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...Perot's penchant for bodyguards and conspiracy theories, it's no surprise that the FBI office in Dallas returns his calls. But the G-men may be a lot less receptive to the billionaire in the wake of last week's revelation that federal agents had conducted a fruitless sting operation against the President's re-election team in Texas. Not since the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s has the FBI found itself so publicly embroiled in national partisan politics...
Politically sensitive sting operations are normally approved in advance by an undercover review committee composed of senior FBI and Justice Department officials. Revell says the Oberwetter operation -- which he claims Sessions approved -- was not subject to committee review because it was a one-shot deal as opposed to a "longtime undercover operation." (Sessions defended the operation last week in a letter to the New York Times...
Candyman, she learn, was a Black portrait artist who impregnated a white subject centuries ago. An angry mob chased him to the present location of the housing project, sawed off his hand with a rusty blade, covered him with honey and let bees sting him to death. Helen's investigations yield some great material, but Candyman takes a fancy to her--she looks just like his lover--and puts a crimp in her style...
Look at the sucess Sting and others have had raising environmental awareness. By proselytizing against the dangers which threaten South America's rain forests, Sting has brought his personal crusade home to many. Michael Stipe of REM rarely lets a public opportunity go by without attempting to address gun control, abortion, or the environment. Similarly, U2 concert-goers must often wonder if they have purchased tickets to a rock concert or a Bonoled pro-Ireland rally...
Gabriel has hardly been idle since So was released. In 1988 he joined Sting and Tracy Chapman on an Amnesty International tour. Two years ago, he created ^ the Real World record label to provide a vehicle for Third World musicians (some of whom appear on Us) and later composed the score for Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ. With the Reebok Foundation, he started the Witness program, which supplies video cameras to human rights groups in the hope that they will record violations...