European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Wednesday january 27,1933 officials seek clues in Cia Washington a a shocked Cia is considering an array of measures to help protect its employees outside its Headquarters Gate after a Rifleman fired a deadly Volley there monday. Agency officials worked feverishly with police mean while in an Effort to find the unidentified gunman who killed two Cia employees and critically wounded two others at the suburban Virginia site. A fifth person who worked for a Cia contractor received superficial wounds. The killer described As a Man in his 20s, escaped in his car after firing rapidly into five vehicles lined up in a left Tum Lane leading from a commuter thoroughfare into the Cia compound. Fairfax county police chief Michael Young said authorities had compiled a list of possible suspects based on information from witnesses and survivors and a composite sketch was being circulated. Police also were working with a Cia supplied list of employees and contractors who might have been disgruntled officials said. The shooting occurred just 100 Yards from one of the most Security conscious institutions in the country. The wooded compound is encircled by a High mesh Fence with an array of warning sensors and cameras. The Agency has its own Security Force with armed guards standing at the Gates and patrolling the perimeter. A Scia employees Are shocked and saddened at the senseless attack on our friends and colleagues Quot said an Agency statement. A i know what a sense of sorrow and frustration Cia employees must feel and i offer them my support at this terrible moment Quot said James Woolsey the Agency s director designate. Departing from the policy of refusing to name its employees the Cia identified the dead As Frank Dar Ling 28, and Lansing h. Bennett 66, from nearby res ton a. Two of the wounded Are also Cia staff members and the third works for an Agency contractor spokesman Gay Foster said. Acting Cia director vice adm. William Studeman went on closed circuit television hours after the attack to assume the compound s estimated 15,000 employees that new safety measures would be put in place. But officials conceded that because the attack took place on a Public Road a a thoroughfare leading into the capital about 13 Miles away a additional Security measures would be limited. Police said they had Little doubt the gunman was targeting Agency employees noting that he pulled up to the two lanes from which cars can Only turn into the Cia Gate choosing the Busy morning Rush hour when Long lines develop at the site. Quot president Clinton Speaks monday at the White House with members of the task Force on National health Reform which his wife Hillary will chair. Washington a president Clinton named his wife to head a National health care task Force monday promising that his team Quot would work Day and night Quot to solve one of the nations key Domestic problems. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is a longtime advocate for children and families and served on the Board of Arkansas children s Hospital in Little Rock. An education task Force she chaired in 1983 was credited with building a consensus on reforms that became the Cornerstone of Clinton s tenure As governor. He said americans will soon learn a that we have a first lady of Many she will not draw a salary. A i never have paid her for her pub lie service. 1 done to want to Start now a he Lead task Force Clinton said he chose his wife to chair the president s task Force on National health Reform because a she s better at organizing and leading people from a Complex beginning to a certain end than anybody he has Ever known. A i also figured if i did that you a know i meant it Quot Clinton told report cars at the end of an hour Long meeting with his health advisers. He instructed the task Force to Complete a legislative package to Send Congress in 100 Days As he promised during the Campaign. He said the task Force would tackle such problems As health care in the inner City the aids crisis Veteran health problems and other needs of America s $840 billion health system the worlds costliest. Little Rock Ark. A Arkansas top state senator is under fire for releasing a murderer and a drug dealer from prison during his three Day stint As acting governor. And some want Jerry Jewell ousted As Senate president. But Nis supporters say the protests Are racially motivated. As Senate president Jewell who is Black became acting governor when gov. Jim Guy Tucker went to Washington to attend the inauguration of. President Clinton last week. Normally the lieutenant governor would take Over but that office has been vacant since dec. 12, when Tucker succeeded Clinton As governor. A during his three Days As governor Jewell granted clemency to Billy Ray Davis 40, who was convicted in May 1971 and sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder. Jewell also granted clemency to Tommy Mcintosh 29, who has served More than five years of a 50-year sentence for cocaine Possession with intent to deliver. Mcintosh would have been eligible for parole in 2011. He also pardoned two others who already had been set free. Three of the four Are monday the legislature s first Day Back from a week s recess some lawmakers called for an explanation from Jewell and outraged residents went to the Capitol. Lawmakers also introduced Bills that would require 30 Days Public notice before a governor or acting governor could Grant a Pardon or sentence commutation for state inmates. The Bills were filed at Tucker s request. A we think he has abused the Power that was Given to him Quot said Mike Spence of Austin member of parents of murdered children which wants Jewell to resign As Senate president. A the was entrusted with a responsibility and he abused that responsibility. The system that allowed him to do it has to be members of the group also accused Jewell s supporters of trying to make it a racial Issue. The local chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people held a news conference Sun-1 Day to defend Jewell. On monday Jewell said �?o1 have no comment no comment at All on my activity while i was presiding As governor of the Jewell a dentist and a Democrat from Little Rock has not commented publicly on his actions since thursday when he told a television station that anyone who examined the facts would support his decision. His tight lipped response did not sit Well with some of his colleagues who said they had been flooded with Calls from people demanding action against. Jewell. A i received a tremendous number of Calls last week and Over the weekend from Are just Tike me just absolutely dismayed Quot said state sen. Cliff Hoofman who lost part of his District to Jewell after reapportionment in 1990. A the Public is entitled to an explant Quayle reportedly signs Book Deal Washington a former vice president Dan Quayle has sold the rights to his memoirs for at least $1 million according to a published report. On tuesday the Washington Post cited unidentified sources As saying a seven figure Deal had been struck with Harper Collins the sources said that the Book will begin with Quayle a selection As George Bush s running mate in 1988 and end with last november selection. The Post said that in addition to mainstream bookstores the publisher intends to sell the Book through its religious subsidiary in Christian oriented markets a much As it did the highly successful memoirs of Oliver North the former Marine lieutenant colonel linked to the Iran Contra in the Reagan administration. The paper said that the Quayle Book probably will be published in the fall 1994 and that the proposal was shown to Only three publishers. Passport inquiry seizes data from presidential Jet Washington apr the special prosecutor investigating the search of Bill Clinton a passport files during the presidential Campaign has obtained data from a computer on air Force one according to a published report. The Washington Post reported tuesday that Independent counsel Joseph e. Digenova a office retrieved the data from the computer in the passenger compartment of the presidential aircraft Friday. The office was using a subpoena issued Jan. 15. Digenova was appointed by a three judge panel in december to investigate whether Laws were broken when officials searched passport records sept. 30 and oct. 1 in an Effort to find negative information about Clinton who at the time was running against then president George Bush. The subpoena was issued the same Day that a Federal appeals court barred the Bush White House from ing or destroying any computer records. A the Post said the subpoena was so Broad to could be read As covering even the data in the corer that Bush kept in his office. Earlier last week investigators seized compute cords of the Bush White House and even removed a Man storage devices from the compute White House staffers
