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...Noriega's Sixth Amendment right been violated? Last week his lawyers were loudly claiming so and seeking to have Noriega's case dismissed. The action came after the Cable News Network revealed that it had obtained jailhouse tapes of phone conversations between the deposed leader and his American lawyers. CNN aired tidbits of Noriega speaking with a Panamanian buddy named "Lucho," and another that referred to the CIA, President Bush and Noriega's legal strategy. Noriega's flamboyant defender, Frank Rubino, pronounced himself "totally startled and horrified" at the government's snooping. He said the taping "without a doubt" violated...
Rubino won a 10-day restraining order barring the network from airing further tapes. CNN appealed the order, then defied it, broadcasting a conversation between Noriega and a private investigator on his defense team. On Saturday the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected CNN's appeal of the restraining order. At the same time, Rubino sought a contempt ruling against the network...
They ate pizza and drank beer as they watched CNN's election returns on the Kennedy School of Government's large-screen television...
...history. In the land of the sound bite, where attention spans are conditioned by the quick democracy of the remote control, The Saddam Show was barely worthy of public-access cable, much less prime-time TV. It was no surprise that the major networks ran only brief excerpts, while CNN relegated its full airing of the tape to 1 a.m. Eastern time. "Nobody who understands modern television," said an American intelligence analyst, "would deliver such a tape...
...usually erodes their following and, ultimately, their livelihood. One pundit who never errs on the side of niceness is Patrick Buchanan, a former aide to Presidents Nixon and Reagan. He earns a reported $500,000 a year from a column in 180 newspapers, lectures and daily TV exposure on CNN's Crossfire and the syndicated McLaughlin Group and Capital Gang. Blending unyielding right-wing views with incendiary rhetoric, he stirs deep passions. Last week Buchanan was teetering on the tightrope. His latest outbursts had even longtime allies accusing him of virtual or actual anti-Semitism...