WASHINGTON’ (Reiter) -( The Reagan ad- Informatio nS Nixon's ‘Watergat “Agency a aaltied secretly : ministration has faced more charges of ‘financial im- propriety . ‘and — other misconduct by officials than any U.S. administration since the Nixon era, but the . Republican president's popularity seems. un- ‘ scathed. This month alone, the number two man in the Pentagon quit amid ac- qusations of improprieties in private stock market deals, and the head of the 7 BELFAST (Reuter) - —A: Christmas car bomb attack in London and the deaths ‘of two men ina gun battle in. thé Irish republic have led to a sharp change in the fortunes of Sinn Fein, the legal -political party of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. The organization,. riding high a few months ago on good electoral gains and prospects, now finds itself- ostracized by top govern- ment officials in both parts of Ireland and facing curbs -~ on its aclivities in the republic. The two acts of violence which have set back the _ party's advance were the work of the IRA, the main republican guerrilla group - whose violent campaign to drive. the ‘British out’ of Northern Ireland is openly © supported by Sinn Fein. An Irish policeman and soldier were killed in a gun battle in the republic Dec, 16 during the rescue of a prominent Dublin businessman kidnapped by the IRA for ransom. The next day a huge bomb taping some of his ‘awn phone calls... ° Meanwhile, Rita Lavelle, former’ Protection “Agency official, was sentenced to six months "in prison and. fined’ $10,000 for lying. to “the . Congress about. EPA roe tivities. was only the latest: episode. in a series of‘miniscandals : - ‘and allegations, none on the planted by the IRA in a car outside Harrods depart- ment store in London, crowded - with © ‘ Chrisimas shoppers, | left‘. six people dead and $0 injured. The actions - ‘politically. embarraising for Sinn Fein, an organization rooted in an independence struggle. that left. Ireland partitioned © between the predominantly .. Roman Catholic republic and a British northern | province . Trish members securily appéared to violate a traditional IRA . ban in force for decadés on - - attacking. officials of the Irish republic. ‘BROKE PLEDGE - The Harrods bomb broke ‘ a pledge given at Sinn * bast November by amasked IRA , r ave nd ‘ contact, with Sinn Fein, . Fein’s . congress Official that while the campaign of violence would continue civilians would be spared. Sinn - Fein Gerry: Adams denied in an interview with Reuters news: agency that the in- Environmental scale of Republican Richard, - were. _ case of self-defence. force” . issue and the USSR (s losing Its prestige and llya Gerol’s | HOT SPOTS Sterling News Service Feature Anew Middle East war? To say that the Middle East is the hottest apoté on the . political map of the world Js to say nothing. Because when wasitnot? - Yet it is worthwhile to repeat it again because the consequences of the military conflict which might oc- ’ cur In the Middle East some months from now are 50 dar reaching that it could end In a global catastrophe. At first sight It-iooks as if the present situation is nothing but the latest development of the perennial Israel-Arab conflict. Or, to be more precise, the Israel: Syria conflict. Because Damascus is the. only. Arab capital which continues the active confrontation with - the Jewish State. However, unlike previous conflicts in the Middle East, the current one is not determined by regional rivalry or by the Pelestinian problem, which was so often proclaimed by Western politicians to be a key to the complexities of the Middle East's problems. Now with the PLO rapidly on its way to becoming nonexis:- tent, itis Syria which holds in the palms of its hands the answer to the traditional Middle East question — to have, ornot tohave, warinthearea. A year ago when the Israells Invaded Lebanon in order to put an end to the military might of the PLO and to secure the northern borders of the Jewish State, Damascus attempted to involve, itself in the military _ clashes with the Israeli army. ‘These attempts ended in humiliation for President Hafez Assad of Syria, Never in the history of the air force hive 130 modern fighter -planes (MIG 21’s and MIG 23's) been shot down within - ; orty eight hours by an enemy who sustained no losses at all Even more humiliating for Assad: was the Soviet ap- proch to events in Lebanon. The USSR did not react at all to the series of defeats suffered by the Syrian army. ’ The explanation was rather simple for such unusual behaviour on the part of Moscow. Leonid Brezhnev was mortally sick and the power struggle for his suc- cession was at its height. No one in the Politburo wanted to be assoclated with any risky adventure, par- ticularly in such an unstable area ag the MiddleEast, ' The situation. changed dramatically after Yurl An- dropov took over the leadership of the Party and the ’ Soviet State, He wants to have a resounding success in foreign policy at a time when detente is a forgatten on almost everywhere in the world. The Middle East at- tracts Moscow as a place where such success could be achieved. Syria, ied by the most gutstanding Arab politician, Hafez Assad, looks relatively stable and willing to fight, elther against Israel or agalnat the Lebanese and those Western peacekeeping forces who support President Gemayel. It is obvious that Assad would rather fight the Lebanese than the Israelis. Yet any military conflict would sult him at a time when his closes! associates, Lieutenant General Mustapha Tias, Minister of Defence, the Assas's brother, Rifat Assad, the Head of the Secret Police, have started to \ompets ‘with each other for the chance to become suecessor to the ailing President. The USSR will go to any lengths to help Asead If he pets into trouble again. The situation dres from the White House strategic vision — a quality for which It is not known. The tragic waste of the lives of American soldiers, the - Useless bombardment of the Syrian positions in Lebanon and the absence of a firm plan to stop Assad’s ambitions and to show that the threat of Soviet involve- ment will not deter thie U.S. from its alliance with Israel, are pushing the U.S. to the brink of: Political defeat. Assad and his Moscow friends know that Reagan {s hampered by the election campaign in 1994 and will not go as far as the Soviets are prepared to go. That ls why the U.S, has to react in 1963 in order to pre- vent an all out war in the Middle East in 1964. “poli _ espionage affair, that have. beset the - Reagan ad ministration and’ touched several - cabinet’ ‘Gepart- ; ments. * But despite auch charges, : a recent Gallup poll showed . 53. per cent of the. ‘public ” saying they approves ‘of how President Reagan. is, han- ‘dling the White House job — The. Lavelle , -convic lion > the highest level. ‘in ‘two years... Reagan continues to lead -his Democratic, rivals’ in - President. . straw: ‘polls a8 ‘the 198 - ‘eidenis;.. which he. regrets, represented a change of policy. - He said the bombers appeared : 4o have gone . outside their instructions - while the shootings were a io The ‘two. incidents im- mediately led to calls from --both sides of the border for. the banning of Sinn Fein and internment of. suspected IRA tnembers. ; “republic: © governments | But as.’ passions cooled. with a Protestant majority... both’ the: ; British and Irish. The deaths of* the: ‘two- decided that banning Sinn — Fein would only drive it underground, _ making “more difficult to track and adding . to “appeal, ‘especially .for the * young. -- Britain’s © it. its romantic - Northern : Ireland. Secretary James, - Prior, however, ordered his _ _ ministers to have no further- which holds one‘seat in the British -Parliament. and is represented on several local President ; 4 Democratic natibinal ‘eléction: campaign ‘opens, suggesting that these - ‘incidents are not a ‘big issue with voters. \CAMPAIGN THEME: -Manatt, “National Commnittee chairman, told - Bat - Charles - Reuters “news agency the Democrats intend’ to’ make what he termed: “abuse of power, official misconduct, and conflict of. interest” ‘under Reagan - a” : »major canipalgn | theme. “Time... after.” Reagan “time, has councils, in the province. , Until ©- now’ these “representatives ‘have en- joyed. normal’ co-operation with government . officials and Sinn Fein could: ‘lose its reputation for getting things ‘done if itis deprived of official recognition. a In: the republic, Dick Spring, | deputy “prime “wninister and. Labor ‘party ‘ Jeader, said he would refuse _to meet: deputations: in- cluding members “of” any . group supporting : ‘violence =a clear réference:to Sinn Fein —-and other ministers ‘may follow suit, The Dublin government ig studying’ plans* to: ‘tighten laws on incitement to violence which could make Sinn Fein leaders liable to prosecution © for‘, publicly. supporting the IRA, ... _ All this has come ata bad ~ time, as Sinn Fein last year - announced it would launch a major electoral offensive in ‘the republic. This followed - U. Ss. sued bination with electro-shock. guilt, he said. . democracy is shattered. REVEALS LETTER _ -PAINFUL MEMORIES VANCOUVER. (CP) — A Vancouver man is suing the United States government for $1 ‘million because of brainwashing experiments he says were conducted under the direction of the American Central Intelligence Agency in a Montreal hospital in the early 19605," . | Robert Logie, 42, is one of nine plaintiffs, including the wife of Winnipeg MP David Orlikow, who say their lives . suffered irreparable damage’ after heing” subjected: ‘to massive’ doses: of. the mind-altering drug: ‘LSD in com. Logie said Sunday the Canadian government’ is refusing. to release an official apology for the experiments thal was - - sent to Ottawa by the United States government because Washington doesn’t want it made public. = And Logie, who says he still suffers nightmares from the experiments, said he is wondering if the Canadian govern- - ment is hiding something or if Canadian security services were aware of what he says were CIA-funded experiments. The U.S apology would go a long way toward establishing he “The government is totally spineless, totally gutless,” said Logie. ‘Tam ashamed tobea ‘Canadian andmy Falth i in @ The CBC current affairs program The Fifth Estate, to be | aired Tuesday,. will reportedly reveal the contents of a letter from the U.S, government to the Canadian consulate ~ in Washington which confirms the existence of the apology. ° Program producer Brian McKenna said Sunday the show obtained the letter through the. U.S. Freedom of Infor- mation Act. In the letter, Washington requests the contents of the apology not be made public. ; ; McKenna ‘said Ottawa had asked Washington if the r apology could be made public. 5 He said the Fifth Estate will air the contents of the letter on Tuesday, and provide other details of. the experiments conducted on- some 53 palients. | “McKenna: said ‘External MacEachen at first agreed to be. ‘interviewed by. the | program bul then backed out. Logie said he has .been unable to get help from MacEachen despite repeated requests. Affairs Minister Logie still finds it extremely painful to talk about the © experiments. He said.he had been referred. to the Allan president should net be held ” have _ the: Alla ui “abuses in’ a firm, timel manner," he said. “In 1984, - we are going to. ask the: . American - “people .. “if this.’ accountable for burying. his head in the sand or’ winking. at’ ‘abiuse. Boing: on -around him.’ The. Democrats appear to have plenty of ‘ammunition, .. because ° ‘charges © ‘against ”. administration . ‘official “surfaced with: regularity . ’ since Reagi took office. * organization’ 8 successes in _ the North in the past two , ‘years when; campaigning.” under the slogan “a ballot: . paper inone hand anda rifle’. ‘in the other,” if wan 10 per cent of the vote in polls fora: provincial .. assembly. and more than 13 per cent in the June 1983 British general election... - ” Sinn Fein, whose ultimate declared’ goal is a revolutionary socialist: are in a united - Ireland, hoping to win. votes aming: Ireland's: festless ” ‘youth; ‘nearly a third of whom: are. ‘unemployed. it opened its campaign, in the south last November by «- taking over seven per cent - _of the, vote in a Dublin byelection, finishing ahead. of -the governing Labor . party,. which has, lost sup- port: by going into coalition » with the conservative Fine _ Gael party. ° Adams,.. the . ‘ Sinn Fein. - Jeader-who declines to take his. seat in. the _ British Parliament,. acknowledged _ that the incidents last year, . ‘particularly the shooting in. _ the south, : ‘Tepresented a. setback. a “The Dublin government: , has been casting around for an excuse to. crack down ‘on Sinn Fein, especially since our recent successes, and ‘they are exploiting the | shooting _ incident - to the full; he anid = .° “TE they don’t ‘succeed in stopping us this way they will. become more op pressive, and .we wil See internment. wa * 4530 KEITH AEE Joining: the adininistration « “woman: friend, "jNegally.. 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The Washington ‘Post also reported last. week . that _Peate Corps Director Loret _Ruppe - vidlated agency ‘rules: by: secretly. taping her ‘deputy; ; Edward ” Curran, ; with whom she was at odds. ‘*KIDDIEGATE' 7 ‘Wick. -./ earlier "faced “eriticiem - ‘in: the” so-called - “Kiddiegate” affair in which the - Informatiori Agency hired offspring of © ’ prominent officials ‘such as Defence’ Secretary Caspar . : Weinberger, ' theii-State ‘Secretary Alexander Haig adviser ~. ‘William’ Clark. _ Repotism at the time. - ‘lynn Helms, head of- the '-Federal. 7 Aviatlea © | ; Administration, st month”. after-:- news fories. reported’ that - grand alleged. improprleties in- ~ wolving businesses be had owned. : Helms « said « “he. was Yeaving to return to private “business. A 4 - Last March , “Thomas Reed, a rising power in the -:National: Security Council, had" secretly © - taped «was: accused” of». illegal “telephone: ” edavereations - “insider trading” -by . the with James ‘Bake White’:Securities. Exchange ‘House chief of staff; former: “Commission and settled the case by paying back an ‘alleged - illegal. ‘profit, He _Fesigned his” White. House ~ posts : Willian. Casey, “Central “Intelligence. Agency director, faced. congressional and . press “ g criticism last year. when it - was disclosed that he had _ continued to be an active “investor. in’ the stock market. : . The Washington - ~ Post. . reported | sey. .. had’ - acquired’ stock in firms © doing business with the CIA. Casey .; denled any wrongdoing, bit agreed: to put. his: assets into a “blind ‘trust’ to avoid any ap- pearance of conflict of in- terest. - Max Hugel, Casey” 3 CIA. operations chief, resigned i in 1901 ‘after . press reports: accused him of. improper | Wick: -denied charges | of resigned ‘juries: were “Inyestigaling “yeceived: White © riinitration during n po nee eS ‘securities . practices. Hug denied any. wrongdoing. ‘Meanwhile, © a" “ congressional investigatio has. continued into. the. 80 ‘called “‘Debategate” affa “in which Reagan’s ‘¥ “campaign Hous briefing papers intended: prepare Deniocral Cart for, - pre-1980-electio debate "with Reagan... - Hit develops, Debatega could embarrass the.-a the presidential - : election yea Attorney General willia French . Smith, formerly... 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