European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 5, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 7 Iron Contra defendants demand data on Ultra secret intelligence operations Washington not the classified documents being sought by the defendants in the Iran Contra affair disclose intelligence operations so Sensi Tive that they arc known Only to president Reagan and a few senior aides an intelligence official said in court papers tiled Friday. The official Russell. Bruch mar general counsel to the Cia said the documents referred to irreplaceable human sources technical collection methods and cooperative arrangements with foreign intelligence services hat Are still Bruemmer s affidavit was Given in support of court papers filed by the prosecution Friday that show the defense is trying to review a Host of the government s most closely guarded secrets including Covert operations and systems used to intercept electronic communications the request raises difficult issues for the prosecution. . District court judge Gerhard a. Gesell who is handling the Case has insisted that the defense have Access to any material needed to protect the rights of the defendants. They Are John m. Poindexter a retired Navy rear Admiral and former National Security adviser Oliver l. North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and former White House aide Richard v. Secord a retired air Force major general and Albert a. Hakim an iranian american businessman. Poin Dexler and North in the course of their jobs had Access to most of the govern ment s sensitive intelligence programs. Gesell has shown Little sympathy in previous pretrial hearings to arguments from government lawyers that the classified material be restricted Only to those who have a need to he has made it Clear thai if the government balks at turning Over relevant documents to the defense he will dismiss the Case. Although the defense lawyers have so far Only asked that they be permitted to review the material in secret intelligence officials have made Clear they Are reluctant to turn Over the documents under any circumstances. As described in a document filed Friday by Law rence e. Walsh the Independent prosecutor the defendants Are seeking documents that detail a Broad array of intelligence programs. These include Access to any information related to the government s secret attempts to Rescue the Ameri can hostages in Lebanon and to documents relating to the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by Congress As Well As to documents pertaining to Covert operations in nine geographical areas around the world and data gathered through the interception of communications Walsh argued Friday that the defense requests were grossly Over Road and would require a search of millions of pages of documents that would take months. He said the requests were in revelant to the prosecution. For example he said that the defendants request for any information about attempts to Rescue the Ameri can hostages in Lebanon went Well beyond the Bounds of the Case. The Iran initiative itself is not charged at a crime Walsh said. As for information on the disclosure of classified data by Congress Walsh said this could not be used to Rebuff charges of lying to the legislators or obstructing their investigations. In hit affidavit Bruch mar conveyed the concern Felt by intelligence officials about the request by the defense. A said the documents sought were More extensive than any in the memory of senior intelligence Agency officials with whom he consulted. Mystery surrounds deaf mute boy found in Mexico Elpaso Texas a a boy believed to be about s years old. Who was found wandering in a mexican Border City possibly survived a plane crash and might be from he United states officials said. The boy Olio can t hear or speak and communicates Only by gesturing and drawing pictures was found nov. 7 bythe Side of a Highway in Ciudad Juarez. No one knows his name but Juarez Wel fare workers have named him authorities believe Savat is from the United slates because of his reactions to american cultural icons including hamburgers and video games and they believe he lived through a plane crash because of his drawings. He Drew a plane Ihnn he Drew a plane thai had crashed said Luis Torreon the Texas department of human services. Torre works As Liaison Between Elpaso and Juarez child welfare Agen cies. Torre said that the second drawing depicted a lot of blood and the bodies of two adults and a child. We believe those represent his parents and a sister. He showed me by using his fingers that he crawled away from the wreckage said Torre. He said the boy has scars on his Chestand Back that appear to be two to three years old. According to a report Torre filed with Elpaso police the boy s pictures seem to indicate he was picked up after a plane crush by a passer by and taken to a hos Pital. Alter treatment the boy apparently a this sketch indicates Saval May have survived an air plane crash. Deft mute boy known As Saval left to look for his family. Authorities Are slumped As to when or where the plane might have crashed or How Saval got to Juarez across the Bor Der from Elpaso. The woman who found the boy Guadalupe de la Vega of Juarez said she thinks Savat might be from the untied Stales because he does t like Chili Tor Tillas or Beans but readily eats Hamburg ers and hoi dogs. He also is Good at playing video games which most Young mexican Chil Dren Lack the Money to play. We just recently got him into a school for the deaf Torre said. They showed him cartoons of american characters such As Donald Duck and Mickey mouse and of mexican characters and he was More familiar with the american cartoons and seemed to like them bet he added that Saval seems More familiar with . Money. Casey s famous fan storting its second Century san Francisco a a Hundred Yean have passed since Phin s Tiller ran that Day it stirred the souls of millions bul was Worth just five Bucks pay of Casey fanned with two men on and caused Mudville to Poul but somewhere hearts Are lighter because Thayer cranked it out. Often imitated but never matched Casey at the Bat hit the Century Mark Friday with its place i history secure As one of America s Best loved comic verses. The mighty slugger s whiff remains perhaps the most famous strikeout of All outdoing any involving Reggie Jackson or Carl Hubbell. The san Francisco examiner first published it on june 3, 1888, placing it inconspicuously on Page 4 Between an editorial on the Republican National convention that nominated Benjamin Harrison and a cynical column by Ambrose Bierce. As he newspaper noted in reprinting the poem Friday its Impact would t have been nearly As great had the mighty Casey homered to win the game for the Mudville nine that Day. And if he d bit a two out single to drive in Flynn who Wai a hugging third and Jimmy Blake Safe at second for a 4-4 ninth inning lie he d be just another fictional ballplayer. The Story of Casey has become an american myth because Casey in the incomparable lowering Symbol of the great and glorious poop out wrote Martin Gardner a former newspaper reporter who studied the poem i factual basis and compiled a col Lection of ballads about Casey. The poet himself was a bit of a Casey. Born in Lawrence mais., Ernest Lawrence Thaye was a Brilliant Phil Phy student at Harvard univer sity where be developed close friendships with philosophers William James and George Santayana. He edited the Harvard Lampoon and faithfully attended every Crimson baseball gome in 1885, when be graduated with highest honors. He accepted an offer from Harvard cd inn William Randolph heart to write i humor column for the Sun , when be we 24, Casey ran As his final contribution As usual under the byline of phia a nickname a few Eastern papers reprinted it but the Ballad Only caught on after capturing the fancy of comedian we Liam de Wolf Hopper. V. Re a bored Hopper tried reciting it one night in May 18 89 during � comic opera on Broadway. The audience. Was to delighted that by Hopper s count there Wert More than 10,000 limes in Bis career when he geared Bis Throat and began the Outlook Waw t Brill Nuit for the Mudville nine that r a
