European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes thursday january 2, 1986 Flora Lewis . Inconsistent on extradition of Irish terrorists for a country in it lakes a had in War in Ler Crisni the United skills is a Cine Nufi Misu Reily it ii Cunt or extradition or Irish terrorists. Authorities in in fasl won l be sur prised if Here is in upsurge of violence in the Wake of the new Anglo Irish agreement which fur inc first Lime will five Dublin the i lit to Lake up grievances or the ii Lhulier minority in North pm i it kind k Tny . Build sides a Mew hint a Bolti w things up. The i Niimd Slit i is ii and Bri Lai n have signed ii supplement in their 1972 treaty Loci Isilie to Lieal Ile Femc k a Liole when extradition of murderers. A Cimberg my Hisle Laker r Jav sought. There have in in four hearings since inc scaly was sent Lolohe Senlac fur ral Ifica Liun last june. The administration Hiis t no id any Preal exertion to jul if through Aud re is now bugged Iio a in fierce a Jiu Innel preyed by Ilic Lormi lobby. Opponents Wilh sen. Jesse i Helms ii Ilic fore want to reopen the loophole and allow judges Lojen Csuri Aditi if Ity find extraordinary behind inc crime. There have been four recent cases in which . Courts live refused on political grounds to Send Back charged Irish learn lists. Indus my ant Man who was convicted but escaped from prison Nan made it to . The British Wurl Inorg a Surana they la be Nolc in prosecute. When the shoe is on the other fixes which it was to than Italy let Mosc timed Abbas go after inc Achille Hijack in a. Washington has no doubt that politics is no excuse for crime. Dunny Morrison � Leader of what he Calls the sinn Siirid he odier Day that this group Plin cd no spec Iii octian beyond the current level of Vio Lence in response to the London Dublin agr cancel. Our he void is a Epemino Rar grist acts tuned Lar further Dedos la let ii founder and Tiposo inc w of republicanism thut is. Of those who argue for a political solution Ini cod of armed struggle. The sinn fein office on Belfast s Grimy Falls Road is to shabby Warren with an Iron Cage protecting its door. There is a poster saying the Ira Calls the and a sinister mural of men in camouflage weapons extolling guerrilla Days in inc Fannif there Are emblems of Asa la inc arme Carl Rowan Nian terrorists and similar groups and a card taped to he fireplace bringing lots of warm greetings from Damascus and All the palestinian comrades across town in the protestant Section of Shank Hill Road the offices of inc Ulster defense association arc a bit less Tacky but otherwise much the same with the same air of menace we re Errol no pick said Andy Tyrie who runs the Uda. The pictures of fighters Aren t different but the foreign posters favor the can iras in Nicaragua inc cambodian rebels and uni la which is fighting the government of Angola with South african help. These Don t prove International connections for either group now but both do look for foreign support and sympathy. If Uda murderers and bombers were prosecuted in Northern Ireland As energetically As the Ira is it would remove any suspicion about partiality in pursuing terrorists there. But american reluctance to be As Stern with suspected Ira criminals As with palestinians for ii imply weakens Washington s stand against terrorism any where. Treaties similar to the one with Britain arc being negotiated with Israel Germany and soon with Sweden. If the British treaty does t get through the Senate now it will probably be put on the shelf until it can be offered next year alongside a treaty with Israel. That is cynical but probably effective politics. Senators will have to decide whether they Are More against certain terrorists than others or against terrorism period. The Irish times Washington correspondent called it mccarthyism to Sug Gisl that opposing the British treaty showed support for the Ira. Moderate Catholic politicians in Belfast say that what really matters for the armed group now is not so much the Money it gets from fervid Irish americans As the political backing which keeps up morale. There is special irony in american right wingers supporting this leftist group which says it wants a socialist workers Republic for All of Ireland. One spokesman said All would have been in vain if the brits just handed Over Power Straightaway to the likes of those in the Irish Republic who would just move in and became brits wearing lie there can be no politically justifiable crime in a democracy. . Law needs of catch up with . Talk about prose Culins terrorists. In , Tomci personal Liberty being threatened by spy scandals Tiik United states has been severely damaged from the standpoint of military occur ii by the record number of spy penetrations revealed in i9h5. As More cases of treasonous behaviour arc uncovered vote May find them causing serious threats to personal Liberty within inc United states. America s intelligence agencies and the military serv ices will never Tell the truth publicly about How much damage spies ha1.c i on Bat you can make a judgment thai tightening enough i you will remember that the John a. Walker or. Spy ring gave the soviet Union the Navy s most sensitive codes and compromised the must modern cryptographic equipment. The soviets probably got invaluable Aid in keeping truck of . Nuclear submarines. T or incr Cia analyst and linguist Larry wit Tai Chin has Over 20 years Given China a mind boggling array of . Documents classified top secret and higher. Although he went to Hong Kong and other cities to pass along . Scr cos Chin was undetected As a Cia mole for two decades. He compromised almost every aspect of . Policy in the far East. Ronald w. Pelton. Former employee of the Ultras Cret National Security Agency sold the soviet Union information about the multimillion Dollar Asa program to break soviet codes intercept soviet Telephone Calls cables and other messages and eavesdrop electronically on soviet embassies and fat ill lie a ii Over the world. Me surely helped the soviets to develop counter measures. The damage done by the known spies can be com cd in billions of dollars and a Lul Marc lives of americans and America s friends operating abroad. We must not Swallow whole the suggestions that a record number of spies have been caught in i9s5 be cause our Security procedures Are tighter and our coun Ter espionage efforts arc better. In inc Walker Case we Gol Lucky when a disgruntled wife let a mangy cat out of the bag Pelton and some others were fingered by soviet Kab officer Vitaly Yurchenko the defector for awhile. There a run t enough angry sex wives and defectors around to in acc me doubt that a lot of people like Chin Are still in our government and military Likely to get away with Selling out America for 20 years. We will never Stop it As Long As americans with Access to Vita secrets feel that they can Lake a million dollars or so from a hostile government or a Friendly one As in the Case of Israel and Jonathan Jay Pollard for betraying America because the Price of getting caught will be puny compared Wilh the magnitude of the crime and the amount of Money to be gained. The Laws ought u stipulate that upon conviction a John Walker or Larry Chin is to be imprisoned for life without possible parole and the Federal government is to seize All his Money and property. That ought 10 be i he Law period and no plea bargaining and Hemming and hawing about a lighter sentence in Exchange for telling what was Given away or for fingering another alleged spy. The danger though is that in anger and frustration the government will impose Shotgun regulations and scattershot Ara Caman measures against All manner of employees and citizens. Federal Gumshoe could go into an orgy of impositions of Lic Delector tests. Anyone living beyond what seems to be his or her Means could have Bank accounts looked no secretly tapping telephones could become a sort of new american lottery. Neighbors could Start looking under each other s Beds again. Let s Hope thai we can make the penalties for spying Tough enough and our counter espionage efforts effective enough so we. Won t need to Lay on new batches of soviet style police state measures. But you can be sure that espionage is such a threat to America that someone is going to do something drastic. C Newt and act s
