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...still work hard at maintaining up-to-date inventories of each other's arsenals, but that job is already done by satellites and computers. Meanwhile, both sides are hungrier for information in areas that require human analysis and hands-on, close-up espionage. "If anything," says CIA Director William Webster, "the changes introduced by Gorbachev make it more important for the Soviets to get intelligence on key foreign policy matters, congressional intentions, defense and advanced technology." As for the U.S., it will need as much information as possible on the players in the unpredictable dramas of Central and Eastern Europe...
Democratic front-runner Francis X. Bellotti typifies the politician floundering in an attempt to attain "political correctness," Soon after the Webster decision in July, the former attorney general said he was "outraged" at the Supreme Court. Strong words from a man who spent decades in the Massachusetts political sphere with nary a word on the issue...
...after the Webster decision, pro-choice activists held a rally and declared all anti-abortion politicans politically dead. They vowed to organize plans to oust any elected official who disagrees with their position. The anti-abortion camp has been far less vocal in the aspect, but many anti-abortionists would only vote for candidates who agree with them. This closed-minded attitude is destructive to democracy...
Bonifaz and others said students were angry about a slew of recent 5-4 high court decisions, which marked a major shift in the court's posture towards personal liberties and civil rights. Among the cases they cited were Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which allowed greater restriction of abortion rights, and Patterson v. McClean Credit Union, which limited the scope of the 1866 Civil Rights...
Since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services last July, allowing states to impose greater restrictions on abortions, legislators in a number of states have tried to seize the opportunity and pass laws restricting abortions altogether...