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...they work all night at his house on an M.I.T. graduation speech, surrounded by note cards and bits of paper stuck on easels. "For him it's like golf. He loves it!" concludes an aide. But beneath this wonkish exterior, the President has found a smart politico. After the TWA 800 crash, Clinton named Gore head of a task force on airline safety--a delicate job, since the report he produces must be rigorous without implying that the President flubbed the issue earlier. Gore is also the favorite mouthpiece for Clinton's rapid-response team, "prebutting" Bob Dole before...
...second sanctions bill also looked unpalatable when Republican Senator Alfonse d'Amato proposed it last year. The bill languished until the bomb attacks on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and the suspicious explosion of TWA Flight 800 last month. After that a version affecting only new investment of more than $40 million in petroleum development sailed through Congress unopposed. Senator Orrin Hatch reflects the mood of many Republicans when he says, "I don't find it acceptable that our key allies don't agree with us about dealing with terrorism. As long as our allies invest in terrorist states, that...
...long as the U.S. government maintains its policy of interfering with the domestic political affairs of other nations, tragedies such as TWA Flight 800 will inevitably occur. Sadly, it is often innocent people who are the victims of violence, not the politicians and policymakers whose international meddling sows the seeds of conflict. DAVID N. THOMSON Sydney, Australia...
...fallout from the TWA Flight 800 crash is ruffling diplomatic feathers in New York City. A week ago the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that complete searches be conducted of all airline passengers traveling out of the U.S. with passports from any of the seven countries Washington has designated as state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba. Such passengers, in addition to being run through electronic detectors along with their carry-on and checked bags, are being hand searched. Snared in the new order have been diplomats from the affected countries who are posted...
SMITHTOWN, New York: TIME's Elaine Rivera says some reporters may be jumping the gun with reports stating that searchers found explosive residue on wreckage from TWA flight 800. Investigators are not ready to rule out mechanical failure as a cause of the crash, she reports, nor are they prepared to turn the case over to the FBI. The discovery has been more of a puzzle than a revelation. "What they have found is a tiny trace of PETN, a component of some kinds of plastic explosives, on a seat cushion," says Rivera. "Divers have recovered 60 percent...