European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday february in 1987 i columns James Kilpatrick drug fess raise questions of constitutionality getting Back to this business of testing certain Federal employees for the use of illegal drugs a couple of opinions have come along of considerable interest. One of Ihm condemns the pending pro Gram out of hand. The other suggests a sensible Wayto preserve in. The president s program which has yet o go into effect would require the mandatory testing by urinalysis of Federal employees in sensitive positions. For these workers an All Clear test would be a condition of employment. The program would apply particularly Mirage and 10 Colin Powell who hat been promoted to lieutenant general and appointed As Frank Carlucci s Deputy at the National Security Council. But that As we used 10 say would be wrong. The polygraph is less a device to get Al the truth than an easily corruptible method by which officials who May be eager to conceal possible wrongdoing can conveniently remove any other official who might be inclined to obey the Taw. New York Titi i Newt san Etc
