Word: roeder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interest groups. These two types often are really one. It has become standard procedure for a rich candidate to lend huge sums to his campaign from his personal fortune, then stage fund-raising parties after the election at which he solicits funds from PACS to repay himself. Says Edward Roeder, compiler of a directory, PACs Americana: "Many Senate seats have been bought but not yet paid for. We will see whether they are put up for sale...
...maltreatment seemed to fall into definite patterns. Among the several hostages kept in solitary confinement for long periods were two senior captives: Lieut. Colonel David Roeder, 41, assistant air attache at the embassy, and Elizabeth Ann Swift, 40, chief of the political section. The captives given the most severe treatment of all were the most rebellious, of whom there were several...
Besides the harassment, the Iranians tried more subtle ways to break the hostages' will. They allowed little mail to get through to the captives. Roeder said the guards burned "millions of Christmas cards" sent to the hostages in 1979; others tell of mail torn up before their eyes...
...students said that Laingen "must provide some explanations about documents of espionage discovered in the nest of spies." In addition, the students announced that if the hostages are tried, Vietnamese representatives will be invited to attend. They claimed that one of the hostages, Air Force Lieut. Colonel David Roeder, had flown 102 bombing missions over Viet Nam and therefore was a "war criminal...