European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse I of. 1 of a. New Iraq Gote probe vital before Trail gets cold it i w he to Makert � i Ida of xxx Kikm of Cwi twit k Fawi met it i ill Cia pm two it Hue of Atlanta him Fri of la Bare Nett Ittak Del Tel of hit Senate feted commit let Wak or bus responding to Fletr mar ii i a to answer the Senate Prechar Why t Patty pm ecu or a hired it recent Senate report a fateful new evidence to the Iraq Gate Honda the first Justice depart ment request to the intelligence Community it Aye " did Noi go out until aug. 3, 1990, Al most a year to the Day after i Craid on bal Atlanta. William Safire when a career prosecutor six months earlier told Lau rence Urgenson the Bush appointee who took control of therase in Washington we be got to search All of the files the Urgenson response was ill let you know what i want you to do when i wan you to do Why the delay and what changed Justice s mind about asking Cia about top level involvement in Rome and Baghdad look at the Date aug. 3 was the Day after sad dam invaded Kuwait ending Bush s courtship. Foreign policy not a search for Justice drove this prosecution. During the year that the attorney general s men were averting their eyes from Cia data showing bal Atlanta was in cahoots with Rome higher Cia analyst were wondering who to Tell All they were learning about Rome s guilty involvement. On nov. 17,1989, Fri officials employees of the department of Justice cautioned Cia not to give their Rome knew information to Justice because i would become discoverable in the Atlanta trial. The defense attorneys May Well request Cia files on the bal affair the Cia claims Fri officials said an claim that Cia had prior knowledge of the financing to Iraq. Especially because the . Attorney in Atlanta Isa former Cia this Fri Cia conspiracy flies in the face of a supreme court ruling Brady is. Maryland and of Rule 3.8 d of Federal rules of professional conduct that re quire the government to disclose any evidence that shows the defendant to be innocent. Slow learner one month later the Cia agreed with the Fri not to show its evidence to the department of Justice noting we have devised ways to protect our information and sources against discovery by the Cia lawyers now claim this was an i artful reference to anti Gray mail statutes but a second Cia message in the same month gives the lie to that Anbi official had recommended against submission of the report noting that every paragraph contains dam aging information which is clearly discoverable. Said the Cia supervisor quashing the dissemination it s just As Well to have fewer reports that arc going to wind up in the name for this abuse of due process is Contemp of Fri officials contend the documented Cia testimony is untrue. If Law enforcement and Intelli gence officials did what the documents suggest they did wilfully withhold exculpatory evidence then this is also a violation of 18 us code 1512, which provide sup to 10 years in the Pokey for whoever knowingly mis leads to cause or induce any person to. Withhold testimony or withhold a record document. In an official after following the Senate report with the re lease of the Cia inspector general s report the depart ing director of Central intelligence Robert Gates who wants no aides pointing at him before a grand jury rejected his in s Call for appropriate disciplinary actions and forgave everyone because Gates could Segno wilful intent not to do in the same mistakes Werc made Way a rear guard inthe Justice department issued an unsigned statement that Justice was pleased with the results which note no wrongdoing by departmental personnel.". " but unresponsive wrongdoing abounds. On the Evi Dence in the Senate and in reports Atlanta judge Marvin Shoob should appoint counsel to discover who treated his court with contempt. Congress should Passan Independent counsel Law promptly. And the new at Torney general should seek that prosecutor s appoint ment before Iraq Gate s Trail gets cold. C the now y
