Sunday, January 11, 2009

last transition to a Democratic Pres...

Dec. 10, 1992—AG William Barr today rejected Congressional demands for an independent prosecutor to investigate whether the Government had committed a crime in a bank fraud case involving loans to Iraq. NYT A1—

--For the Pentagon, actuely conscious of its vulnerability to post-cold-war budget cutters, the landing of US troops at Mogadishu was the ultimate photo opportunity. NYT A1

--A federal grand jury found Clair E. George, once a top CIA official, guilty on two felony counts of lying to Congress about his knowledge of the Iran-Contra scandal. NYTA1

--Frail Social Compact is Broken in Bombay.—NYTA1

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