European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Us saturday. September 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Washington a a costly . Drug interdiction Effort is not facing a High tech cocaine smuggling Industry that is driven by enormous profits a congressional report said Friday. One member of Congress said the general accounting office report shows the Bush administration a is losing and mismanaging the War on  a it is distressing to learn that what we Are doing is achieving so Little and to see that we have spent billions and billions of dollars in the process a said John Conyers jr., d-mieh., chairman of the House government operations committee. The Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said the defense department no drug War Gao we have spent billions and billions v most la i i h la a a a _. A. Page 5 has made an a a impressive commitment to the drug War since it became the Lead Agency in 1989 of All Federal efforts to detect and Monitor drugs smuggled by air and sea. But the cocaine Supply has not been reduced and no amount of Effort by the Pentagon will bring Success the report said. A interdiction alone cannot raise cocaine traffickers costs and risks enough to make a difference regardless of How Well Dod carries out its detection and monitoring Mission a the report said. While efforts to reduce the drug Supply Are intended to Cut into smugglers earnings it said Quot the enormous profits in co Caine trafficking makes interdiction losses relatively inconsequential especially in Light of evidence that smuggling costs Are relatively Low and most of the Price growth occurs after cocaine enters the  the defense intelligence Agency estimated that the cocaine Supply did not decrease in 1989 and 1990. Dia officials said their estimate a was the consensus of the intelligence agencies and was used by the administrations office of National drug control policy in a classified National cocaine threat assessment it issued in May Gao reported. But a drug policy office technical paper prepared by a contractor and re leased in june said the Supply did decline. A the Gao said it used the Dia estimate Tor several reasons including that the later drug office estimate was Quot based Only on unclassified sources and w As inconsistent with information from other Gove Rte me n t Sou ices. A a John Walters the drug offices chief of staff defended the june report. Quot this is not an exact science a a Walters said. A a 1 Here is sonic debate Over what is most reliable a but the administration believes cocaine supplies declined. Unclassified data was used so the Public would know where the numbers came from Walters added. Serial murder suspect in . After 6-year fight re it Lek i Fly Annola a i Skinn. A a. By the los Angeles times Sacramento Calif. A Charles no a former Marine accused of a dozen grisly sex and torture murders in Northern California was flown to Sacramento on thursday minutes after Canadas supreme court ended his six year fight to remain in Canada and avoid facing a possible death sentence. The Canadian supreme court put an end to the International Legal standoff by turning Down on a 4-3 vote Ngos final plea that he not be forced to return unless authorities Here pledged that he would not face the Gas chamber. Within minutes of the ruling the heavily guarded accused murderer was escorted from a Saskatchewan Penitentiary and placed on a Canadian plane headed South. He was moved so quickly at the end that his Canadian lawyer did not have a Chance to phone him. After one refuelling Stop the plane carrying no two Deputy . Marshals Canadian mounties and Calaveras county Calif sheriff Bill Nuttall touched Down at Mcclellan fab at 2 . The prisoner was then rushed to Folsom state prison outside Sacramento. No will be housed at Folsom Between court hearings in Calaveras county the scene of most of the murders discovered in 1985. He was scheduled to make his first . Court appearance Friday in the county seat of san Andreas. No 30, a Dis honorable discharged Marine survivalist and Hong Kong native faces charges in 11 Calaveras county slayings in which victims were kidnapped sexually abused and tortured in a cramped Bunker made of cinder blocks in the Sierra Foothills outside the town of Wilsey Ville. He faces a 12th murder count in san Francisco. Leonard Lake Ngos occasional Housemate and apparent accomplice killed himself by swallowing a cyanide Pill after his arrest in South san Francisco for shoplifting in 1985. Ngos defense team Likely will try to blame Lake for the crimes. A a review of the evidence will show that Lake is the person who committed the murders a Deputy Public defender Michael Burt of san Francisco who will defend no said thursday. A the was not involved in the  after evading capture in the Bay area no made his Way to Canada. He was arrested in Calgary on july 6, 1985, after he shot a department store Security guard in a botched attempt to shoplift food. That began a six year fight in six different courts to prevent his extradition to California where any of the 12 murder counts could result in a death sentence. Ngos lawyers fought his extradition by arguing that californians death penalty violates fundamental Justice and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment contrary to the Canadian charter of rights. The Canadian supreme court held that although Canada abolished its death penalty in 1976, Canadas prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment did not preclude Ngos extradition. Charles no in California s Folsom prison in the stars and stripes 10years ago sept. 28,1981 Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger defended the . Government s plans to strengthen american military might saying it was an attempt to do away with the military superiority gained by the soviet Union and to reach Quot a margin of  20years ago sept. 28,1971 a for the first time a japanese emperor set foot on foreign soil As president Nixon and emperor Hirohito met for formal talks in Anchorage Alaska. 30years ago sept. 28,1961 a Britain called for East West negotiations to Settle the Berlin crisis disarmament and other disputes.40 years ago sept. 28,1951 a French and american forces moved into position for a mass counter assault across the Rhine River in the opening phase of Quot operation Jupiter Quot French directed War games in Germany involving 150,000 Allied troops. Hundreds search for Kidnap victim after captors renege on Ransom Deal tax pub a a it / a a li., i i i. I. Jasper Ala. Apr her in Laws paid out More than $300,000 in Ransom Money. Hundreds of townspeople in trucks and on horseback have searched Remote areas of this Coal mining Region and a $400,000 Reward has been offered. But no one has heard from 25-year-old Carrie Smith Lawson since kidnappers on sept. 13 picked up the Ransom Money a dropped As instructed in a dark Culvert a and disappeared reneging on their Promise to return her safely. A you have children and you expect them to get in car wrecks you expect them to get sick you May even expect them to die a said David Smith the victims father. A but you done to Ever expect them to get  the kidnapping took place in the pre Dawn hours of sept. 11, when Lawson and her husband Earl Lawson jr., were confronted by a gunman. The Fri said the gunman tied up the Lawsons then took the wife with him leaving the husband at the couples new two Story Brick Home in an affluent neighbourhood. The Day after her abduction Lawson telephoned her family. Fri agent Allen Whitaker said she was a afraid for her life when she called. Authorities said it was the last time her family heard from her although she made Calls sept. 13 to a family Friend to make Ransom arrangements. The Money was paid by Earl and i Ara Lawson the parents of her husband. Alter the Ransom was picked up and it became Clear the kidnappers were not going to return Lawson her family made an emotional Appeal for her return. A she is our heart. We want her Back a said her sister Margaret Smith. Hundreds of townspeople have joined Volunteer searches for clues in vacant houses and other Sites in Walker c county located in Northern Alabama about 40 Miles Northwest of Birmingham. Lawson a family offered a $100,000 Reward for information on sept. 15, and friends in Jasper and her Hometown of Cleveland tenn., announced monday they have added $300,000 for information leading to her return. Judge accused of ruling on Coin s flip Pendleton Ore. Apr a judge asked traffic violation defendants to a Call it a then decided their guilt or innocence by flipping a Coin witnesses testified thursday. Five Oregon state police officers a former Stanfield patrolman and two people who were cited for speeding appeared before the state commission of judicial fitness and disability to testify about District judge Ralph Currin. All gave similar testimony of what they saw take place in Currins Umatilla county courtroom in Hermiston. They said there were cases in which officers and defendants presented their sides of the traffic incident which Currin said he  decide based on the testimony. The judge then relied on the flip of a Coin to make his decision. In each of those cases the defendant was asked to a Call it and in All Bui one Case the defendant was found innocent. David Knowles the commissions executive director said he expects the commission to Send a recommendation to the Oregon supreme court within two weeks. Possible penalties Range from a reprimand to removal from the Bench. In any Case the 75-year-old judge must retire at the end of this year because of a state age restriction for judges