THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1980
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illy cleared of criminal violation
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Sen
te panel Thursday charged top
^ministration officials used poor
pment in dealing with Billy Car-
^ $220,000 Libyan affair — but
id no evidence of criminal viola-
s or deliberate wrongdoing.
But one Republican senator said
investigation shows “a clear pat-
em of misconduct” by the adminis-
ilntion, and a second senator sug-
jestcd President Carter brought Bil-
y into the Iranian hostage situation
ast November to help his brother
nancially.
, |The special Senate Judiciary Sub-
xmimittee ended a two-month in
stigation by issuing a 249-page in
terim report with a score of pages of
inclusions.
ijThc report said Attorney General
Benjamin Civiletti, national security
wviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and
njhers did not give President Carter
iHlcient warning of the danger of
Jiii brother’s Libyan dealings,
ffhe subcommittee concluded
lyaexerted great effort to gain Bil-
lyfcarter’s friendship to use him in
^pmpting to influence U.S. policy
to gain a means of embarrassing
B president.
j|he president was “ill advised” to
on his brother in November to
persuade Libya to intercede with
Hr on behalf of U.S. hostages held
irilran because this enhanced Billy
Carter s image with the Libyans.
7l lowirdI , {Billy Carter capitalized on this by
obtaining a promised $500,000 per-
tdrewot Wnal loan from Libya, collected a
experiei ^0,000 c l own payment last Decem-
Id ( 0 am [aer and $200,000 in April, and also
md *d to negotiate an oil deal that
1 would net him a fortune.
e subcommittee said Billy Car-
merits severe criticism” for capi-
ilizing on his White House connec-
tions despite repeated warnings of
pts it posed for the president and
the nation.
The report said the Justice De-
Brtment did not show the presi-
ts.
dent’s brother favoritism in permit
ting him to register late as a Libyan
agent July 14 without penalty, and
said the White House did not try to
influence the decision.
However, individual members
differed widely in their personal
views and some Republicans said the
subcommittee should have rebuked
administration officials involved in
much stronger terms.
Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.,
said the investigation shows “a clear
pattern of misconduct” by the admi
nistration in the Billy affair.
Thurmond said in his view the re
port, following a two-month investi
gation, represents a non-partisan
judgment that official conduct “falls
far short of the standards the Amer
ican people have a right to expect
from their government.”
“The facts in the report unmistak
ably demonstrate that these officials
— the director of central intelli
gence, the national security adviser,
the attorney general and the White
House — followed a clear pattern of
misconduct throughout this entire
episode,” he said.
Thurmond said the misconduct
consisted of efforts to soften and de
lay the impact on the American pub
lic of Billy Carter’s connection with
Libya’s radical, terrorist-supporting
regime.
Thurmond charged that Billy Car
ter’s using the fact he was the presi
dent’s brother and his White House
entree to obtain a $220,000 Libyan
loan and to attempt to make a lucra
tive oil deal with Libya has an
appearance of influence peddling
which the administration “did little
or nothing to prevent.”
“When hard evidence began to
come in, it (the administration) duck
ed and dodged until its hand was
forced by the operation of the Fore
ign Agents Act and the spotlight of
public opinion, ” Thurmond said.
UPI learned the panel deleted a
condemnation of the president’s
brother from its report during an in-
araguay breaks
with Nicaragua
he non-i
depleted
ring of 1.5
increased f|
percent,
lay-offs cai
imployrnfr'l United Press International
ice, insurf;;. ASUNCION, Paraguay — The
lefiffftt. i»eign Ministry said Thursday Pa
ul 3.9 pereaguay has broken relations with
jeline. 'Jicaragua because it has evidence
FEC offictBat country was involved in the
renewal assassination of former Nicaraguan
ace, andl/resident Anastasio Somoza.
>bs. Accor®. A Foreign Ministry statement said
labor rev ?araguay has “irrefutable evidence”
in shortsuflf the Sandinista regime’s involve-
iting clerl nent in the Sept. 17 attack,
c, automof,President Alfredo Stroessner’s
cker and (overnment communicated the de-
lision to break relations Wednesday
, „ :o Mexican Ambassador in Asuncion,
food s^illermo Alberto Robles.
ipers, lice The Mexican Embassy in Asun-
e clerb i on h as been representing Nicara-
sales dr ; uan interests in Paraguay since
< drivers itroessner’s government expelled
ploymenl^f on ly two Nicaraguan diplomats
Percent n Asuncion Aug. 20.
N '"j g* 3 ' fri Pastor Cronel, the chief of police
0 r|i(| i nvestigations, said shortly after
I ' iomoza’s assassination that he be-
n ,u ,ieved the two diplomats “were link-
reas in /d to the plot and the people in-
rcent;Evolved in it.”
-Tempi 1, A guerrilla commando group, us-
4 percent n g a mo( l eni grenade launcher and
lutomatic weapons on Sept. 17
4-2 P erC1 mbushed Somoza’s white
imousine, killing Somoza, a busi-
iess adviser and Somoza’s chauffeur.
Somoza, 54 at the time of his
death, fled to Paraguay about a
month after resigning as president of
Nicaragua as guerrilla forces were
defeating his national guard in a
bloody civil war.
Gunfire rang out early Thursday
near the house Somoza occupied in
Asuncion in a fight between uniden
tified people and police guards,
neighborhood residents reported.
The witnesses said at least two
policemen were injured in the shoot
ing at Somoza’s house where Somo
za’s long-time friend Denorah Samp
son continues to live.
Official sources and spokesmen,
however, had no comment on the
incident.
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publicans urged stronger criticisms
than did the Democratic members,
sources said.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., har
shly criticized President Carter’s
role, suggesting he brought Billy
Carter into the hostage crisis in
November to help him financially.
“The president most probably had
no idea of precisely how Billy would
benefit, but he concluded that in
volvement of Billy was a relatively
harmless brotherly gesture,” Lugar
said. “The White House was de
meaned in the process.”
Lugar said the White House has
failed to understand fully Libya’s
hatred of America. He said the radic
al regime has sought through “ter
rorist activity and assassination
attempts to unravel the Camp David
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