European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday March 22, 1992administration still secretive reporters say Washington apr the Bush administration is continuing a pattern of limiting news Media Access to Public information As if the cold War never ended according to the reporters committee for Freedom of the press. In its annual report the committee issued a list of 340 administration actions since president Bush assumed office that it said were aimed at a stifling editorial Freedom and limiting Public oversight of governmental  among the actions listed in the report was the Case of a demographer assigned to calculate the numbers of iraqi civilians killed in the persian Gulf War. She was fired a month after she gave details to an associated press reporter. Her findings were rewritten by a supervisor to reduce the number the report said. A i think that what we Are seeing is secrecy As usual despite the end of the cold War a said Jane Kirtley the groups executive director. A a it a a continuation and even escalation of an intrusion into the editorial process. A this administration continues to be obsessed with ferreting out leaders dictating standards for expressive activities and manipulating the presentation of government  at the White House Deputy press Secretary Gary Foster declined to comment on the specific actions cited by the reporters committee. A but the president is a very Strong believer in first amendment rights Freedom of speech and Freedom of the press a he said. The committees report also noted that a the Justice department under attorney general William Barr has issued subpoenas to news organizations including Abc Abc a free Lance Magazine writer and a broadcast reporter in puerto Rico. A the Fri assigned an agent to pose As a journalism student to obtain information from a newspaper on the target of an investigation. A congressional investigators discovered a two Page Nasa memo advising officials on How to avoid releasing information to those who request it under the Freedom of information act. A the army a Long refusal to disclose the names of those killed by Friendly fire during the persian Gulf War. H. Ross Perot seeking a spot on the Texas ballot uses the phone at his petition committees offices in  Perot takes Steps to launch presidential bid Houston apr Dallas billionaire h. Ross Perot plans to open two offices in Houston to gather petition signatures for placing him on the Texas presidential ballot a spokeswoman said Friday. Perot said last week that he would run for president As an Independent if his name were on the ballot in ail 50 states. Volunteers and Perot employees in Dallas have been answering Calls from supporters through a National toll free number. The donated offices will be used to gather signatures said Sharon Holman Perot a spokeswoman in Dallas. Quot they can go there to sign petitions and pick up petitions a she said. To get on the Texas ballot in november Perot needs the signatures of 54,275 registered voters who did no to participate in the March 10 primary. That number represents 1 percent of those who voted for any presidential candidate in 1988. During a speech on wednesday in Washington Perot outlined a populist plan to a take out the trash of the Federal government. He said head be willing to pump his own millions into the Campaign and donations to his potential Campaign Arentt being  upholds sentence against spy for Israel Washington a Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard who sold . Secrets to Israel has lost an Effort to scrap his guilty plea and sentence. But his Legal Battle May continue. By a 2-1 vote Friday a panel of the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia rejected pollards claim that the government violated a plea bargain on now harsh a sentence to seek. And All three judges dismissed pollards Contention that the government coerced his guilty plea. The government did engage in a hard nosed dealings Quot with the admitted spy judge Laurence h. Silberman wrote for himself and judge Ruth b. Ginsburg. But they found Pollard had not Quot mounted a sufficient Challenge to the actions of the  dissenting in part judge Stephen f. Williams argued that the sentence should be overturned and Pollard re sentenced. He found that despite a Promise not to seek a life sentence prosecutors were a calling for a life sentence in All but  Pollard being held in solitary confinement at a Federal prison in Manon iii., is eligible for parole after serving 10 years. But Federal officials have said it is highly unlikely he will be paroled. After Reading the opinion pollards attorney Theodore Olson sounded inclined to fight on. A this Case certainly presents an Issue for Appeal to the supreme court and we Are looking at that very carefully a he said. A a in a somewhat encouraged. There a a Strong dissent and this is As Good an opinion As we could get and still  but former . Attorney Joseph i Genova who prosecuted Pollard said a a in a perfectly satisfied with the courts analysis of the governments conduct which was that it was proper. Espionage ainu to beanbag a Pollard admitted taking $50,000 from Israel Over 11 months a until his arrest in november 1985 a in Exchange for enough classified documents to fill a walk in closet. Three years after his 1986 guilty plea and sentencing Pollard indirectly attacked his life sentence by trying to have the . District courts approval of his guilty plea withdrawn. In september 1990, . District judge Aubrey Robinson refused to let Pollard withdraw his plea. Pollard contended that his guilty plea was coerced because prosecutors refused to accept a guilty plea from his then wife Anne Henderson Pollard who was ill unless her husband also pleaded guilty. All three appeals court judges Saia linking the pleas was not illegal coercion. His wife served about 40 months in prison for acting As an accessory. The couple has since divorced. . Messenger robbed of $185 million in Bonds new York apr a robber stole $185 million in corporate Bonds Friday from a messenger who was carrying the notes in an envelope authorities said. But the Bonds later were cancelled. The messenger a 64-year-old woman who works for the firm Goldman Sachs was approached by an unidentified suspect who grabbed the envelope and fled said police spokeswoman sgt. Mary Wrensen. The robbery occurred during the Middle of the afternoon near Wall Street in the City a financial District. The Bonds Are corporate negotiable Bonds with registration numbers said officer Andrew Mclnnis a police spokesman. Goldman Sachs cancelled the Bonds Friday night said Goldman Sachs spokesman Edward Novotny. He said he had no details on the theft. Mclnnis initially had said the Bonds were a like Cash Quot a negotiable and Untra Ceable. The Goldman Sachs group . Is the world s third largest Bond brokerage with $4.7 billion in capital. One of the oldest and most profitable Wall Street investment firms Goldman Sachs employs almost 7,000 people in its 21 worldwide of judge to banish Gotti if mockery continues new York a a Federal judge threatened Friday to banish John Gotti to the courthouse basement during his trial if the reputed mob Boss continued to mock prosecutors. During assistant . Attorney John Gleeson s questioning of gottis longtime Friend and employer Anthony Gurino Gotti appeared to either thumb his nose or blow a kiss at the prosecutor. . District judge i. Leo Glasser saw Gotti making the mocking gesture stopped the proceedings and sent the jury out of the courtroom. A if you want to remain at this trial and at that table i am going to direct you to remain at that table without making comments which can be heard in this courtroom without gestures which Are designed to comment upon the character of the United states attorneys a Glasser said. A if you can to refrain from doing that i will have you removed from the courtroom. You will watch this trial on a television screen