European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Iraq loan probe botched by ineptitude panel says Washington a the Cia and Justice department failed to provide prosecutors with significant information in the Case of an Atlanta Bank manager accused of $4 billion in unauthorized Loans to Iraq Senate investigators said Friday. But the investigators for the Senate intelligence committee concluded the information was withheld because of bureaucratic bungling and ineptitude rather than any intent to deceive according to a 163-Pagc report on their three month investigation. The probe was undertaken after democrats alleged that the Bush administration deliberately botched the prosecution of the Iraq Loans Case in order to cover up its support for president Saddam Hussein before his August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The report Drew immediate dissent. A a i did no to think the conclusions the staff report arrived at were logical in View of the known facts a said sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio one of at least two committee members who voted behind closed doors against releasing the report. After taking depositions from 24 Cia officials and reviewing thousands of classified documents the committee investigators found that the Agency a produced occasional intelligence analyses whose conclusions Washington a this marijuana is for the Birds. All 608 tons of it. That a the amount of marijuana seeds imported last year a All of it Legal a to feed pet Birds. Packers say the seeds Are High in protein and fat and make for shiny feathers. A it is not used to excite the Birds a said Kathy Schneider technical service coordinator for Kayce products in Chilton wis., which packages marijuana seed. A it is a nutritional the drug enforcement Agency allows six . Companies to import marijuana seeds that end up As feed for parakeets parrots cockatiels and pigeons. Pigeon owners favor feeding their Birds the seeds before shows because they improve appearance. The seeds Arentt the kind that would intoxicate a were squarely at Odds with the evidence being Devil oped by the criminal but while these analyses were conveyed to some offices outside the Cia neither the attorneys at the Justice department overseeing the Case nor the Federal prosecutors working on it in Atlanta could recall seeing them. Specifically investigators found that intelligence analysts concluded in several documents that officials at the Headquarters of the Banca Nazionale Del Lavord in. Rome knew their Branch manager in Atlanta was making off the Book Loans to Iraq. Yet the prosecutions Case was built on the premise that the manager Christopher Drogoul acted on his own to defraud bal of More than $4 billion. A was a result of Ciao a failure to provide this information previously the criminal investigation was deprived of important information that potentially could have materially affected the bal Case a the Senate report found. Drogoul was allowed to withdraw a guilty plea last year after information contradictory to the governments Basic premise came to Light. He is expected to stand trial this year. Bird let alone a human. But to discourage pot gardeners the Agency makes sure the life is baked out of them in a heat treatment before they hit . Shores. Under Aba rules the seeds must be a nonviable a or incapable of producing marijuana plants when they arrive in the United states. If tests show they Are viable they get another heat treatment. Schneider said a. Few seeds will Bloom into plants even after the treatment but they will not mature or Bear seeds. Most of the seeds Are imported from Hong Kong and Mainland China said Joel Fries Deputy chief of the drug operations Section of the drug Agency a office of diversion control. A Why not let the seed companies grow marijuana and Harvest the seeds that would be illegal Fries said. Sunday february 7,1993 foe of insanity defense to claim mental illness from wire reports a Albany . A new Yorkus former chief judge who is expected to claim that mental illness drove him to blackmail his former Lover wrote in a 1982 Case that an insanity defense is easily concocted. Sol Wachtler repeatedly sought during his nearly 20-Ycar tenure on the court to make it tougher for defendants to adopt an insanity defense the pos Standard of Syracuse reported saturday. Wachtler 62, was indicted monday on Federal charges of threatening Joy Silverman after the Republican socialite broke off her affair with the. Married judge. He resigned from the court of appeals after his arrest in november. The alleged plot included threatening letters harassing Calls and demands for $20,000. Wachtler a attorney Charles Stillman said his client would plead not guilty. Stillman said Wachtler suffered from a a major psychiatric illness and was not criminally responsible for his behaviour. If convicted Wachtler could get 16 years in prison. As chief judge Wachtler voted in 1988 to uphold a state Law requiring defendants pleading insanity to prove they were insane. Previously the Burden was on prosecutors to prove defendants were sane when they committed a crime. Toe lost in Dart dispute Clinton Iowa a a Man was held Friday on. $10,000 Bond after police said he Cut off his girlfriends toe because she beat him in a game of Aarts. Kenneth Irvin 24, of Keokuk was charged with assault wilful injury and carrying a concealed weapon and held in the Clinton county jail. Police said Irvin and Tamra Sibley 20, of Clinton were playing darts at Joe a tavern late wednesday. The game was tied and Sibley still had a Dart to throw. Sibley told police Irvin told her that if she threw the Dart he would Cut off her foot. Sibley said she thought he was kidding but As soon As she threw the Dart Irvin allegedly pulled out a Large knife Anid threw it at her foot. The knife went through her shoe and Cut off her Little toe. Sibley was taken to Samaritan Hospital South where doctors failed in an attempt to reattach the severed toe. Police Stop sexy dancers Tallahassee Fla. A two police officers answering a Call at a downtown nightclub found a Young couple giving new meaning to a dirty dancing a sex on the dance floor. Officers John Beeman and Dee Crumpler received a report Early Friday about the couple and went to investigate. Sure enough two 20-year-old Tallahassee residents a were in fact engaged in Intercourse near the Djus Booth a a police department statement said. A Boih had their pants Down around Ankles and were pretty much oblivious to the fact they were being watched by about 100 other patrons on the dance floor a sgt. Phil Kiracofe said. A they were just so Kiracofe said the Man had just asked the woman to dance. Neither was intoxicated. A the Guy did no to even know her name a the police spokesman said. Sean David Mcdonald and Kristen Elizabeth Tice were charged with disorderly conduct and Given a notice to appear in court March 2, police said. Peeping official quits mount pleasant Texas a the City manager resigned Friday after confessing that he drilled a Hole Between the menus and women a bathroom in City Hall the mayor said. Collins the City manager since april 1991, submitted his resignation during a closed door meeting of the City Council on Friday night mayor Jim Blanchard said. I and an incident was discovered in the ladies restroom a said the mayor who later defined a incident As a Hole Between the two restrooms. Wednesday morning he Collins admitted he did the Collins resignation letter cited personal reasons Lor his departure. Birthday Blowout Bush erred in Gulf War Crowe says Providence up former president Bush a decision to halt the persian Gulf War ground attack after 100 hours is regrettable and May keep the United states involved in the Middle East for decades said a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. A in retrospect the decision to Stop before bringing Saddam Hussein to Heel May have been a mistake a retired adm. William j. Crowejr. Told a Brown University audience Friday night. Crowe who endorsed Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential race and now serves As chairman of the presidents foreign intelligence advisory Board said achieving significant change in Baghdad a requires total Victory not partial a it is True that there might have been problems if we had gone to Baghdad or if we had tracked Saddam Down a Crowe said but the alternative turned out to be much less than the Clear Cut Victory touted at the time. A it is disappointing when you deploy 400,000 troops 6,000 Miles win a decisive Victory and then a year later be faced with the same problems a he said. Students at Brown asked Crowe for his views on the presidents decision to lift the ban on Gays in the military. A i would prefer or. Clinton did not do it a Crowe said. A but or. Clinton is serious and he a going to do it. The question is not the end of Western civilization former president Reagan takes aim at the candles on his birthday cake Friday during a Celebration at his los Angeles office. Reagan a 82nd birthday was saturday. His staff gave him an Early party. As we know it. Polly won t Fly High on these seeds a. A
