Editorial
Embassy espionage
reads like a book
It sounds like something out of a James Bond novel:
Young, single Marines working in the frigid atmosphere of
the American Embassy in Moscow are unknowingly seduc
ed by attractive Soviet women who toy with their emotions
and then coerce them into betraying the red, white and blue.
By the time they realize the full extent of their actions, it is
too late. All they can do is confess their sins.
Such are the things best sellers are made of. But we all
know it could never really happen. With President Reagan
waving the flag and leading a resurgence of patriotism, our
diplomats would never go so far as to trust the Soviet Union.
But apparently truth is stranger than fiction.
Marines stationed at the American Embassy in Moscow
have confessed to revealing classified information to Soviet
agents. This comes at a time when the new embassy, in the
process of being built, is suspected of being bugged.
Although these are very distressing circumstances, they
come as no surprise. The United States should have been
more cautious in protecting classified information.
Reagan has become a model of hypocrisy, applying
policies and beliefs arbitrarily and without reason. When it
comes to signing a nuclear arms control agreement, for ex
ample, Reagan takes an unjustified view of the Soviets. He
demands proof of verification and claims they will cheat,
despite historical evidence that they will not.
But when it comes to establishing a new' embassy,
Reagan ignores the warning signs that predicted Soviet spy
ing. A report sent to Reagan in 1985 cited several security
breeches and bugs planted in the embassy and urged new'
security procedures. The warning was ignored, however,
and paved the way for the recent upheaval.
On Dec. 14, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree turned himself in
after allegedly giving away embassy secrets to the Soviet
woman with whom he had been having an affair and her un
cle. Although he has confessed to the crime, his story is con
fused. Lonetree’s lawyer contends Lonetree made up most of
the story after intense interrogation.
Nonetheless, two other Marines have been arrested on
similar charges. These incidents, coupled with the new em
bassy bugging, emphasize the necessity of a new security
policy.
Senator Robert Byrd said “the Moscow embassy fiasco
is a textbook case of incompetence.” This is obvious. It
seems those in charge ignored the potential for Soviet es
pionage and created an unusable building. Whether they
tear the embassy down or debug it. it will cost millions of
dollars. The taxpayers are paying for the government’s brain
lapse.
As a result of these two incidents, relations between the
United States and the Soviet Union are bound to become
strained. This is a shame because it will hurt valuable com
promises already in progress.
The Soviets were irresponsible in their actions, but we
cannot put all the blame on the “evil empire.” The United
States must take some responsibility for its lack of proper
research and illogical assumptions.
This latest chapter in the cold war may have the
qualities of a bad novel. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with
a happy ending.
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Letters
Deep respect
As a graduate student at the
University, i deeply respect our
tradition of student government
and rights fought for by our
predecessors. The current
challenge to OSPIRG’s right to
exist at the University and the
ASUO's right to fund them is
dangerous to our rights.
It asks the Constitution Court
to establish the legality accor
ding to the U.S. Constitution
(which it, incidentally, has no
authority to determine) of a stu
dent group involved in teaching
students how to research and
make a difference in the world.
It. by extension, claims that a
student in such a group cannot
write a letter to a legislator or
outreach to our society through
helping on a hotline. What it
challenges is our basic right to
FREE SPEECH in an institution
dedicated to the dissemination
of learning and tin; growth of
good citizens.
Duncan Griffin
Architecture and allied arts
Slow kill
Abortion is not as simple a
solution to an unwanted
pregnancy as its proponents
would have us believe. While it
effectively ends the pregnancy,
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it fails to stifle the natural emo
tion the woman experiences
surrounding that pregnancy.
So it solves one problem and
creates another, as Dr. Jack
VVillke states: “Abortion
violates something very basic in
a woman's nature...A wise
psychiatrist has said that it is
easier to scrape the baby out of
the mother’s womb than to
scrape the thought of that baby
out of her mind.” (Quoted in
"Abortion’s Second Victim.”
by Pam Koerbel, Victor Books.)
This isn't surprising, but it’s
not given much attention. Pro
choice advocates seem to sug
gest that an abortion is a
primarily physical procedure
whose emotional effects are
minimal.
But does experience bear this
out? Many women who have ac
tually had abortions report
guilt, feelings of loss, lowered
self-esteem, anger, regret,
preoccupation with the baby’s
due date, grief and nightmares.
These results are one reason
why abortion is not the answer
to an unwanted pregnancy. Its
far-reaching emotional effects
complicate the seemingly easy
way out; it prompted one
woman to write, ”. . .1 can tell
you having an abortion is kill
ing me slowly” (quoted in "The
Least of These,” by Curt Young,
Moody Press).
Holly Halverson
Vida
Morally ignorant
When are the fundamentalists
going to wake up and smell the
coffee? Here are some facts
about HB 2325, the Civil Rights
Bill.
First, in response to Gina
Norens’ letter to the editor April
3. she said that the bill asks for
an affirmative action policy to
be enacted for employment.
Gina, do some more research.
The fact is that the bill
specifically asks that this not be
enacted in Section 5. It does not
require an affirmative action
policy, it does not require a
quota of homosexuals but simp
ly protects employees from
discrimination.
This bill protects the rights of
us all; homosexual, bisexual
and heterosexual. Currently,
gay people are discriminated
against in housing, employ
ment and access to public
accommodations.
This bill is not a special rights
bill; it’s not condoning the
lifestyle but simply giving them
the rights that everyone else
has. There are currently no laws
protecting them. Everyone has
the right to civil rights. When
we deny anyone rights, we
place our own in jeopardy.
And despite what the fun
damentalists say, AIDS is not a
gay disease, and it is not God’s
plague against them. If this
were true, a logical conclusion
would be that the lesbians are
God’s chosen people because
they are in the lowest risk group
and have no reported cases of
AIDS.
In conclusion, you don’t have
to be liberal to support the First
Amendment and include les
bian/gay civil rights in your
platform. As with religion, our
“choice” of sexual orientation
should not serve to legitimize
unequal treatment under the
law.
Michael Kennedy
Pre-medicine
Strike out
As parents, taxpayers and
fellow teacher union members,
we support the bargaining goals
of the Eugene Education
Association. If a strike occurs
we urge our membership as in
dividuals to support, and we as
a union will support, the EEA
by all legal means.
We as a union condemn the
coercive tactics of the school
board to obtain replacements for
striking teachers. Substitute
teachers have been threatened
by the school board with
removal from the list of
substitutes for two years if they
refuse to fill striking teachers’
positions.
We urge our membership,
graduate students at the Univer
sity, others in the University
community and citizens of the
Eugene area to refuse to perform
work normally performed by
striking teachers.
Charles W. Hunt
President, GTFF