European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday october 2,1994 Ames Washington a reckless be Havior by coi fessed spy Aldrich Ames did hot raise alarms inside the Cia for years because his drunkenness and Rule breaking were not unusual for underachiever in the Agency a senior official says. Besides a drinking problem Ames was known within the Cia Clandestine service to be oblivious to personal Security the official who is the Agency s internal watchdog said in secret testimony to the Senate select committee on intelligence. A copy of the testimony presented wednesday by Frederick Hitz the Cia s inspector general was released Friday. Hitz testified on the findings of his of fice s investigation of How Ames spying activities for the former soviet Union escaped Notke for More than eight years. Hitz said the explanation Lay mainly in panel told the culture of Cia management a reluctance to believe that one of its own could be a traitor and a general distaste for the assigned counter espionage duty of investigating Agency employees. Ames is serving a life sentence follow ing his guilty plea to espionage. On the House floor Friday rep. Dan Glickman d-kan., chairman of the House permanent select committee on intelligence called Ames spying an unqualified  he said some legislative responses Are in the 1995 Intelli gence authorization act approved Friday by the House and Senate. The Senate is expected to pass the intelligence budget Bill Thi week. The amount of Money authorized for intelligence agencies for the 1995 fiscal year that began saturday is classified but sources familiar with the Bill said it was reported to be about $28 billion. The sum amounts to a $340 million Cut from the 1994 spending level and represents the fourth straight year of reduction follow ing More than a decade of increases. Cia director James Woolsey announced last week that he was issuing let ters of reprimand to 11 senior officers Many now retired for their part in failing to recognize Ames treachery sooner. Woolsey said no one would be fired or demoted As a result of the Ames Case Only four of those 11 Are current employees. In a letter to president Clinton sen. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio called Friday for Woolsey s removal or reassign ment saying the director was Bent on de fending the Cia s practices at the expense of pushing for needed reforms. Ames began spying in 1985. In june of that year he provided the soviets with in formation on 36 . Intelligence operations Hitz said. Based on what Ames has told the Fri and Cia since his arrest last february a Large number of operations against the soviet Union and Eastern Europe reportedly were compromised. Hitz said Ames abused alcohol carried incriminating documents in his checked airline bags left classified files on a subway train anal openly walked into the soviet compound in Rome and the soviet embassy in Washington during his spying years. These deficiencies were observed by Ames colleagues and supervisors and were tolerated by Many who did not con Sider them highly unusual for directorate of operations officers on the not going anywhere promotion track Hitz said. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago oct. 2,1984 americans Don t understand the psychology of terrorism in the United states or Europe a former hostage of the iranian regime said in an interview in Frank Furt Germany. 20 years ago oct. 2,1974 president Ford told a House subcommittee that he would personally appear to testify on Why he granted former president Nixon a Pardon. 30 years ago oct. 2,1964 five Boston fire fighters were killed when they were buried under tons of Brick and mor tar from a Wall that collapsed As they fought a Blaze in a vacant toy factory. 40 years ago oct. 2,1954 the nine Power Lyndon conference bogged Dovon in disagreement after a Surprise veto by France of a Compromise plan on controlling West German rearm ment. 50 years ago oct. 2,1944 As soviet armies drove on Belgrade Yugoslavia Ger Man sources reported a major new red army offensive opening from Southern Poland toward Czechoslovakia putting three Way pressure on an embattled Hungary. World War ii 50 years ago today oct/2 1.9,4.4 polish resistance fighters surrender in Warsaw 62 Days after their uprising against the German occupiers More than 200,000 people have died and the City Center is in rubble. American troops open an offensive against Germany s Siegfried line attacking Between Aachen and Geilenkirche. German resistance bogs Down . Forces at Monte catarello and Monte -. Galfetti in Western Italy source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a 920-Pound Mair May face death unless insurance covers treatment Panama City Fla. A Leon Ard Brown is too Large for a bathroom scale and too heavy for the kind in Doc tors offices. He once endured ridicule to be measured at a meat Market. Brown later weighed Usaj 920 pounds on a truck scale. He s been brushing off fat jokes All his life. But the meat Market was too much even for him. Ill never do that again. That was a spectacle said Brown 41. This in t something to be proud  _ doctors say Brown must lose weight or die. But his insurance company won t pay. The $50,000 Cost of the six month Hospital program he needs. And his situation is not unusual. Few insurers cover weight loss even for the morbidly obese a specialist says. " ",./.- Brown s obesity makes him a prisoner in his bedroom where he reads watches television listens to the stereo and exercises with weights and a Spring device. He can walk the few feet to. The bathroom Only with help from his wife Pam and a pair of crutches. The trip leaves him Gas Ping for breath. V a few months ago Brown thought he had found an escape when jewish memo rial Hospital in Boston accepted him for its complicated obesity rehabilitation program. V few insurers cover Hospital programs for the morbidly obese because nonsurgical treatment is considered unproved said Jeff Marks an admissions specialist at jewish memorial. They Don t consider it a disease Brown said. If you listen to people talk Well it s your fault. You ate top much " / if he drops the insurance he gets through his wife s employer the Albert son s grocery Chain Brown can qualify for medicare because he has been disabled for the past 20 years because of an automobile Accident that injured his right leg v.".-. But medicare would cover Only part of the Cost. The Browns have been trying to raise the rest putting it into a fund administered by a court to make sure the Money goes directly to the Hospital. In the beginning i Felt like a beggar Leonard Brown said. The thing is i Don t want to die. It s either do it or die the couple had Only raised about. $1,000 when Pam Brown s Boss recently encouraged her to Appeal the denial by Albertson s insurance Trust for the South Ern Region. " " benefits officials had previously told her it would be a waste of time. But now the grocery store Chain is assisting with the Appeal to its insurance Trust because Leonard Brown s Case is so unusual said Albertson s vice president Dean j. Snow Leonard Brown 920 pounds is shown in August with his wife Pam at their Panama City Fla., Home. Lack of insurance stands in the Way of treatment for Brown s obesity. Heffy Zambone Smith slims Down to a Svete marriage a a 700 pounds Tifton a. A Sylvanus in myself i can Tell about the weight Zambone Smith Iii whose efforts loss because i feel Good about myself to slim Down from 1,000 pounds Drew a --.? n i t i a lt44.-hta_. _ 1 _ and very  said he and his sweetheart Tammy Humphreys plan to wed on his birthday dec. 12. He is also trying to raise Money for a $3,000 bed de signed for Large people to replace the bed he now has on loan. Atlanta radio station a Nix pm " last week did a broadcast to raise i us or Money and the Gera do  f to a i might do show on which Smith has appeared Well and tomorrow i might not. With several times also plans to  attention is losing weight and has set a wedding Date. Smith lost More than 100 pounds during a six month Hospital stay in Decatur earlier this year. Now he says he s Down to about 700 pounds has Learned to eat in moderation and has completely Cut out snacks. \ _ i just take one Day at a time said i1_ f to a. In a written statement from the company s Boise Idaho Headquarters. Restrictions against weight loss Are designed to exclude programs that Are not medically necessary said Richard Coorsh spokesman for the health insurance association of America i Washington. But Marks has persuaded some insurers to cover the treatment at jewish me Morial which targets not obesity but the medical conditions related to patients weight through education diet and exer  would be the heaviest patient at the Hospital which claims 56 successes in two years. Success is measured by medi Cal problems overcome not pounds lost. Tests show Brown s weight problem is primarily genetic. Six of his seven siblings Are obese and three of them Are Over 400 pounds