Word: transferals
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...trouble is that Wisconsin, like most states, is trying to fight 20th century crime with 19th century laws. Electronic mail, automatic funds-transfer systems and interlocking networks of high-speed computers are protected by legal concepts that were developed to safeguard paper documents. "In the old days, you needed a fast gun and a fast horse," says Richard Guilmette, manager of corporate security for Prime Computer. "Now you need fast fingers and a small computer...
...legal answer to whether the U.S. could, in effect, launder military equipment through Israel is no. The Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 both prohibit the transfer of arms and materiel from the recipient to a third country unless the President consents and Congress is notified. In reality, nothing could stop Israel from reaching an informal agreement with Administration officials to supplement aid to El Salvador and the contras. The Israelis also could increase arms shipments without consulting Washington, knowing full well that such a move would be welcomed by the White House...
Meese served as president and the only salaried director of the Presidential Transition Foundation Inc., set up to plan the transfer of executive power from the Carter Administration to Reagan's team. The other directors were William Casey, now CIA director, and Verne Orr, now Secretary of the Air Force. In addition to receiving $2 million in operating expenses from the Government and $250,000 from the President's campaign treasury, the foundation raised $688,931 from unidentified private donors, according to its tax return. No limit was set on the amount people could donate, but Orr said...
...attention paid to Gorbachev, 53. Ever since Andropov's death, there have been indications that Gorbachev was in effect the country's new No. 2 man. The fact that he should be the one to nominate Chernenko for the presidency seemed to confirm that a cautious transfer of power to the next generation had begun. The same honor was given to Chernenko when Andropov got the job last June...
...circumstance in Washington. John Thompson, the coach, is too concerned with his players' needs to worry about their biographers' convenience; also, college basketball cannot bear too much investigative reporting. Humor is strained more than truth is stretched when Las Vegas Coach Jerry Tarkanian jokes that he loves transfer students because "their cars are already paid for." At Boston College, Georgetown's conference companion and Jesuit colleague, a star player who flunked out of school last year was quietly re-enrolled in night classes and kept in the game. The stakes are considerable. For each member...