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...Website to solicit contributions for her legal-defense fund and invite readers to E-mail Congress or Kelly with their support. The letters, phone calls and editorials were running heavily in her favor; politicians from both sides of the aisle were blasting the Air Force for conducting a witch-hunt. Senate majority leader Trent Lott, no softy on matters military, declared the previous day that the Pentagon was clueless. "I mean, get real: You're still dealing with human beings. I think it's unfair." Flinn was being "badly abused," Lott said, and at the very least deserved an honorable...
...Rupo, a key insider, could lead to the breakup of the coalition government. Prosecutors based their accusations on the sometimes conflicting testimony of a single witness, who said he had sex with Di Rupo in 1989 and 1990. Di Rupo claims to be the victim of "a witch-hunt, a McCarthyism of the worst sort." Following intense political haggling, Parliament last week voted against stripping Di Rupo of his immunity, concluding that the evidence is still too flimsy. But the reprieve was only temporary; the country's highest court was ordered to continue investigating the minister, and lawmakers will again...
...disconcerting to read in your pages about the witch-hunt for chocolate [HEALTH, Sept. 2]. The enemies of chocolate, by attempting to associate it with a marijuana high through their tenuous research, have devised a reason to make this delightful treat illegal. These are people who want to eliminate all the small pleasures of life. But many of us are prepared to fight back for our chocolate. Underground chocolate factories may soon appear if legislation restricting chocolate ensues. JOEL NEUMAN Toronto...
...whip up hysteria among their own ranks, which helps them raise money, rally troops at the local level, build infrastructure and effectively challenge issues at a federal level," says Elliot Mincberg of People for the American Way, a liberal watchdog group. "In many respects, it's a national witch-hunt...
...SICK OF READING ABOUT WHITEWAter. Every report I've seen, including this story, says nothing illegal was done. This is just a Republican witch-hunt. Enough! PAT MARSHALL Berwyn, Illinois...