NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 19, 1992
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Passport investigation ends
Snoopers trying to damage Clinton, U.S. inspector savs
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A State Department investigation concluded yesterday that officials who snoped in Bill Clinton's passport files had been trying to help President Bush win reelection, but had not done so at the bidding of the White House.
State Department inspector general Sherman Funk, disclosing the results of a month-long probe. said:
"There was indeed an attempt to use the Department of State, the records and the people of the Department of
State to influence the outcome of the election.
"That is a very heinous activity and shame on the Department of State that it happened."
The two senior officials held responsible were the assistant secretary of state for consular affairs Elizabeth Tamposi, dismissed last week by Bush, and the acting assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, Steven Berry, also disciplined.
whether the department initiated the file search in response to reporters' requests under the Freedom of Information Act or whether administration officials were attempting to dig up damaging information on the Democratic presidential nominee.
As for Tampost's allegations of White House involvement, Funk said in a memorandum to Acting Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, "We found no evidence that the White House, or any other external source, orchestrated an 'attack' on the Clinton files."
Funk had been asked to determine
Funk said the way department officials conducted the search made it clear they had not been merely responding to routine requests from the news media. He cited in particular the breadth of the searches undertaken at a suburban records center on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
"Never, in our opinion, in the annals of the Freedom of Information Act has there ever been a FOIA search conducted with such urgency, scope thoroughness and grade-levels of participants," Funk said.
Police arrest former leader at rally
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The government arrested former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her top advisers at a huge political rally yesterday after they defied a ban on protests and called for the overthrow of the government.
Bhutto had threatened that 100,000 marchers would storm Parliament. But the march, scheduled to begin in Rawalpindi, 10 miles from the capital, was disrupted before it began.
Police barricaded the route, fired fire gas into the crowd and beat protesters. In the capital, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif imposed emergency measures, and troops patrolled in trucks armed with machine guns. Thousands
were detained around the country.
my arrest won't make any difference. The struggle will continue." Bhutto said in a brief speech to about 40,000 supporters at a Rawalpindi park. Then she and party leaders were surrounded by 200 police and taken away.
Bhutto agreed to board a plane for Karachi after the government promised to release all opposition party supporters who were members of Parliament.
Blutto, an articulate politician with a well-tested ability to attract crowds, said that Sharif's Islamic government was corrupt and repressive and rose to power through rigged elections. She wants President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to establish an interim government that would oversee new elections.
Bush gives guidance to Clinton
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President-elect Clinton swept triumphantly into the capital yesterday for a "terrific" meeting with President Bush that ran 45 minutes over schedule and touched on more than a dozen potential trouble spots the Democrat could inherit.
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The White House visit was the first stop on a two-day whirlwind of high-powered meetings and social engagements with the lions of the Washington establishment. Clinton's visit was intended to pave the way for a smooth transition and signal the new president's readiness to deal with Washington insiders.
Clinton said he and Bush discussed such global tinderboxes as Russia, Bosnia and Somalia. "He was very candid," the president-elect said. "He gave me a lot of insights. The American people should be pleased."
"It was a terrific meeting."
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