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...shipyards of Newport News, Va., are no longer the powerful job creators they used to be, but there is still lots of work to be had. The government employs a substantial number; telemarketers and computer makers have moved in; the regional unemployment rate is just 4.2%. But then there's this other statistic: over the past year, the local food bank reported a 69% increase in people requesting help...
SENTENCED. EARL PITTS, 44, FBI turncoat who pleaded guilty to spying for the Russians; to 27 years in prison, longer than prosecutors had recommended; in Alexandria, Va. Pitts is only the second bureau agent ever convicted of espionage...
Thus ended the search for one of the most notorious accused terrorists in the world. On Jan. 25, 1993, during the morning rush hour, a lone gunman pulled out an AK-47 and opened fire on commuters outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., killing two CIA employees and wounding three other people. Kansi, whose prints were allegedly found on the spent shell casings, was identified as the prime suspect. However, the day after the shooting, he left the U.S. on a one-way ticket to Karachi. Soon he made his way to Quetta, Pakistan, capital of the province of Baluchistan...
...audacity of his crime. He took on the most dreaded intelligence agency in the world, and that gave him instant popularity." By contrast, in Washington there is only exultation. Kansi, who made incriminating statements on the plane ride to the U.S., is being held without bail in Fairfax County, Va., near CIA headquarters. Last Wednesday, when the FBI's Pickard and Carter went to meet with CIA employees in the agency's auditorium, they were given something FBI men rarely receive from their rivals: a standing ovation...
...Finally, our efforts and achievements are being recognized as productive and meaningful. Your article shines the brightest rays of light on our unorthodox but seemingly successful methods. I also thank my peers for yelling loudly enough to make the boomers and matures hear our messages. MATT FONTANA Lynchburg, Va...