Word: treasonously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Author Chapman Pincher charges in a new book, Traitors: The Labyrinth of Treason, that Oldfield was a homosexual. Last week Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirmed that the spy chief had admitted to her before his death in 1981 "that he had from time to time engaged in homosexual activities." Thatcher stressed that "there was no reason whatsoever to suggest that security had ever been compromised...
...Masabata Loate, a leader of the 1976 antiapartheid student uprising, was slain with axes and knives near her Soweto home after serving a five-year prison term for treason. Loate, 29, had angered the comrades by speaking out strongly against necklaces...
...motive for the arms-shipments policy was to gain U.S. influence in Iran's power struggles or to win freedom for hostages in Lebanon, officials could hope for success. Last month Mehdi Hashemi, a hard-line Iranian official, was arrested in Tehran and charged by the Iranian government with treason, allegedly because he had masterminded the kidnaping of a Syrian diplomat, who was then promptly set free. Khomeini personally approved an investigation into Hashemi's activities. Hashemi's pending downfall is good news for the U.S. because he is among the most extreme of Khomeini's followers in urging Islamic...
Sparg, who is white, then identified herself as a guerrilla of the African National Congress, the outlawed antiapartheid political organization. Last week, dressed defiantly in the A.N.C.'s colors of black, green and yellow, she pleaded guilty to charges of treason, arson and attempted arson and was sentenced to 25 years in prison...
Vanunu is believed to be undergoing interrogation by Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, at a former British fort south of Tel Aviv. He could be charged with violating the country's Official Secrets Act or, worse, with treason, which carries a possible lifetime prison sentence. However, Israeli officials are leery of placing Vanunu on trial. Reason: a verdict of guilty, they concede, would have the effect of confirming his story...