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...House Intelligence Committee this week) may prompt a far more detailed examination of the CIA's plans than ever. Durenberger has been pushing for such a document ever since he became head of the committee, on the ground that legislators cannot properly assess any specific CIA budget request unless they can see how it fits into a set of national intelligence priorities --assumi ng that one exists. As far as anyone knows, none did until last week. The closest thing was a paper called DCID 1/2 (for Director of Central Intelligence Document), and it was a wish list of just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Senators Vs. the Spooks | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Campus organizers said in a letter to Gorbachev that "it is our deepest hope that you could attend and take part in our...commencement ceremonies." The Soviet general secretary has not yet responded to the request, The Stanford Daily reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Cuts | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

...reporter who witnessed the altercation attempted to take down the names and badge numbers of the officers at the scene, but his request was denied...

Author: By W. ROBERT Genieser, | Title: Fan Violence Sparks Cornell Report | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

Last week, after the shop had closed its doors and the sting ended, the arrests started. By Thursday, police had rounded up 37 of 65 suspects, a job made easier by names and addresses the gullible thieves had written at Johnny's request on the checks issued by the shop. The videotape, which can be used in court, was also valuable, showing what Police Chief Arthur Deutsch called "the face of crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jail Sale: Where cupidity bred stupidity | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Artukovic took advantage of U.S. cold-war hostility toward Yugoslavia, among other things, to fend off extradition requests that began in 1951. He used false papers to emigrate to the U.S. in 1948, after first traveling to Italy, Switzerland and Ireland. Artukovic lived in California until his 1984 arrest and worked as a bookkeeper. The extradition order came less than an hour after U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist denied the aged Nazi's request for a stay. Unless his health prevents him from being tried for his crimes, his fate in Yugoslavia could be execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Criminals Long-Delayed Date with Justice | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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