Word: noriega
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...attitude for most of this century. The American judicial system has long recognized prior restraint of speech as antithetical to the principles of democracy. But a decision last week proved a dangerous departure from that tradition. By refusing to strike down a ban on broadcast of the so-called Noriega tapes, the Court gave encouragement to those would seek further regulation of the press...
EARLIER this month, the Cable News Network (CNN) obtained recordings of conversations between deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega and attorneys defending him against drug trafficking charges. The original tapes were apparently made by federal officials, who routinely montitor the telephone calls of prison inmates...
...Noriega's lawyers were outraged by the breach of privacy and rushed to court, where Federal Judge William M. Hoeveler issued an order prohibiting CNN from broadcasting the tapes. The judge reasoned that public disclosure of Noriega's defense strategy might compromise his right to a fair trial...
...court's failure to strike down the ruling is not completely unprecedented. It has refused such emergency appeals in the past. But as Justice Marshall pointed out in his opinion, there is clear precedent in the Noriega case. And that precedent, from the 1976 ruling in Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, supports...
President Bush's shifting rationales for his policy are designed to unsettle Saddam Hussein, but they have also rattled Americans. A new antiwar movement is awakening both in Congress and on Main Street. -- Noriega asks the Supreme Court to drop his case because the government tapped his phone calls. -- The Keating Five on the griddle...