Word: feeling
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Many American officials feel that a fitting coda to Noriega's infamous career would be his capture and extradition to the U.S. to stand trial on the 15 drug-related and money-laundering charges handed down by federal grand juries in Tampa and Miami in February 1988. But to convict Noriega, prosecutors would have to rely largely on the testimony of two convicted felons who traded their stories for plea bargains. Moreover, Noriega's long association with the CIA could block any successful prosecution. His lawyers are certain to demand access to classified material that the Government will be reluctant...
...found. At week's end a State Department official said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Kozak had traveled to Panama to advise the Endara government and try to negotiate Noriega's surrender. One of the general's American lawyers, Raymond Takiff, predicts that will never happen. "I feel unhappily secure in my belief that he will be killed," Takiff says. "He will not be captured...