European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gates resumes Senate testimony democrats Zero in on integrity question by the Washington Post Washington a Robert m. Gates went on the attack thursday against charges that he systematically slanted intelligence reports in the 1980s, saying his critics had maligned a not just my integrity but the entire intelligence Community. Nearing the end of a turbulent third week of hearings on his nomination As Cia director Gates told the Senate intelligence committee that he had been watching and Reading the allegations against him with a some pain and  testifying for most of the Day in Calm imperturbable tones Gates offered a Point by Point rebuttal of Many of complaints voiced earlier in the week by three former Cia analysts. But even As he spoke sworn statements containing More charges and counter charges poured into the record. The 48-year-old career intelligence officer acknowledged that he May have stirred widespread resentments As a High ranking Cia official during the Reagan administration because a i was appointed to change  but he said the Contention voiced by his most outspoken critic that he had engaged in a systematic Effort a to politicize and corrupt the analytical process implied that hundreds of other analysts and managers including highly regarded professionals S.C. As former Deputy directors Bobby Ray Inman and John Mcmahon a either acquiesced in it ignored it somehow missed it or joined  a and that a ridiculous a Gates said. In disputing a raft of charges a ranging from his role in a controversial assessment suggesting soviet involvement in the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul ii to a later discredited intelligence estimate that was used to justify secret . Arms sales to Iran a Gates said he relied on documents the Cia had compiled for him in recent Days. Now president Bush a Deputy National Security adviser he said he had no Independent memory of Many of the details. A a it a not because i have selective amnesia a Gates said under questioning by sen. John Glenn a Ohio. A a it a that i did a major data dump when i left Cia in 1989. There was no reason to keep All that information in my mind. I never expected to go Back to Cia. And that was All the  Republican members of the committee praised his account As cogent and convincing. But there was still considerable scepticism and some outright opposition on the part of several democrats. The hearing which was to continue Friday ended with an emotional Exchange Between Gates and sen. Ernest f. Hollings d-s.c., who announced after listening to Gates that he intended to vote against him. A Bill Casey ran an opinionated intelligence Agency and you did just too Good a Job for Bill Casey hol Lings said. A a you re a Bright Fella. But you re part of the problem being put up to solve the  Casey was Cia director during most of the Reagan administration. A a you re a very valuable fellow at the White House a Hollings said. A if 1 were Bush id get you in As Cia director and id be in  for a moment Hollingsw outburst left Gates speechless. Then he said �?o1 think the record shows that the Cia was nobody a Toady in the 1980s.�?� Gates said he believed he could overcome a the feelings against him at the Agency and said Quot there is a lot Quot of support for him too. A i can pull the Agency through this because of my relationship with the president. Inman and Mcmahon a who testified on his behalf Quot should count for something a Gates said. Besides he pointed out he was a Only Casey a Deputy for six  Gates reminder of Bush a Strong backing ignited Hollings again. A the director of Cia a he bellowed a does no to belong to Congress or the president. That crowd Over there White House chief of staff John a Sununu and the president think they own  obviously stung by Hollingsw remarks Gates protested a president Bush would fire me if he thought 1 slanted an intelligence estimate. He wants it with the bark  to face retrial for Evers slaying a in ii   i Chattanooga Tenn. A avowed White supremacist Byron de la Beckwith was extradited to Mississippi on thursday to stand trial a third time for the 1963 slaying of civil rights Leader Medgar Evers. Two Hinds county miss., deputies escorted Beckwith 70, from the Hamilton county jail less than two hours after a Federal judge refused to further delay extradition. . District judge r. Allan Edgar rejected requests by Beckwith for both a temporary restraining order and a writ of Hareas Corpus that would have halted Beckwith a return. It ended his 10-month Battle to avoid returning to Mississippi. Beckwith had been held without Bond since dec. 31, when he was arrested at his signal Mountain Home on a governors warrant in Eversz death. Evers Field Secretary for the a act in Mississippi was shot to death by a sniper on june 12, 1963, in front of his Home in Jackson miss. A Rifle with Beckwith a fingerprint was found a Short distance from where Evers was slain and he was tried twice in 1964 for the slaying. But in each Case an Allwhite jury was unable to reach a verdict resulting in a mistrial. In 1969, Mississippi authorities dismissed the murder charge. After serving five years in a Louisiana prison for illegal Possession of dynamite Beckwith married his second wife Thelma Neff in 1983 and moved to signal Mountain. In 1989, new information surfaced indicating possible jury tampering in Beckwith a 1964 trials. The Case was reopened and on dec. 14, 1990, a Hinds county grand jury returned a new murder indictment against Beckwith. After his Hareas Corpus petition on the governors warrant was turned Down by Hamilton county criminal court judge Joe Dirisio in january Beckwith appealed the ruling to the Tennessee court of criminal appeals. But that court upheld the lower court ruling in june and on monday the Tennessee supreme court refused to hear the Case. His attorney Charles Wright jr., immediately filed a Hareas Corpus petition in Federal court and sought a temporary restraining order to Stop Beckwith a extradition. Wright filed a notice of Appeal in . District court 20 minutes after Beckwith was taken away. In his Hareas Corpus petition Wright argued that the 1969 dismissal of the charge coupled with the mistrial constituted acquittal. To try Beckwith a third time 27 years later would violate the defendants constitutional Protection against double jeopardy he said. No trial Date has been set in Mississippi a Deputy escorts Byron do la Beckwith 70, into a detention Center in Jackson miss. Gays plan broader protests in California a. M i a _ a a a f. Renin Tai or Mani Al i by the los Angeles times los Angeles a saying that California gov. Pete Wilson a veto of Gav rights legislation had galvanized diverse segments of the Gay Community activists announced plans thursday to broaden their protest by taking an anti discrimination Law directly to californians voters. They also pledged to continue nightly protests stage a March on the state Capitol next week and Boycott California businesses during the height of the Holiday shopping season. A Loose knit coalition of Gay groups is planning the actions in an Effort to harness anger at Wilson s veto and translate it into a political Force. Activists say they have found a groundswell of mainstream outrage that they Are scrambling to  this has really touched a nerve a Carol f. Anderson an attorney with the Gay and lesbian Alliance against defamation said of Wilson a decision sunday to veto a Bill that would have banned Job discrimination against homosexuals. A it has made activists out of no activists a Anderson said. A these Are historic Days of rage a said Steve Martin president of the Stonewall Gay democratic club. A your Community will never be the same. We have been mobilized. We have been  demonstrations that have filled the streets of Hollywood the last four nights have appeared to attract Many Gays and lesbians who previously avoided political activism according to participants. And looking beyond the crowds in the streets people S.C. As doctors lawyers and stockbrokers As Well As traditionally Active organizers Are writing letters switching political parties and planning legislative drives. Among the activities being planned by Gay organizers is a Campaign to place an initiative on the november 1992 ballot that would achieve the same Protection against Job discrimination As the vetoed legislation. Organizers also want to intensify pressure on Wilson by marching on the Capitol in Sacramento on Friday to dramatize their fury and disrupt state government. Organizers Are calling a statewide general strike that Day urging Gays and lesbians not to go to work or school. Whether the momentum of what advocates describe As a a a snowballing movement is sustained remains to be seen. Gay activists May find themselves forced to Deal with a backlash one of the leading centers in los Angeles offering Legal and health services to homosexuals reported a spate of hate mail and threatening Telephone Calls. A the extremists who Gay Bash have been Given a Green Light from Pete Wilson a said Torie Osborn executive director of the los Angeles Gay and lesbian Community services Center. Wilson in announcing the veto warned a bigots Quot not 10 interpret his action As a carte Blanche for violence against homosexuals. Hundreds of people have turned out to demonstrate in los Angeles and other cities every night since Wilson made the veto Public