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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1980
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By BOBBY SWANSON
Battalion Heporter
Journalist Jay Mallin described
terrorism as an “illness of our age,” in
a speech at Texas A&M University
Tuesday night.
Mallin, who has studied interna
tional terrorism for over 20 years,
was presented by the MSC Great
Issues Committee.
Mallin is the author of eight books
on terrorism and has been associated
with Time magazine since 1956. He
covered the developments in Cuba
from the Cuban Revolution to the
recent Freedom Flotilla and re
ported on the terrorist groups in
Cuba who he said, “wrote the book
on bombing and terorism.”
Mallin said he lived in Cuba until
the Bay of Pigs incident, but he con
tinues to study Cuban guerilla war-
fere because, he says, the Cubans are
training many of the South American
and African terrorist organizations.
Mallin said he considers himself,
“first and foremost,” a journalist who
has specialized in military affairs and
unconventional warfare be
cause, “that is what I have seen for 30
years.”
He said he has witnessed uncon
ventional warfare in Uruguay, El
Salvador, Vietnam, Venezuela,
Nicaragua and Argentina. In these
countries, he said, the power of vio
lent acts to change a government has
been proven.
Mallin said the FBI has identified
over 12 potential terrorist groups
and investigated 600 acts of terror
ism in the United States this year.
“The U. S. is not immune to terror
ist activity,” he said. “No country has
completely suceeded in developing
an immunity to terrorism. Just a few
days ago there were bombings in Los
Angeles and New York.”
But Mallin said he does not pass
moral judgment: he studies and re
ports.
In judging morafity Mallin said, a
journalists loses his ability to study
terrorism as, “the weapon of the fu
ture.” But, Mallin said, terrorism is a
crime not accepted by the public.
“In a democratic society we do not
accept terrorism as a means of
change.”
Mallin said many major American
businesses are moving to protected
buildings and others have increased
security in an effort to protect them
selves from what they see as an in
crease in future terrorist activity.
In a question and answer session
after the speech, Mallin was asked
about the United States’ ability to
handle a major terrorist threat. Mal
lin said the Patricia Hearst incident
showed that none of the government
security or police agencies were pre
pared to control a terrorist problem.
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■ Battalion Reporter
e The Republican candidate for
® Tt county attorney, Jeff Brown, said
iveii ugiL incumbent John M. Barron Jr. is
let • Behind frying to shirk off his responsibility
College suit onto others in his effort to have the
ge Statin county commissioners appoint two
•0551 assistants to aid him in the disposal of
county cases.
Brown said in a press conference
iSCJRAfik at (he Ramada Inn Tuesday that
KGGIES: Barron’s plan is a faulty one because
orge Webb there is no statutory right for city
iuranceGioi attorneys to try county cases.
821 1 “He (Barron) has made several ex-
cuses, from saying it’s not his respon-
sibility to saying he does not have the
time,” Brown said. “The point is that
someone must handle these appeals.
The city attorneys do not have the
AT E a uthority to do so, nor should they be
expected to.”
’TICAI Monday at the Brazos County
Commissioners Court, Barron said
)tionS Filled h® needed the assistance to prose-
Rpnaire" cute backlog of misdemeanor
5 main a PP ea * s to the county court.
^ B rown sa id there have been
8“ around 700 such appeals backlogged
8 a.in , i in Barron’s court over the last three
Sa.ifl' years.
' “He has had no established policy
or system with which to handle these
3 NANCY appeals,” Brown said.
ATinif Barron requested that Lowell
IN AI ‘v 1 ’' Denton and Charles A. Bluntzer, the
city attorneys of College Station and
jnancyBryan, be appointed as assistant
jal COliflS' county attorneys.
The commissioners tabled the re-
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^ may be given to the matter,
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already enlisted the aid of the city
attorneys without the commissioners
court approval.
Barron said the attorneys are only
helping him prepare cases and plea
bargain with other attorneys.
Brown said if he is elected county
attorney and needs an assistant, he
would not hire one and expect tne
county to pay for one, but he would
tell the commissioners court of his
need and ask for an assistant.
Barron said the assistants are not
paid by the county, but look on the
work as part of their responsibility as
city attorneys because the fees they
collect will be returned to their
cities.
Barron added that Brown is too
inexperienced to understand the
limitations of available funds and
personnel that have been placed
upon the county attorney’s office.
Barron said, “You’ve got to be
there ... it’s easy to sit on the outside
and criticize, especially when you
have nothing to say for yourself.”
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WHY?
It’s time the people of Brazos County get
some answers. The current County Attorney
has had almost 3 years to prove himself. Yet,
these questions remain unanswered.
Why does the current County
Attorney refuse to prosecute the
numerous cases of Assault on a
Peace Officer?
Our Police Officers deserve to be de
fended in the performance of their du
ties. There are DOZENS of such cases
that have been referred to the County
Attorney and no action has been taken.
Why has the current County
Attorney never taken a hot check
to trial?
He receives around 5,000 hot checks per
year and a large portion remain uncol
lected. Some of the people who write
these hot checks are repeat offenders
who will never be prosecuted by the
current County Attorney.
Why does the current County
Attorney fail to charge a han
dling fee to persons writing hot
checks?
Barron could have been collecting this
fee for over 14 months. This fee alone
wouid increase revenues of over $50,000.
to the County Attorney’s office.
Jeff Brown promises to:
• Responsibly prosecute cases in both
the County Court at Law and the
Justice of the Peace Courts.
• Actively and vigorously prosecute
those misdemeanors where prose
cution is warranted.
• Prosecute those who continually pass
hot checks.
• Prosecute those who habitually drive
while intoxicated.
• Organize the County Attorney’s office
so work can be done quickly and
efficiently.
• Make himself available to the people
of Brazos County.
ELECT
Why are our City Attorney’s
being forced to do the County
Attorney’s job?
Barron has allowed 3 years worth of traf
fic appeals -over 700 - to backlog. He has
tried only one. Barron’s refusal to prose
cute these appeals has clogged the
dockets. Now the City Attorneys must
do the County Attorney’s job-and their
own job, too. And the taxpayers pay
the bill.
Why does the current County
Attorney repeatedly mishandle
DWI cases?
In the last 60 days alone, John M. Barron,
Jr. has handled at least 2 DWI cases as
misdemeanors that should have been
referred to the D.A. for felony prosecu
tion. If the current County Attorney had
simply looked at the records, he would
have found prior convictions in these
2 instances.
JEFF BROWN
COUNTY ATTORNEY
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