European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / Page 6 the stars and stripes us. 1 wednesday Nova be 10,1993 Clinton aides targeted in file probe a. _. A it a. Ninf Nyk a my Conff was did to have con by the Washington Post Washington a the slate department inspector general has found that two Clinton administration apr Point pcs May have violated the Law by retrieving and Dis doing information from personnel files of Bush administration officials sources say. Both appointees were named in a Quot prosecute be summary that inspector general Sherman a Funk sent to the Public integrity Section of the Justice department on monday the sources said. I details of Funk a two month investigation into Why the files were retrieved from storage last june and How information from them was leaked in August will not he made Public while Justice department officials do term inc whether to prosecute the two and any others. Among the nearly 60 people interviewed during Funk s investigation were senior White House and state department personnel sources said. The two appointees arc Joseph Tarver and Simon Cahn who worked in the Clinton White House Liaison office at the state department until september. Tarver and Cahn have been detailed to the department s foreign affairs training Center in Arlington va., during the investigation sources said. Both worked on the Clinton presidential Campaign of 1992. Neither Tarver nor Cahn could be reached for com mint. Lawyers involved in the ease refused to discuss their clients. When the files matter arose in september a state department official said Tarver had gotten the personnel records by mistake in response to a query for operational records. Funk s inquiry was requested by state department officials on sept. 2, one Day after the Washington Post reported that Clinton state department officials had read the stored files of 160 Bush political appointees at the department and were gossiping about information from the folders oif two members a Jennifer Fitzgerald and Elizabeth m. Tamposi. The file of Fitzgerald former Deputy chief of protocol and dose aide to George Bush for Many years was described As empty. That of Tamposi who was fired last year for her role in the pre election search of then candidate Clinton s passport file was said to have contained critical information about her. Disclosure of information from such files to unauthorized individuals such As reporters would violate the a privacy act. A number of Republican members of Congress led by sen. Mitch Mcconnell r-ky., have pushed the state and Justice departments for action on the file search matter. Last month Mcconnell held up a planned Senate vote to confirm five state department nominees in order to Force some action in the democratic Case. In a Senate speech last thursday Mcconnell Drew a parallel Between the immediate uproar of the press and democratic members of Congress Over the Republican search of candidate Clinton s passport file last year and the Quot indifference to the rights of 160 american citizens this year when the allegations involved a democratic administration. Mcconnell s former administrative assistant Janet Mullins is a focus of the separate investigation into the Republican search of the passport records. Re in the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 10,1983 president Reagan and japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone concluded for mall Les and got Down to business apparently airing disagreements Over the size o1 Japan s $20 billion Trade surplus with the United states. 20 years ago nov. 10,1973 a last minute complications threatened to delay official acceptance of an egyptian israeli cease fire worked out by . Secretary of state Henry a Kissinger during his rounds of Middle East diplomacy. 30 years ago nov. 10.1963 a disaster struck twice in Quick succession in widely separated parts of Japan As a mine explosion and the crash of two passenger trains left 304 persons dead and hundreds injured. 40 years ago nov. 10,1953 . Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the West will have to proceed without the soviets on decisions involving Germany if Moscow persists in refusing to negotiate outstanding issues. I world War ii i 50 years ago today nov. 10 19 >4 3. The germans reorganize their defense along the italian front pulling Back armoured units in the West to re equip before an expected Allied thrust at Cassino the  army a 45th Oil advances to the Hills Between Pozzillo and of Lignano without opposition. The main body of the Gilbert islands invasion Force sails from Peart Harbor. Some 2i94 pay of inf w h. Smith publisher inc. Denny attacker meet face to face a new York a painting himself Quot ? v of # v it no his Afearl Farr As victims of Circum / a new York a painting himself and his attackers As victims of circumstance Reginald o. Denny Shook hands monday with one of the men who beat him unconscious in the opening moments of the los Angeles riots. J after meeting Henry Keith Watson during a taping of the Donahue show Denny said the rage of attackers was understandable. A How Many people Ever got mad at. Somebody and just want to grab Mem and shake Mem Quot Denny said. Quot that Community just wanted to grab somebody and shake Mem awake and i was the person they  Watson said he was sorry for what happened to Denny. Quot in a sorry for the injuries or. Denny suffered Quot Watson said after they watched a videotape of the attack. Quot Are you sorry for your participation Quot asked Host Phil Donahue. A i have mixed feelings about it Quot Watson answered. A what happened to or. Denny was terribly unfortunate. He was an innocent  Watson was one of several men who attacked Denny after he was dragged from his truck at a South Central los Angeles intersection. The april 29, 1992, attack was the flashpoint of the riots that erupted after four White police officers were acquitted of most state charges in the beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Watson was convicted of Misdemeanour assault but acquitted of the most serious charges against him including attempted murder. After pleading guilty to a felony charge of assault a the one charge on which the jury h3d deadlocked a he was spared a prison term. Co defendant Damian m. Quot football Williams was convicted of mayhem and a vyv v i it it Reginald o. Denny Felt shakes hands with one of the men who beat him during the los Angeles riots Henry Keith Watson. Television Host Phil Donahue looks on. Faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Denny said he was Able to forgive Watson because of his religious beliefs and because of. His desire to make his Young daughter proud. A it Wasny to me against or. Watson Quot Denny said. Quot it was a lot of bad things in a Community and i was just there when something went wrong. Quot its not a personal vendetta. This fat problem is something that happened be Ore or. Watson and i were Ever born and we just got caught up in a mess on that  t Denny is White his attackers Are Black. An upbeat Denny said he still has some vision problems and can no longer drive a truck for a living because the attack left him. Prone to seizures. He said he is living on $332 a week in worker s compensation. The Donahue show featuring Denny and Watson was to air in two parts beginning tuesday in most . Markets. Denny defendant makes plea Deal los Angeles a a defendant in the Reginald o. Denny beating Case pleaded guilty tuesday to two misdemeanours and one felony in a plea bargain that ensured him no further jail time if he stays out of trouble. Antoine Miller 21. Who spent nearly Ivy years in jail until he was recently freed on bail had been facing a charge of attempting to murder Denny during last years riot. Superior court judge Cecil Mills told Miller Quot you Haven to had much of a Chance in your  but Mills said he Felt Miller had Learned it a lesson and then warned him that if he got into trouble again he would go to prison. Miller pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property the purse of riot victim Alicia Maldonado and to grand theft from Denny a both misdemeanours. He also pleaded guilty to a felony assault count on victim Marisa Bejar. Other counts against him were dismissed. Miller was released on bail after the trial of co defendants Damian m. A a football Williams and Henry Keith Watson wound up last month. Milter Scase was severed from theirs because his alleged involvement in the Denny beating was different. He was charged with attempted murder and robbery of Denny and assault with a deadly weapon on other victims of the april 1992 riot. Miller was allegedly seen opening a door to Denny s truck while others pulled the trucker from the cab and began pummelling him. Miller was allegedly seen going through Denny a pockets afterwards but never attacking him