Word: panamanians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dressed in a khaki four-star general's uniform, Manuel Noriega walked to the front of a Miami courtroom last week in his first public appearance in months. The former Panamanian dictator read an open letter accusing the U.S. government of trying to deny him a fair trial. "It is painfully obvious that the government does not wish me to be able to defend myself," he told Federal Judge William Hoeveler. "They have taken my money, deprived me of my lawyers, videotaped me with my lawyers, wiretapped my telephone calls with my lawyers and even given them to the press...
...midst of the tapes confusion, Noriega's lawyers added yet another twist to the case. Their client, they said, was broke. The Panamanian government claims that Noriega looted the country of up to $300 million, but all the booty that has so far come to light, an estimated $20 million in 27 bank accounts around the world, has been frozen. The attorneys, who charge up to $350 an hour, have not been paid in 11 months, and say they can no longer afford to represent the former Panamanian leader. They asked Judge Hoeveler to set aside a ceiling...
...enforcement officials were clearly disturbed about CNN's possession of the tapes and about how the network got them in the first place. The Panamanian government has claimed to have Noriega recordings that it received from the U.S. State Department; speculation was that the tapes came into reporter Fernandez's hands from Panamanian sources...
...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 Noriega's attorney- client confidentiality...
...federal judge bans CNN from airing the Panamanian dictator's telephone conversations with his lawyers. The drug czar declares victory and resigns...