European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 b the stars and stripes . Health task Force loses thursday March 11,1993 in Washington a a judge wednesday barred further meetings of president Clinton a health care task Force and the groups advising it until they abide by Federal open meetings Laws. Acting on a suit by two health care associations and a Public interest group . District judge Royce g Lamberth said the veil the White House has placed around the task Force violates the 1972 Federal advisory committee act 41 while the court takes no pleasure in determining that one of the first actions taken by a new president is in direct violation of a statute enacted by Congress the courts duty is to apply the Law to All individuals a Lamberth said in a 30-Page opinion accompanying his preliminary injunction. Clinton appointed the task Force five Days after taking office and named his wire Hillary Rodham Cinton to head it. Because the first lady is neither a Federal officer nor a full time Federal employee the plaintiffs contended that its meetings and meetings of the is different advisory groups had to be open to the Public under the 1972 Law. The task Force composed of six Cabinet secretaries White House budget director Leon e. Wahetta and four other White House advisers in addition to Hillary Clinton was ordered to come up with a comprehensive package of legislation by May 1 for overhauling the nation s health care system. Lamberth said the White House violated the Law by not formally registering the task Force with the Library of Congress and by not giving notice in Advance of its meetings or meetings of advisory groups now sifting through various proposals. Justice department attorneys representing the. White House contended that the 1972 Law did not apply because Clinton As first lady was the a functional equivalent of a Federal  a Congress did not exclude the first lady nor did it then decree a and it has not decreed since a that the presidents spouse qualifies As an employee or even a quasi employee of the Federal government a Lamberth said. The 1972 Law requires that any committee established to give advice to the president or Congress and including members who Are not government officers or full time Federal employees must abide by open meetings  group believed behind bomb from wire reports Washington a assistant Fri director James Fox told Congress on tuesday that he believes the world Trade Center bombing in new York was a organized by a Large Well known terrorist  though Fox and other investigators already have speculated that a terrorist organization might be responsible his comments at a House hearing were the first official suggestion that the size and scope of the group extended Well beyond the two suspects in custody and a few close associates. A this is a group that knows what its doing a Fox told the House judiciary subcommittee on crime and criminal Justice headed by rep. Charles e. Schumer . Fox did not name any group. His comments Drew a rebuke from his Boss Fri director William s. Sessions who cautioned at the same House hearing against speculating publicly on the Case a although he suggested that the attack does not signal a new wave of terrorism in the United states. A we have not concluded this is an act of International terrorism a sessions said adding a we should not speculate. This investigation will take  authorities have described a palestinian charged in the feb. 26 bombing Mohammed a. Salameh As a Muslim fundamentalist who worshipped at a new Jersey mosque where a militant islamic cleric Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman preaches. Abdel Rahman has condemned the violence but authorities in Cairo suspect he is the spiritual Leader of egyptian radicals involved in dozens or murders. In new York sources said the bombing conspirators used 1,200 pounds of explosives a triggered by nitroglycerine to blow a six Story Hole in the basement Levels of the world Trade  in a dimly lighted Io-by-10 storage locker in Jersey City n a a a the bombers mixed the deadly brew in the Days before the blast sources told new Day. The ingredients form a Nitro urea a a volatile substance used in the Middle East to create pipe bombs. The chemicals a which included nitric acid sul uric acid urea and nitroglycerine were purchased sources said. The completed explosive was loaded onto a rental Van and driven to the world Trade Center garage. When authorities later raided the locker they found six Large containers of nitroglycerine in solution Ana remnants of the acids which were enough to make a 300-Pound bomb sources said. The nitroglycerine was detonated Early saturday by the Jersey City bomb squad. Workers make repairs tuesday in the underground parking garage at the world Trade Center in new York. Manhattan cars at Brooklyn prices a the owner of the red Chero peeled off and deposited in the new Yorktee will find its roof front seat. The owner of the Gold Aerostat will find its entire body Bent at nearly a right Angle and a Wall clock a apparently blown through the Windshield a sitting on the Drivers seat. The time 12 17. These vehicles and dozens of others pulled out of the world Trade centers bombed out garage Are awaiting their owners in a Tough Brooklyn neighbourhood. A weve got Manhattan cars at Brooklyn prices a joked sgt. Larry Mccaron who helps run the car recon by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a Congress has yet to hold its first hearing on Gays in the military but the Issue already is sparking Public dispute among lawmakers Over who should be called to testify. Rep. Ronald v. Dellums d-calif., the new chairman of the House armed services committee had tentatively scheduled hearings for next tuesday and wednesday. But Republican committee members led by ranking minority member Floyd Spence of South Carolina and Jon l. Kyi 01 Arizona objected to the witness list because it did not include any of the joint chiefs of staff. The most prominent Active duty witness scheduled to testify was Petty offi cer 1st class Keith Meinhold a Gay Navy sonar instructor who recently was kicked out of the military and then reinstated by a Federal court. Dellums also planned to Call various retired military officials including adm. Thomas h. Moorer a former chairman of the joint chiefs. A Dellums aide said the committee chairman did not want to put the current chiefs a who Are known to oppose president Clinton a plan to lift the Gay ban by july is a in the position of publicly speaking out against their commander in chief. Spence and Kyi asked Dellums last week to focus the hearings on How Gays in the military would affect readiness and specifically requested that Dellums invite the service chiefs to testify a the committee has a responsibility to get to the heart of the matter of the relationship Between the ban on homosexuals and military readiness a Spence said in a statement. Spence said that while the views of former service chiefs can contribute to the debate the current chiefs Are the ones most Able to discuss the potential Impact of Gays on readiness in the military today a Republican committee aide said. The aide also pointed out that the 1986 Goldwater Nichols act which Rev Anfred and strengthened the organization of the joint chiefs contained a provision specifically enabling the chiefs to make recommendations directly to Congress. When Dellums had not responded to Republican concerns by tuesday Kyi publicly complained about the Issue. Ely operation for port authority police. About 1,000 vehicles were parked underneath the Trade Center when the blast hit feb. 26. The bombing killed five people and injured More than 1,000. Joe Schmucker a regional underwriting manager for Allstate insurance company said most comprehensive Auto policies would cover losses caused by terrorism. Officer Chris Zissler who oversees the lot said the owners of cars that were totalled typically show up shake their Heads and fish out personal belongings. One father grabbed some Golf clubs. The clubs a were kind of Bent a Zissler said. On Gay ban later that Day Dellums issued a terse statement announcing an indefinite postponement of the hearings Dellums said he decided to postpone the hearings because of the availability of defense Secretary Les Aspin and Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs to testify on the defense budget next tuesday the tentative Date of the Fust hearing on Gays in the military. But he also said a postponement will give the committee More time to ensure that the necessary witnesses Are available to a fully explore the complexity of the  Spence applauded the decision and said a delay would give him and Dellums a Chance to a attempt to reach agreement on a context for the hearings As Well As on a representative witness