European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 stars and stripes june customs director faces suspension for poor conduct by Charlie Coon stars and stripes the head of army eur ropes customs directorate was Given a 30day unpaid suspension for taking More than in housing allowance to which he was not William who was promoted during the two year was declared by Mannheim military police to have committed larceny and fraud to illegally receive according to a police but after a further investigation led by the army Europe pro Vost marshal for whom Johnson Johnson was punished for conduct unbecoming a Federal the employee was investigated for but was not ultimately charged with which would require an element of in according to an emailed statement from the Usa eur Public affairs Johnson also is being made to pay Back the according to Carol chief of the offices Law enforcement Mckinney said Johnson is an excellent employee and said the in which overpayment were collected Over 10 was complicated and Johnson and his Han each have or had residences in according to the police Hannelore also was accused in the police report of committing when first asked about the Johnson the Usa eur pub Lic affairs office in Heidelberg stated in an email among other factors in his the administrative investigation apparently yielded evidence that the employee had in fact timely approached finance personnel regarding a suspected overpay rather than attempting to conceal did not completely exonerate in a later emailed Mckinney wrote that the discrepancy was discovered by a civil Ian personnel Mckinney declined to discuss what Johnson did wrong because of the complexity of the but said that a copy of an army regu lation 156 investigation would be provided to stars and stripes that would explain the i would move very slowly when moving on my personal mat Johnson As far Asim its a private very very according to the Usa eur Public affairs Johnson was promoted one year ago at the Cus Toms office from a general sched ule 12 Job to his current gs13 position As director of us Reurs Europe customs executive Agen a division of the Provost marshals the customs office oversees the Legal importing and exporting of personal goods by military per Emall Charlie Coon at  web email n 1madeinbrtwiih love graduation 1eddy bears tall i fast worldwide shipping say i love you in a big Way judge allows wiretaps at Padilla trial by Curt Anderson the associated press Miami a Federal judge re fused Friday to toss out Fri wire tap evidence in the Jose Padilla terrorism support rejecting an attempt by defense attorneys to prevent jurors from hearing conversations about Osama bin Laden and other Well known islamic extremist District judge Marcia Cooke ruled the two dozen Tele phone intercepts that Drew objections from defense attorneys were relevant to the Cooke also rejected defense assertions that invoking bin Laden name would make Padilla and his two co defendants appear More guilty in the Jurys the Mere fact that a name is in and of does not mean it will be Cooke in not ready to go next prosecutors expect to begin playing some of their 123 main evidence a tiny Frac Tion of the conversations intercepted by the Fri in an investigation that stretched Over a a citizen held for years As an enemy is charged along with Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi with being part of a sup port network for islamic extremist groups Padilla was initially accused in 2002 of plot Ting with Al Aida to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb inside the United but those charged Are not part of the Miami indict separately the associated press filed a motion seeking a court order requiring prosecutors to provide copies of the wire tap audio As Well As paper exhibits on the same Day they Are introduced As Cooke did not Rule immediately but planned a hearing on the truck carrying explosives overturns Cia director looks Forward a tractor trailer carrying Mili tary explosives overturned on a Highway kill ing one person and forcing people to evacuate the surrounding authorities the truck was on Highway about five Miles South of when it overturned around said state Highway patrol spokesman Everett no other vehicles were Clendenin said the truck was on its Way to sunny Point military Ocean a port on the Cape fear River used by the military to ship ammunition Washington Michael Hayden arrived at the Cia a year ago with a Clear directive quell turmoil at the by All accounts Hes done now comes the harder part building a spy Cia director Hayden said the Cla is attempting to hire people with critical cultural and linguistic More creatively mask officers Ridenti and encourage spies to take greater risk in clan Destine from the associated press m pick up stars and stripes june 6 to get the special Keepsake graduation Section featuring 2007 Dodds