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...read the list of charges: terrorism, violation of public security, conspiracy to commit illicit acts. As Monterrey droned on, it became clear that more was at stake than the fate of Hasenfus, who was captured ferrying weapons to U.S.-backed contra rebels after Sandinista troops shot down an American ! Fairchild C-123K cargo plane over Nicaragua three weeks ago. The prosecution would attempt to try the U.S. Government itself for "Yanqui interventions" dating from the 1850s. Complained former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell, a member of Hasenfus' defense team: "He is an absolute pawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prepping for a Covert Overt War | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...angry tone of the congressional hearing underscored the deepening mystery surrounding the downed Fairchild C-123K transport, which was carrying tons of arms and supplies to the contra rebels for their simmering U.S.-backed war with the Marxist-oriented Sandinistas. The jungle plane crash cast tantalizing light over the shadowy world of U.S. gunrunners in Central America -- and raised serious questions about the extent and legality of U.S. involvement there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes Oct 27 1986 | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

There is only one mid-life crisis that really counts. It occurs when the doctor decides on a biopsy and permits you the privilege of contemplating your mortality while awaiting the test results. This is the situation in which Gillian Fairchild (Julie Andrews) finds herself on a Friday afternoon, with the lab scheduled to close for the weekend that now stretches endlessly before her. Her three children, all lost in the self-absorption of young adulthood, are arriving to attend the party she is throwing for her husband's 60th birthday. Under these circumstances she decides to keep the terror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Unsentimental Journey That's Life! | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

Andrew Kaufman '51, associate dean and Fairchild Professor of Law, also attacked original intent, although he said he could find no justification for judicial review. "There is no need to engage in a futile search for original intent or to straightjacket the Constitution in judicial, social, and philosophical theories," he said...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: What Did They Say? | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

Andrew Kaufman '51, associate dean and Fairchild Professor of Law, also attacked original intent, although he said he could find no justification for judicial review. "There is no need to engage in a futile search for original intent or to straightjacket the Constitution in judicial, social, and philosophical theories," he said...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: What Did They Say? | 9/18/1986 | See Source »

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