European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday july 19,1990 intelligence overseas by the Washington Post Washington a a the defense department is planning to 8ve official backing to military intelligence officers who Trade in their uniforms to pose As businessmen in search of profits abroad. The Senate intelligence committee has approved legislation that would allow the Pentagon a to engage in commercial activities in order to provide Security for intelligence collection work overseas. A the Bush and Reagan administrations have been seeking commercial cover for military spies for the past five or six years according to committee officials. This year the senators said in their report on the 1991 Intel Genic authorization Bill a there is a legitimate albeit limited need for such  a committee spokesman said the military services primarily the army a intelligence and Security come want to enter the business world. Under the Bill either the Secretary of defense or the Deputy Secretary of defense a but no one else a could to pose As order the creation of corporations partnerships or other Legal moneymaking entities whose real purpose would be the conduct of intelligence collection or counterintelligence activities abroad. The businesses would be exempt from various Federal Laws and regulations that might be a inconsistent with or that might Quot compromised the operation. For instance the Senate committees general counsel l. Britt Snider said there Are Laws prohibiting the defense department from incorporating businesses without acts of Congress from entering into lease agreements for More than a year and from depositing Money in Banks without specific authority. The Cia and the Fri already have statutory authority to establish commercial cover arrangements that As the Senate panel puts it a would withstand scrutiny from the Inteman Security services of foreign governments that May be hostile to the United  defense department intelligence officers Are rarely placed in situations that require them to pose As bust newsmen the committee said but occasionally their r. Fac no longer Exxon Valdez after nearly a year in dry Dock at san Diego the Oil spill off Alaska will be put into service soon. Its Exxon Valdez that ran aground causing a massive name is being changed to the Exxon  1 million Worth of food for needy stolen Federal officials charge Garden City . Apr Twenty one people and a storage company stole Over $1 million in Federal food for the needy and sold it to restaurants or used it themselves Federal officials charged tuesday. It was the largest known conspiracy to steal Federal Lood . Attorney Andrew Maloney said. A complaint was filed in Federal court against the Long Island company cold storage of Nassau in Westbury the individuals and five local businesses that allegedly purchased the stolen foods. Each was charged with conspiracy to steal department of agriculture commodities Maloney said. The foods stolen included milk Peanut Butler Kosher Chicken Turkey cheese butter and tuna All bought by the Federal government with taxpayer Money for the free food programs according to Maloney. The foods were intended to feed children and other needy individuals at schools Day care centers programs Tor the elderly soup kitchens and other charitable organizations in Nassau Suffolk and parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Cold storage of Nassau was under contract with new York state and the Usdan a food and nutrition service to store and distribute the food. Instead c old storage workers including truck Drivers and loading Dock personnel allegedly stole approximately 10 percent of each shipment Over at least four years. It is also alleged that the workers sold Over 7,000 cases of the food a year to delicatessens restaurants and pizza Parlours on Long Island or used it themselves. The defendants were Able to cover up the scheme by filing phony vouchers said Burton Ryan an assistant . Attorney. Some of the workers involved in the scheme made up to $200,000 a year. A this was truly a greedy crime Quot said Ryan. The complaint alleges that the defendants sold the food at less than a third of its value and that the food establishments were aware that they were buying stolen food. Twelve of the 21 people named in the complaint Are present or past employees of cold storage of Nassau including the warehouse manager Martin Moore. A Moore 27, of Westbury a grandson of the owner is considered the Mastermind of the scheme Ryan said. Officials were tipped to the scheme three years ago. Federal agents began an undercover investigation in which agents posing As truck Drivers Day care and school employees were Able to infiltrate the ring and Purchase stolen food directly from cold storage employees. B duties  a when essential intelligence requirements cannot be  having commercial cover would not Only a enhance the Security of Dop intelligence operations a the committee said a but they should permit greater Access to essential information.�?�. Snider said there is no Law prohibiting military intelligence officer from pretending to be businessmen a a favorite routine of an old comic strip hero Buz Sawyer a a but the problem is there is nothing to Backstop them a no legally organized front company they can Call their own. Under the Senate Bill Cia director William Webster would have a veto Over such undertakings if he should decide they would conflict with other . Intelligence or foreign policy objectives Quot or if he does not consider them operationally  in addition Fri director William sessions could fait to give his approval to any of the Pentagon Sun de cover business activities within the United states. State Sidecar struck by 2 trains but Driver 19, survives Mapleton . Apr Kory Albert was Lucky to be alive tuesday after his car was hit by two trains As he tried to race across the Railroad tracks. The 19-year-old bakery workers car was struck about 2 25 . By a westbound Coal train and dragged about 365 feet according to the Cass county sheriffs department. He escaped just before another train struck the car from the opposite direction dragging it another 500 feet. Albert who was treated for cuts to his head face and shoulder said he drove around a crossing Gate. A a in a seen the train coming from the West and i knew i could beat that train a Albert said. Quot i looked to the East and i saw that train. About a second later i was rolling out of my  the Coal trains were travelling at speeds Between 50 and 55 Mph police said. Burglar trapped by print from slice of his Finger Dallas apr a department store burglar was tracked Down by a print made from a slice of Finger he Cut off when he climbed through a broken window. James Carol Grisby was sentenced tuesday to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to the burglary and explaining in court How he lost part of his Finger. Had a slice of his Finger not been left at vivid a department store police say they might not have caught Grisby. In court Grisby 31, admitted that he broke into the department store May 13. He said that As he climbed through a broken window a piece of Glass Cut through his Finger. Although he was in severe pain and bleeding profusely he said he searched the store for valuables anyway rummaging through pairs of pants and shoes. Police found pan of a Finger in a shoe Box made a fingerprint from it and matched the print to Grisby whose prints were on file from previous  envoy to . Faces leukaemia problem Washington apr Czechoslovakia a new envoy to the United states has an Early form of Zeuke Mia and is trying to decide whether to remain in this country the Washington Post said in its wednesday editions. A it s not that we done to have Good doctors at Home Quot ambassador Rita Klimova told the newspaper. A but we done to have the ability to protect patients from infection. That requires a High degree of sophistication in the hospitals.�?�. The ambassador who assumed her diplomatic Post live months ago said her government will pay her medical Bills but she is concerned about the finances and does not want to run up a big Tab. She said her decision on whether to stay in the United states will depend on finding treatment that a fits in with someone a research plans. Klimova became ill in May but the leukaemia diagnosis is recent the newspaper said