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Caught in a Pentagon crossfire, a general resigns...
...troops into combat in Korea and Viet Nam with such gallantry that he was twice awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest combat medal. He moved easily from battlefield to classroom, from Pentagon desk to international command, gathering ribbons and rank along the way and, last year, becoming the youngest four-star general in the Army. Then, last spring, Sam Sims Walker became trapped in a bureaucratic Pentagon crossfire, and last week he resigned from the Army after more than 32 years of service-at the same time bringing into the open a battle between generals...
Walker knew that a Turkish general would soon replace him. "I supported it," he told TIME Pentagon Correspondent Don Sider last week. "I thought the Turks were right to want one of their own people in the job." In February, Walker received an "eyes only" message from an old friend, Army Chief of Staff General Bernard W. Rogers. The communication assured him that Rogers was working to line up another "four-star slot" for him and implied that there would be no problem in finding...
When TIME's Laurence Barrett began covering the White House last May, he knew about the two rites of passage that awaited him. The first was perfunctory: despite past assignments at the Pentagon, he was fingerprinted and photographed immediately by the Secret Service, then issued a pass at the White House gates for each visit until he received a final security clearance. The second was a pleasure: a welcoming chat with Jimmy Carter. Since his arrival, Barrett has filed reports on a whirlwind of major stories that include the vote on whether or not to sell warplanes to Israel...
Because of the First Amendment and ambiguous espionage laws, the U.S. press is not nearly so hamstrung by Government secrecy as its British and Canadian counterparts, who could not get away with printing something like the Pentagon papers. As for American public servants who disclose Government information, they can land in jail only if the information harms the national defense (though just what material should be classified secret remains hotly debated). To plug less serious leaks, the U.S. has tried to use other tools. Example: Snepp was not charged with disclosing classified information but with violating his secrecy oath, which...