European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes us. Thursday september 8,1994female spy says Cia flagrantly biased by the los Angeles times Washington a a Federal lawsuit filed by a senior female spy at the Cia portrays the Agency As Rife with womanizing and drinking. The charges Are contained in previously confidential court filings made Public tuesday by the career spy who has been protected by the pseudonym of a Jane Doe  parts of the complaint surfaced in july under a tul ing by a Federal judge in Alexandria a. But the judge kept the lawsuit itself under wraps. However the court now has made Public a 140-Page amended complaint filed by Thompsons attorney former Justice department official Victoria Tonsing. A drinking and sexual prowess by Agency males in High positions Are Well known often countenanced and if addressed at All engender medical not disciplinary treatment a the Brief  Quot there has not been a station to which plaintiff has been assigned where senior male officers did not drink and Womanizer and create an Adverse work environment for  it also says that such conduct has been ignored for years by internal investigators at the Cia. The lawsuit which claims unfair treatment based on her gender has helped prod the Agency to begin negotiating an administrative settlement in a larger Case. A a a that Case is a class action discrimination complaint brought in 1991 by women employed in the Ciao a operations directorate the division that handles foreign espionage and Covert actions in which Thompson works. A. A a. A v. A the new court papers allege that the a plaintiff is aware of two current married directorate of operations division chiefs who have had affairs with subordinates one was in fact found a in flagrant Delict of on his Couch in his  the suit also charges that a former High ranking official a announced openly at an Agency meeting that he had been drunk the evening before while meeting with foreign Liaison officials and could not recall whether he had revealed to these officials highly sensitive information. In addition at a party at her Home overseas Thompson stated that a a Drunken division chief tripped Over a cocktail table while grabbing fora female guest a while another official was regularly a too Hung Over to come to work in the  Cia officials have declined to comment on the merits of Thompsons allegations on grounds they Are in the hands of Agency attorneys. According to the complaint none of the unidentified Cia officials who engaged in womanizing or heavy social drinking was Ever subjected to an inquiry by the Agency a inspector general although Thompson offered to provide their names to investigators. The court papers said Thompson was chief of a Cia station in the Caribbean area in 1989 when her troubles began after she reported a male Deputy a for beating his wife to the Point of  the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 8,1984 a the Dollar continued its Rise closing at All time highs across Europe and setting records from London to Milan Italy spurred by expectations that . Interest rates would go still higher. 20 years ago sept. 8,1974 a Hurricane Carmen packing winds gusting to 160 Mph stormed toward new Orleans As evacuees formed Long lines of bumper to bumper traffic on the Region s highways. 30 years ago sept 8,1964 a an american sergeant whose 19-month-Oid daughter was kidnapped by a German baby Sitter was reunited with his unharmed child As hundreds of German onlookers cheered. 40 years ago sept. 8,1954 a chinese nationalist warplanes struck at communist shipping along the coast of China and the defense ministry said a communist gunboat More than 100 wooden military Junks and five motorized vessels were damaged. 50 years ago sept 8,1944 a Allied land sea and air forces went into action As the soviet army reached the yugoslav Border on the Danube River joining yugoslav partisans in a combined offensive against the nazis Allied Mediterranean Headquarters said. R world War ii a 50 years ago today sept. 8 1 a 9 a 4 a 4 the first v-2 rocket a faster and More powerful than Germany s v-1 a hits the Chiswick area of London. Canadian soldiers attack the Northern French port of Dunkirk and take nieuport and Ostend on the belgian coast in Eastern France. French troops enter Beaune and autumn. The japanese attack nationalist chinese forces North of lung log on Burma s Salween front. Source flies of War w h smite publishers inc. Tho Ivoti Aln inc of world Ivor u  Uoo As corp19tn son Michelle Al Nassri happily reunited with her son Laith Waits tuesday at new Yorkus Kennedy Airport for a flight Back to California. Los Angeles apr a Mother whose son was abducted to Iraq by his father brought the toddler Home tuesday to an emotional reunion with relatives. Michelle Al Nasseri of Arcadia calif., and her 2-year-old son Laith were greeted by a cheering crowd on arriving from London. The child wearing a Black baseball hat emblazoned with the letters Fri clutched a mighty morphine Power Ranger action toy and waved to photographers. A j his 23-year-old Mother said she feared Laith could be kidnapped again when her estranged husband is released from custody. A the fight is not Over. In a still in fear a she said. A it is probable that my husband someday will be granted not Only visitation rights but unmonitored visitation  the father Hai Tharri Khalid Al Nasseri was being held by British authorities pending extradition to the United states where he is wanted for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. The 33-year-old Man was arrested at London a Heathrow Airport on Friday during a sting involving the Fri and Scotland Yard. The boy came through the ordeal Safe but confused his Mother said. A the Only understands he was away from his Mother and now he a away from his dad. Its going to take some time a she said Haitham Al Nasseri a citizen of the United states and Iraq disappeared with the child in july after his wife started divorce proceedings. He called from Iraq and demanded that she come there if she wanted to see Laith again. Haitham Al Nasseri a motive in the abduction Wasny to to get the boy but to Force his wife to reconcile and join him in Iraq said her attorney Michael Oddenino. Haitham Al Nasseri had threatened to steal the boy prompting Michelle Al Nasseri to get a court order prohibiting him from taking the child out of California. He continued to have joint custody pending the divorce and was Able to take the child on weekend trips. Haitham Al Nasseri claimed to be taking the boy camping when he took him to Iraq Oddenino said. The operation to retrieve the boy was successful because Michelle Al Nasseri was Able to lure her husband to London by convincing him that she really wanted to reconcile said Charlie Parsons special agent i charge of the Fri in los Angeles. A Michelle pulled it off with her acting ability a he said a what we have Here is a courageous Mother who. Was determined to get her son Back no matter what she had to  dropping from to it study says a Washington apr since the Days when cuban band Leader Ricky Ricardo charmed America on i love Lucy portrayals of hispanics on television have dwindled a study shows. The private Center for Media and Public affairs says the 1950s a with Zorra the Cisco kid and Desi Arnaz starring As Lucy s Long suffering husband a marked the High Point of the hispanic presence on television. Since then latino characters have largely disappeared from the nations prime time programming the Center said in a study released wednesday at the same time it said television has improved its portrayal of Blacks. While accounting for 9 percent of the . Population latinos made up i percent of All characters portrayed during the 1492-93 television season. Blacks who represent 12 percent of the population accounted for 17 percent of All television characters the analysis said. A Black groups sometimes complain their portrayal is window dressing a said Robert Lichter the centers co director and one of the study a authors a hispanics done to even have window dressing. There a nothing there for them.�?�. The study was commissioned by the National Council of la Raza a civil rights group representing More than 100 hispanic Community organizations. In recent months la Raza has criticized both the entertainment Industry and the news Media for their portrayal of hispanics. The Center also concluded that hispanics have been cast in negative roles proportionately More than both Blacks and non hispanic Whites. A breakdown of characters from 1992 found that 16 percent of the hispanic characters committed crimes compared with 4 percent for both Blacks and non hispanic Whites. Hispanics were portrayed negatively 18 percent of the time compared with 8 percent for non hispanic Whites and 6 percent for Blacks. Forty five percent of latinos portrayed on reality based programs such As americans most wanted committed crimes compared with 10 percent of non his panic Whites. In the Only category where Blacks fared worse than hispanics 50 percent of Blacks on the reality based programs were portrayed As criminals. Minorities remain More Likely to be portrayed As working class or poor the study also found. In 1992, 28 percent of hispanic characters were depicted As poor compared with 24 percent of Blacks and 18 percent of non hispanic Whites