The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 8

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There was 110 valid excuse for and interfering with the newsmen They were taking the same kinds of pictures they take all the time as part of this country's free speech rights Local news organizations consistently cooperate with requests to protect the identities of undercover officers Mr Shea noted that concerned law ofteh are invited to preview newscasts at Channel '2 to ensure the safely of their people Neither he 110T Deseret News Managing Ectitor LaVarr Webb could recall their news outlets experiencing suet problems with police before editor Will Fehr confirms that this newspaper normally 110150TS requests from local police agencies to withhold photos or information which clearly could if pulAished endanger 4)ngoing investigations or particular law enforcement personnel If law enforcement agencies seek pictures and information for evidence on the other hand it's tivough a subpoena- Otherwise news outlets might act as an arm of the law undermining their own independence and ability to 'objectively report on law enforcement The object of Layton police and county Strike Forte hostility was a pair of news photographers instead of black suspects Unlike Long beach and Miami incidents no one was actually arrested or killed in Farmington Nonetheless the Davis officers' unnecessary and improper show of force is a serious breacb of law enforcement standards Layton Police and Strike Force officials should thoroughly review their officers' behavior and take appropriate corrective action so that these types of confrontations don't recur Agency policies for dealing with news reporters definitely require clarification and a refresher course on handling the general public also may be warranted If those agencies fail to take proper action Chief Talbot's silence isn't reassuring the Davis County attorney or Utah attorney general should be expected to settle the issue The Layton Police Department and Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force are proving that police arrogance and aggression are not confined to distant places like Long Beach and iami sites of recent brutality against blacks if Layton's police chief Doyle Talbot and other county officials don't pull their back in line an outside agency should intervene To put it mildly officers overreacted Wednesday afternoon when 8 Deseret 'Vela reporter and a FVTV-Channel 2 cameraman took pictures of a truck-police car collision in larmi rigton instead of using their heads and advising the newsmen Lot to photograph any undercover agents they resorted to threats And muscle Deseret News reporter Don Rosebrock said strike force officers seized his camera and film purportedly for evidence and then threatened to arrest hint when lie tried to retrieve One police officer put his hand over 0C Eudge's lens while another officer twisted the TV cameraman's arm his back and a third took his battery pack according to Channel 2's attorney Pat Shea Even after later obtaining permission from a fourth officer to film only the truck Mr Budge was accosted again and warned: "if you don't tun that camera off I'm gonna work you over" Granted the police officers were upset One Layton Officer had been hit by a truck driven by a drug suspect who then led them on a high-speed chase through northern Davis County Another was in-piled when his car hit the truck P9licemen involved in the episode apparently feared that publicly identifying any of the undercover narcotics officers in news pictures might risk otter lives Ws difficult to lumw for sure because Lavton's police chief wouldn't answer Tri6une calls about the incident however police officers are supposedjto be public safety professionals who uphold the law not abuse it even under pressure if they 'treat news reporters this way how do they handle the average citizen suspected of some minor infraction? A )'itt Carol Sisco Tcibwit StAl It film the 'Psychiatric Center at Primary Childrenls Medical Center several years ago 'While there he finally learned to walk -up and down stairs and he now walks normally lie also has more contrOl in his upper extraities l'he Senate ehamber became noticeably quiet when Kim moved to the microphone with his father a1 his side after the resolution was read 'The 'Senators seemed rilthex as JCito answered questions about 9bSCUI itelUS AG Lltah history such as the origin of Tooele's nairie and the establishment of av early fort in Spwaish Pork Kim spoke to the Jiouse of Kepresentatives too telling thew thougn in the final idea I was the first idea for Pstin Man" A young man named Joseph Sul Vat of untington West 'Virginia was tbe final model "I want to meet him some day" Kin3 said Kim Peek is obviously proud of his accomplishnients thrilled the inovie was rnade tud Ilappy for the notoriety 'The only frightening thing is in their enthusiasm to learn about Kim some people appear to treat 'him differently than they do others The last thing Kim or his dad would ever want is for Kim to be treated hie an ol4ect Sut the discussion in the House (lime close to that although unintentionally People don't mean to be cruel but as question after question arose IfOM legislators probing his unique memory it almost seeirie4 some were making Kim jump through hoops rather than truly unders' inding his unique contributions and treating nim for what he is very kind and loving young man with souse very special abilities Am Rain Man" Kim Peek quietly announced to Altai) legislators last week And as Kint spoke it 'became clear what a remarkable job Dustin Hoffman had done as the autistic 'savant in the movie "Rain Man" Kim is a savant an individual with extraordinary nearly unbelievable mental Abilities He has a photographic inemory and can instantly recall entire telephone books every book he's everread and will hurl) any sympliomy lie as ever bit Kim also is mentally retarded relying en his dad for assistance in his daily care including help witb dressing and bathing Kini is one of several savants the screen play was based upon and he also spent time talking with Hoffman As Kim stood before the legislators his expressions and movements were much like those Hoffman used portraying Raymond in "Rain Man" Kim rarely makes eye contact sinking his bead down toward his chest he slowly rocks from one foot to the other and Aoccasionally when be loses his train of thought lie quietly bums until it returns Suddenly Kite is in the spotlight not only for being one of the savants the Rain Man character was based upon but also for being honored by state legislators as a f9le model for other handicapped persons Be first appeared last week lobbying the Social Services And Health Appropriations Subcommittee for funds to serve the handicapped And Monday the entire legislature passed a resolution honoring Kim both as a role model and for his efforts to educate the public about the handicapped "Picture yourself going 14 years without any formal contact with the vutside world" he told the toinuaittee -That was me" Kim was reected by public schools beotuse of his hyperactivity Ile stayed home learning from tutors But gradually programs for the handicapped became available he told the legislators and lie was able to go (Alt into the world Kim attends Columbus Community Center which has workshops for handicapped adults earning -almost 440 a week" While -there he does the payroll for V3 employees Salt Lake City School District which administers the program estimates he saves them 12 hours of staff time daily "In ley years I've seen more changes than anything else in the world" he recalled for legislators If there'd been no there wouldn't have been a Rain Man It was you people who helped start Columbus Don't take It away" The young man is so articulate his disabilities go almost unnoticed But while he has almost total recall he can't explain what the things be remembers are about since he doesn't have any abstract thought Kim mastered walking after he entered Probably Nothing At Al! Sandy Grady I I 1 i I Sex Study Deserves Or Golden Fleece Award Knight-Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON Bill Proxmire where are you now that we need you? A crusading skinflint Sen Proxmire 1)-- Wis loved to skewer bureaucrats with his "Golden Fleece Awards" a wonderful gimmick for exposing Washington at its zaniest Each month from 1975 until he retired this month Proxmire dished out a prize for "the biggest most ridiculous or 1110S1 ironic example of wasteful government spending" Some of Proxmire's Golden Fleece winners were I'm not making these up $102000 grant to determine why drunken fish are more aggressive than sober ones a $500000 study why monkeys clench their teeth and a $9992 analysis of the political significance of bullfighting in Spain Look at that list you'd think professors sociologists and Beltway bandits had run out of cockamamie ideas to raid the Treasury Not with women to whom he is not married For that matter he has been accompanied to the confirmation bearings by his companion Dorothy lieyser About the only bit of abrasiveness during the hearings came when some senators voiced concern about his recent work for defense contractors which has netted the Texan about $750000 in consultant fees since he left the Senate The committee wanted to know if this would influence his work at the Pentagon or create a conflict of interest Mr Tower's assurances that they would not seemed to satisfy his inquisitors The nomination appeared on track until the Weyrich allegations These elicited public statements before the committee from Mr Tower that he does not have an alcohol problem "I am a man of some discipline" and that he would not tolerate sexual harassment at the Pentagon Then abruptly on Thursday Sen Sam Nunn D-Ga Armed Services Committee chairman and senior Republican John Warner announced the postponed vote: delayed for further investigation into the new charges What has developed apparently behind the committee's locked doors to suddenly make John Tower's nomination as defense secretary such an iffy consideration? One presumes it must be extraordinary something the FBI didn't uncover during its protracted check Or conversely its nothing at all This considering the historic thoroughness of the FBI in such matters is probably the case The abruptly called delay of the Senate Armed Services Committee's vote on John Tower's nomination as secretary of defense is a puz41ement Jt tame after Paul Weyrich a Tower foe and conservative activist told the committee he had frequently encountered the former senator in a condition of "a lack of sobriety as well as with women to whom he was not married" The vote delay is baffling because the Weyrich allegations aren't especially new They had been mentioned frequently and prominently soon after last Novembers election when it was first rumored Mr Tower was President Bush's choice as defense secretary Presumably the FBI checked for such potential character flaws during what is reportedly an extraordinarily extensive background check of the 24- year Senate veteran Undoubtedly the Senate Armed Services Committee has the same access to the FBI report as did President Bush before he finally formalized Mr 'rower's appointment Apparently the committee members found nothing untoward in the FBI reports about the senator's background relative to excessive drinking or womanizing For that matter the tone of the committee's questioning was cordial almost patronizing during four days of confirmation hearings As to Mr Tower being with women to whom he was not married- he has been divorced twice but is now single Ile therefore has every right to be seen $15 million they'll start in March peering into the nation's bedrooms not to mention motels tents cabanas vans and auto back seats "There's really been no national study of this kind on the sexual life of a society" Jack Gagnon a sociology professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook told a wire service Never mind that a guy named Kinsey did it 40 ea's ago Gagnon says Kinsey's sex study was flawed Anyway 1(msey didn't use taxpayers' bucks No this is going to be a Supersex Survey 2000) people quizzed in hour-long sessions each grilled on sexual practices frequen(y Of orgasm homosexual contacts number of sexual partners and other topics once the hot-breathing province of Cosmo maga zinc To employ the euphemism used by Bob Eubanks mirky ex-host of the "Newlywed Game" the would spend $15 million to discover how America "makes whoopee" The professors are equally coy To keep from embarrassing folks a pilot study would give participants a list of numbered sexual practices such as No 1 kissing No 2 hugging No 3 petting No 4 petting to climax etc Lord knows what No 12 is maybe doing it standing up in a hammock) You can imagine the household chaos when federal voyeurs show up: ''Hey Maud somebody at the door wants to know if vve've done 1 3 6 and 10" -Who is it Hugh Hefner or Shere "No seriously he says George Bush sent him" "That nice Mr Bush? Theu lie Say we only did 2 5 and 7" Sure Prof Gagnon argues that the Super-sex Survey unded under the National Institutes of Health will help officials track AIDS sexual abwie and teen-age pregnancy But I'd hate to be George Bush at his next press conference defending that $15 million for a Whoopee CettbUS can imagine the questions: "Wouldn't that money be better spent on drug education Mr President9" "Couldn't it be used for food and shelter for the home-less?" "Is this a serious way to cut the deficit sir?" Before his budget office cuts loose the $15 million crandpa Bush better figure if lie can politically afford this Great Horniness Survey There's also a nagging ideological question: Why is it that Itepublican administrations after stumping noisily about "getting government off people's backs" are most intrusive into private lives with their obsession about abortion and now this $15 million Bedroom Inquest I can guess what Bill Proxmire would say about this federal sexdoggle Sorry Prof Gagnon when your gumshoes knock to ask me what I did in the back of my 111541 Ford at the Showtime Drive-In with whom and how many times my answ er will be brief None of your damn business so If Sen Proxmire wants one more crack at federal folly I've got a dandy nomination Call it the Golden Keyhole Award Or the Brass headboard Prize Or the Peeping Tom Trophy Get this Bill: $15 million for "the first truly representative study of the sexual lives of Americans" I'm not kidding Senator Evidently scientists have run out of curiosity about the sex habits of snail darters canaries and moose Now they want to know how were been Doing It If they get White House clearance for tile Polygraph Tests Effective? CIA Shultz Prove Claims Are Lie William Safire MM the percentage of Soviet GNP devoted to arms were so egregiously wrong Our national security was undermined by a cackbrained reliance on the infallibility of a machine that measures sweat In the Reagan administration George Shultz was the man who valiantly resisted the use of the he detector" lie threatened to resign if forced to stilmilt to the engine of mistrust and privately cited the Azpillaga defection as proof of its danger to security The secretary of state included the words in his farewell: "Management through fear and intimidation is nut the ay to promote honesty and protect security" His last act in Foggy bottom dated Jan IV was to issue what he thought was a policy to safeguard individual rights in the use of the polygraph at State He intended to hunt its use to criminal investigations arid to prevent its use ID the screening of employees but lie was misled or ill served by his own bureaucra If you are bemg considered for a diplomatic mission and any personal enemy says about you -he's a pinko- or she a Fascist" you can expect to come under intense pressure to take a polygraph test or else Never mind bow high-minded lawyers today interpret -(1-edible derogatory information-: anybody who knows how bureaucracies work realizes that the floodgates are now open at State Automatic mistrust of the individual is now institutionahzed in the government This Meariti that people of principle (like George Shultz) who will not submit to the sweat merchants cannot ber've thelf country It also means that double agents Lke those on Major Azpillagas list who regularly fool the polygraphers will continue to he given great credibility at CIA "This extreme interpietation as not the intent of says Rep Mervyn Dyinally Democrat of California the rww chairman A the House subcommittee that started tlos outbreak of the virus will Le oversight: better yet correct the bUIlL CIA and incutsated at the Pentagon by Caspar spread to the House Foreign Affairs Committee where a law was born directing the State Department to polygraph the Diplomatic Security Service That covered 1700 guards and antiterrorist operatives who often work intimately with the CIA but the Parthian shot of Jan 19 extended that threat to all 18000 State employees plus 17081 people who work for contractors and 15153 Foreign Service nationals Here is paragraph 2 (1)) which rapes the rights of Americans who apply for top-se(ret (which is medium-level not even clearance: use of the polygraph may be authorized when credilile derogatory information developed in connection with a personal security investigation causes substantial doubt whether access is clearly consistent with the mkt es ts of national security That is using the polygraph to screen precisely what George Shull said he was against arid what private employers have just ht-ell rightly pi evented from doing 'that nothing to do with a criminal investigation New York Times Service V'ASHINGTON From 1977 through 987 from the time of Smithfield Turner through the heyday of N'illiain CLI3eY our CIA was super-secretly proud of it net ork ban agents and in Fidel Castro's embassies around the world Here was the much-needed hunntit" lionian intelligence from agi'nt ii the field secretly working for the US (Mr spy were delighted with the sources only bccause they Were cost-elfc( tiv 110 900 a year on averagt but because tlie considered rock-solid reliabh v' hy? Agency polgtaph operatois had given their seal of approval to the key agents Fidel Castro's officials working for us were "fluttered' and had been certified as truth-tellers Accordingly their reports especially when they had been specifically -tasked by CIA control officers were given great weight in evaluations of Cuban Nicaraguan and Soviet strength Then along came Maj Florentilo Azpil lap who had been chief of intelligence in the Cuban Embassy in Prague lie defected to us and established ins bona fides with a shocker: an aeeurate list the names of many of the spies supposedly working for who were actually Castro double agents For more than a decade we had been dip oy disinformation much of it selected by the EWE fed to us by Cubans loyal to Castro who had earned uur trust by passing the vaunted polygraph tests Small wonder that our assessment of Panama's General Nortega and our low estimate of ey background the polygraph virus t)egun I 'I I I i.