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...being debated with new intensity last week in Washington. In the wake of this month's failed coup against Panama's Manuel Antonio Noriega, the fickle finger of blame is being pointed in all directions. It has been aimed at George Bush, at Congress, at CIA director William Webster and at the coup plotters themselves. Last week it targeted a section of a presidential order that bars all direct or indirect U.S. involvement in assassinations. The issue was whether American officials withheld support for the coup out of fear that Noriega might be killed...
...reason the coup failed is that the goal was only to force Noriega into retirement, not to kill him. Still, there is a potential conflict with the ban if the U.S. supports a coup in which the death of foreign leaders, though not intended, is likely. CIA director Webster last week proposed an effort to define the policy more clearly so that CIA officers "can go right up to the edge of that authority and not worry if they or their agency is going to get in trouble." The Justice Department has been asked to prepare a draft for changes...
While many experts agree that Webster has identified a real problem, some think the ambiguity should not be resolved. "There is a gray area," says Anthony Beilenson, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. "And it ought to remain there. The fact that there's a little bit of uncertainty about the Executive Order serves a useful purpose. We should be cautious when it comes to coups that may lead to assassination." In fact, the CIA has procedures for high-level review of operations that could violate the ban. And yet a clear distinction between coups and assassinations is not always...
Junior Todd Wells finished next for Harvardwith a time of 26:09. He was followed by juniorAndrew Webster (26:18) and senior John Lewis...
Besides Benjamin and Wells, those who placed last week and expected to run are Robert Morrison (7th), Andrew Webster (11th) and Brian Davis (12th...