European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 31, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 9 suspect allegedly faced death in Egypt by the new York times new York egyptian authorities intended to kill a defendant in the world Trade Center bombing trial when he was arrested and tortured in Egypt a month after the bombing an informer told the Fri. Transcripts of Telephone conversations Between the informer Emad a. Salem and Fri agents quote Salem As saying the defendant Mahmud Abou Halima was spared when the United states asked that he be returned to stand trial. If not for that request Salem said Abou Halima would have been made to  it is unclear How much Salem 43, a former egyptian army officer could have known about the egyptian government s plans. Although he is quoted in other parts of the transcripts As saying he  maintained ties with Egypt the transcripts do not include the source of his information on the plan to kill Abou Halima and it could not be confirmed independently Friday. The Fri  refused to comment on the transcripts. Salem made Many secret and unauthorized tape recordings of his discussions with Fri agents As Well As Many authorized recordings of bombing suspects. He is expected to be the Star govern ment witness in a trial that is to begin next year on the plot to blow up the . Building and Hudson River Crossings. Another trial on the Trade Center explosion is under Way in Federal court. Abou Halima 33, an egyptian taxi Driver from new Jersey is charged with helping to build the bomb that exploded in the Trade Center and delivering it to an underground garage in a rented Van. The feb. 26 bombing killed six people and injured More than 1,000. It was not Clear from the transcripts Why Egypt would want to kill Abou Hali a but the government of president Hosni Mubarak  been waging an All out War against islamic extremists who in turn have fought a War of terrorism against the secular regime. One of Abou Halima s lawyers in the Trade Center trial Hassan Ibn Abdellah said Friday that he  not yet seen the transcripts but did not doubt Abou Halima  faced death in Egypt. He said Abou Halima  feared he was about to be killed when he was put on the rotisserie a pallet that Abou Halima said he was tied to while egyptian Security officers burned him with cigarettes. A doctor s examination ordered by the Fri upon Abou Halima s return to the United states on March 25 found Evi Dence of cigarette Burns his lawyers and Fri officials later confirmed. Successful search a team searches for a missing German tourist Friday on Pine Island ha., off the coast near fort Myers. Karl Heinz Klug 39, of Dortmund listed As missing since wednesday was found alive saturday suffering from dehydration and exposure. The search was con ducted by a team from the Lee county sheriffs department and the Florida game and fresh water fish commission. Budget cuts slow minority hiring in intelligence sector officials say Washington a budgetary cutbacks and falling staff Levels Are hampering efforts to hire More minority and female employees at . Intelligence agencies officials  Force it. Gen. James r. Clapper jr., director of the defense intelligence Agency said in congressional testimony thursday that his organization was under going the most profound reorganization in Dia s 32 year history with plans to reduce senior executives by 17.5percent.he said that while 25 percent of the 159 people hired last year were members of minority groups 15 percent of the 385 who left the Agency through attrition were also minority  hands Are tied vice Admiral John m. Mccon Nell director of the National Security Agency told the House select commutes on intelligence. He said the newest staff members including minorities Are necessarily the first to be let go when an Agency is scaling Down. Mcconnell said his Agency was going to be turn ing out 600 or 700 employees a year while hiring about 100 annually in the near  intelligence agencies have come under fire for the Small number of minorities and women on their payrolls. Rep. Dan Glickman d-kan., chairman of the committee noted that while minorities make up 27.7 percent of the Federal work Force they make up Only 19.3 percent of employees at the defense intelligence Agency 14.1 percent at the Cia and 11 percent at the National Security  scrutiny of the intelligence Community s commitment to equal employment Opportunity and work Force diversity  been virtually nonexistent due to classification and Security concerns he said. But Agency chiefs All pointed to improvements. Cia director James Woolsey said More than half of full time hires in the past year were minorities women or both. He said nearly 90 percent of the 149 students who have entered a Cia scholarship program since 1987 Are minorities. Clapper said that Blacks in professional positions  gone from 5.2 percent of the total in 1989 to 6.5 percent in 1992 and that the d1a  in creased minorities and women by 4 percent while reducing managerial jobs by nearly one third. Mcconnell said his goal was for one third of those hired in fiscal 1994 to be minorities. 2 lawmakers seek wide smoking ban in Public places Washington a two democratic lawmakers and a coalition of health groups want to outlaw smoking in every building space that at least 10 people regularly enter As infrequently As once a week. The legislators Are veterans of the War on smoking sen. Frank r. Lautenburg of new Jersey father of the Law that made Domestic airline trips smoke free and rep. Henry a. Waxman of California chairman of the House subcommittee on health and environment. So Are the health groups the american lung association the coalition on smoking or health the Amer ican Academy of paediatrics. They be picked up support from the building owners and managers association International which Man Ages or owns More than 5 billion Square feet of North american office space. But Walker Merryman spokesman for the tobacco Institute accused the lawmakers of trying to radically alter the social landscape of America. Clearly it should be soundly rejected by Congress and the  Merryman described the Bill s penalty for those who do not comply a Fine of $5,000 a Day As  the Bill would prohibit smoking in All Public facilities defined As spaces regularly entered by at least 10 people at least once a week unless a designated smoking area  separate ventilation. We know smoke kills Waxman told a Ca Pujol Hill news conference Friday. We have. Children with asthma and other lung problems kept from a setting because they can t be exposed to tobacco smoke. The rights of smokers should not predominate Over the rights of children who choose to  a pressured to cancel $6,100 spoof troupe by the Washington Post Washington when a Federal depart ment plans to spend $6,100 for a breakfast appearance by a group that spoofs Congress it is no laughing matter two senators told the department of veterans affairs on Friday. With that Sens. Jay Rockefeller . Chairman of the Senate veterans affairs com Mittee and Frank h. Murkowski of Alaska the ranking Republican on the panel pressured a Secretary Jesse Brown to cancel plans for the Ca Pitol Steps comedy troupe to entertain senior a medical officials at a Washington Confer ence. Donna St. John a a spokeswoman said the a cancelled the group s appearance Friday after lawyers were alerted to the contract by members of the Senate a staff. The a is not authorized to hire entertainers she said. According to Murkowski the officials in the veterans health administration  justified hiring the satirists on the grounds it worm pro vide lighthearted insight into the political environment in which the via