four-month fact-finding tour and personally arranged payment of roughly $2,000 to cover Brody's food, transportation and lodging expenses. Payan also charged that witnesses - interviewed by Brody were "manipulated peasants" whose testimony was sometimes edited to remove any pro-contra sentiments. According to Payan, Brody often displayed a photograph of himself hugging President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and called Ronald Reagan a "fascist...
...point: while the talks are going on, Congress must release the $14 million earmarked for the contras but tied up by the legislators. The Administration would use the money only for "food, clothing and medicine and other support for survival." If there was no progress in the Nicaraguan talks after 60 days, the Administration would be free to spend the money for military support of the contras...
...Administration's plan is similar to one proposed five weeks earlier in San Jose, Costa Rica, by a broad coalition of Nicaraguan opposition figures. This proposal also urged talks mediated by the church. It would have permitted President Daniel Ortega Saavedra to remain in office until new elections were held. The Sandinistas rejected the San Jose proposal. "We will not talk to the dogs, but to the dogs' owners," said one official, maintaining that the contras were controlled...
...another showdown looms, White House aides acknowledge that they are in deep trouble in their drive to persuade Congress to provide $14 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras. Their script calls for the President to go all out for the contras, whom he has dubbed freedom fighters, in the same way he did for the MX. "It's tough," said one aide. Then referring to the MX vote, he added, "But so was this. Go back and look where we were ten weeks ago on this...