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...process will go on," says a U.S. State Department official, "but how long can the Israelis tolerate these attacks?" Israel may have bought some time with the arrest of the 10 Hamas members, plus the 20 more picked up after the Jerusalem bombing. Among those detained in the first roundup was Abdel Nasser Issa, the alleged ringleader and bombmaker in both recent attacks. Israeli officials believe that Issa's network was one of the pillars of Hamas' military wing in the West Bank and that by breaking it, they foiled Hamas' plans for at least four more suicide bombings...
...divisive controversies. The agency faces a class action by black agents who claim widespread discrimination and intimidation, including the posting at one office of a "State of Oklahoma Nigger Hunting License." Last week charges resurfaced that ATF agents attended a racist gathering in Tennessee, the annual "Good O' Boys Roundup." Agents complain too of a management culture that doles harsh discipline to agents but goes to great lengths to protect its managers. In one case, a former head of its Dallas office who sexually harassed an employee received a demotion and transfer -- to the Virgin Islands. "Any agent...
...black agents say they in particular have experienced such behavior. Although the "Good O' Boys Roundup" made news last week, ATF's leadership has long known of the annual affair and its racist trappings. The black agents' class action cited the event as just one of dozens of racist incidents. Dondi Albritton, who heads the bureau's Explosives Technology branch in Washington and is a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said he once saw an invitation to the roundup that was printed on ATF letterhead and mailed in an ATF envelope. At this year's outing, racist slogans and T shirts...
...find a place on the broadcast agenda for another justice and Treasury department probe: the "Good Ol' Boy" hearings. Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who convened the inquiry today, said sealed affidavits claimed rape and narcotics use may have occurred at one of the "Good Ol' Boys Roundups," an annual gathering staged for federal, state and local law enforcement officers since 1980 in rural Tennessee. Making matters worse, two black agents ofthe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, one retired and one active, depicted Roundup organizer Gene Rightmyer as a man who went...
Regie Miller's late jumper gave Indiana a 94-90 win. Roundup of the night's NBA action. Page...