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Monday, June 7, 2004
Gates
Continued from page 1
“(The Department of
Homeland Security) people are
more worried about how to
answer the phone every day than
how to protect the homeland,”
Gates said.
Gates said a small adjust
ment could be made to the
department by giving the direc
tor of the CIA the power to
move money and people around
as he saw fit.
“The director could truly inte
grate and manage,” Gates said.
Gates responded to a ques
tion about the retirement of
George Tenet from the position
of director of the CIA by saying
that he believed the decision
was entirely Tenet’s.
“People cannot imagine the
toll that the job has on the peo
ple and their families,” Gates
said. “There are physical and
spiritual costs that come with it.
Albert Broussard, a history
professor at A&M. said that he
liked that Gates is a straight
shooter.
“He is a very powerful
speaker,” Broussard said. “The
fact that George Tenet called
him today [after he retired from
the CIA| speaks for itself.”
Nate Evans, an incoming
freshman international studies
major, said Gates’ insight into
foreign affairs was relevant to
his interests.
“He had an effective and
interesting speech on America
and where it is headed,” Evans
said. "He was very specific on
issues in international relations.”
Stronger-looking pope appears
to thrive on Swiss enthusiasm
By Alexander G. Higgins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERN, Switzerland — A
stronger-looking Pope John
Paul II, appearing to thrive on
the enthusiasm of young Swiss
Roman Catholics, joined 70,000
people Sunday in celebrating
his first open-air Mass abroad in
nine months.
The largely youthful crowd
erupted in cheers as the 84-year-
old pontiff arrived and waved his right hand to the
crowd as he was rolled across the large stage.
“Dear young friends,” John Paul said in his
sermon. “You should know that the pope likes
you, accompanies you daily in his prayers, counts
on your cooperation in the matter of the gospel
and encourages you to proceed optimistically in
the path of Christian living.”
John Paul held up well through the 2 1/2
hour Mass.
At times his hands trembled and he had diffi
culty speaking, but when the pauses became long,
the crowd encouraged him by cheering and he
came back with vigor.
He spoke clearly in three of the languages of
Switzerland — German. French and Italian
and in his native Polish to a contingent from his
homeland.
But he appeared to tire somewhat as the day
wore on. In a meeting with former members of the
Vatican’s Swiss Guard Sunday afternoon, he read
the opening and closing sentences of his prepared
remarks thanking them for their service. But he
had a bishop read the bulk of the short speech.
The pope then returned to Rome, taking off in
an Alitalia jetliner from a military airbase near
Bern at 7:03 p.m.
Even on Friday, when he received President
Bush at the Vatican, John Paul’s hands trembled
badly and his speech was difficult to understand.
The trip to Switzerland was a test of the pope’s
condition, and his improved appearance would
seem to have smoothed the way for further travel.
Vatican officials have started planning a mid-
August pilgrimage to the Marian shrine in
Lourdes, France.
The visit to Bern was the 103rd of John Paul’s
25-year papacy and his third to Switzerland. He
told a youth rally on Saturday evening that he felt
duty-bound to keep traveling.
“It’s wonderful to be able to offer oneself
until the end for the cause of the Kingdom of
God,” he said.
JOHN PAUL II
Trial to begin in vigilante case
By Lynn Brezosky
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas —
A South Texas couple says the
U.S. Border Patrol hasn’t been
much help in stemming the flow
of illegal immigrants who make
their way into the country across
their ranch land.
After continuing to find bro
ken fences, food containers and
other messes from migrants, Joe
and Betty Lou Sutton last year
called on Ranch Rescue, an
Arizona-based group of anned
vigilantes who believe citizens
should protect the U.S.-Mexican
border themselves.
Now, the Suttons’ ranch is at
the center of a federal court case
alleging abuses against
migrants.
Jury selection begins
Monday in a trial for Ranch
Rescue volunteer Casey
Nethercott. The Douglas, Ariz.,
man is accused of pistol-whip-
ping two Salvadorans who
attempted to cross the Suttons’
land. Nethercott has pleaded
innocent to felony counts of
assault, unlawful detention and
unlawful possession of a
weapon.
A civil trial naming the
Suttons and Ranch Rescue
among the defendants is sched
uled for August.
The case is the latest against
members of such vigilante
groups.
Ranch Rescue is one of at
least three citizen patrol groups
who say they are patriots fight
ing what they call a homeland
invasion. They have been called
to private lands more frequently
because of Border Patrol crack
downs on more populated por
tions of the 2,000-mile border.
Nethercott, 35, joined Ranch
Rescue’s Sutton Ranch mission,
dubbed “Operation Falcon.” On
March 18, the volunteers set up
camp, donned camouflage and
prepared equipment that includ
ed assault rifles, handguns,
night-vision devices and
Nethercott's Rottweiller, prose
cutors said.
Fatima Leiva and Edwin
Mancia were crossing the ranch,
reportedly on their way to fami
ly and jobs in Houston, when
Nethercott's dog attacked them
and Nethercott hit Mancia with
the back of his handgun, injur
ing him, prosecutors said.
Nethercott is accused of making
the couple repeatedly kneel and
stand, and interrogated them
before releasing them outside
the ranch gate.
Jim Hogg County police
spotted the couple on the high
way that passes the ranch, and
brought them to the Border
Patrol, which contacted the
Mexican consul in Laredo,
Daniel Hernandez Josef.
Trial set for Texas
men accused of
funding terrorists
DALLAS (AP) — Five brothers
whose computer company did
business in the Middle East are
scheduled to go on trial this week
on charges that they made illegal
shipments of computer equipment
to countries that support terrorism
and tried to cover up the deals.
The trial in federal district court
in Dallas, however, will not
include the most explosive
charges in the original indictment
— that the men tunneled money
to the terrorist group Hamas.
The men, all Palestinian-born
brothers, are expected to stand
trial on the Hamas-related
charges this fall.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The case drew enough attention
in the aftermath of the September
2001 terror attacks that Attorney
General John Ashcroft took the
unusual step of personally
announcing the indictments.
The men — Ghassan Elashi,
Bayan Elashi, Gasman Elashi,
Hazim Elashi and Ihsan Elashyi —
ran a company called InfoCom
Corp., which sold computer equip
ment and hosted Web sites for
groups in the Middle East. The
company is also a defendant.
Sheriff’s department
develops new policy
against shooting cars
HOUSTON (AP) - The Harris
County Sheriffs Department is
developing a tough new policy
against shooting at vehicles fol
lowing a newspaper report that
deputies have shot 22 people
since 1999 by firing on vehicles
in violation of their training.
The Houston Chronicle investiga
tion found that deputies have killed
six people and wounded 16 others.
Nineteen of the shooting victims
were unarmed and only two were
fleeing after violent crimes.
Sheriff Tommy Thomas said he
has known about the problem for
at least a year but hoped that addi
tional training that began in spring
2003 would help. The department
plans to distribute new rules to
deputies next week, but no one will
be punished retroactively.
“It boils down to unless some
one is using deadly force other
than the vehicle, you don’t shoot
at them,” Thomas said.
THE BATTAU
Reagan
Continued from
Friday morning, a u
cade will take the casket;
National Cathedral for a ib
al funeral service. It will
be llown back to Califont
a motorcade to the libran
private interment service.
Reagan will be burie;
crypt beneath a memorii
at the library, a libraryspi,
woman said. A curvet!
adorned with shrubben
ivy lines the memorialj
inscribed with a thret
quote from Reagan.
“I know in my hear,
man is good. That wb
right will always even;
triumph. And there’s pa;
and worth to each
life,” the inscription read
President Bush, in F;
to commemorate D-
recalled that 20 yearse.
Reagan had come
Normandy on the annive
of the June 6, 1944,inva
“He was a count:
leader himself and a gs
leader in the cause
dom, and today we 1
memory of Ronald Reat
Bush said.
At Reagan’s boy
home in Dixon, Ill., mot-
left flowers, flags andpa
of Jelly Belly jelly bea-
his favorite — at the fee;
life-sized statue of Reap
the front yard.
At Bel Air Fresh;
Church, which Ra
attended during andafie
presidency, worshipper
McNally recalled how
bers of the congre
would react to his arrival
“As soon as he’d
the ramp, people would
a piece of paper, any pi
paper, to get him to sign
said. “He was a great
Reagan’s “Star Wan
gram drew the Soviet l
into an unaffordable
race, and his 1987 deck
to Soviet leader Ms
Gorbachev at the Berlir
— “Mr. Gorbachev,tear:
this wall” — was theult
challenge of the ColdW;
Gorbachev on Sunday
back on those tension.'
equanimity mid forgivenevB
“I take the death ofRp
Reagan very hard,”Gorh [
told reporters. “He was: I
whom fate set by me in l
haps the most difficult yc: I
the end of the 20thcentiir I
“It was his goal ait I
dream to end his terra [
enter history as a peace;*
er,” he said.
Ronald Reagai
1911-2004
Born Feb. 6,1911 in Tamp—
III., younger of two sons of ^
and John Reagan.
► Education
1932 Graduates from Eure 1
College, Eureka, III.
► Family
Jan. 26, 1940 Marries actif
Jane Wyman. Children:
born 1941; Michael, bomH
and Christine, born
1947 and dies the
marriage ends in divorce in'
March 4,1952 Marries acl
Nancy Davis. Children: Raft
1952, and Ronald, born 18;
► Hollywood
1932-37 Works as a radio
announcer in Iowa.
1937-1964 Makes moretls
movies by the time he turns
politics. His most famousi
as “the Gipper” in “Knute R<
All-American.” He also sen
president of the ScreenA(
Guild.
► Politics
1964 Campaigns for Barry
Goldwater.
1966-74 Governor of Cai
Nov. 4,1980 Wins preside-
defeating incumbent Jimrail
Carter.
March 30,1981 John Hi
Jr., tries to assassinate!
August 1981 Fires morel 1
11,000 air traffic controllers?
they go on strike againstf*
Federal Aviation AdminisW'
In the same month, 2411
Marines and sailors are!
Beruit.
Nov. 6,1984 Defeats formel
President Walter Mondale 1 '
election.
November 1986 The In
affair becomes public.
Dec. 8-10,1987 Summit I
Washington. Reagan and
Gorbachev sign treaty to
eli mi nate i ntermediate-ran?
nuclear forces.
January 1989 Retires
to California after his term'
June 5, 2004 Dies after a !
struggle with Alzheimer's d
at his home in California.
SOURCE: Compiled AP reports