Reno wins Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet
Kona won unanimous approval
Wednesday from the Senate Judi
ciary Committee to become the
nation's first female attorney gener
al after hearings one lawmaker
t ailed "a veritable love-fest."
The panel's action sent her nomination to a vote in the
full Senate, where slits is expected to win confirmation
easily and complete ('resident Clinton's Cabinet Coni
mittee Chairman Joseph Biden soil) he hoped the vote
could take place by the end of the week.
"I think from the time Ms Kent) is sworn in that the
American people will know that they do have a friend,
that thev do have an advocate, that they really do have
,i people's counsel." said Sen. Edward M Kennedy. 11
Mass . just liefore the Judiciary vole
"I tJiink. in fact, it is history in the making, and I am
very proud to Iks here to he part of it." said Sen. Dianne
Feinstein. D-Qilif.
Kent), 54. chief prosecutor in Miami for the last 15
years, had cautiously weaved her wav through two days
of questioning that revealed more about the breadth of
the Justice Department's mandate than about her.
She fielded questions on subjects ranging from inter
national terrorism to the tax system on Indian tribal
lands, promising to work with committee members, but
saving she Seeded to loam morn
After a particularly long and detailed answer from
Reno on how she wanted to fix us more attention on the
juvenile justice system. Sen Herb Kohl. D-Wis , asked a
follow-up question
"Did you sav vou would support int reused funding for
juvenile justice7" he asked
"Didn't sav." she answered ('hut kies floated around
the big hearing room
"I t an see v ou’re gelling the hang of this Might as well
keep the momentum going Biden said later, after Reno
de< lined the offer of a break from her set and day of tes
timony
"This hearing demonstrates in inv mind that.the (test
qualified man for the job is vers often a worn,in. Sen
Carol Moselev-Bruun said "And I must sav this has
been .1 veritable loveTest for vou
"I can’t quite describe u t onfirm.ition hearing tis a good
time. Reno Viiid
Reno's description of her approach to legal manage
ment was decidedly 1 entrist, and she promised t onsul
tation not only with senators but with local law enforce
ment officials She recalled visiting the lustno
Department during the Carter administration.
"t was prepared to hr* in awe.” she said. "I left kind
of confused
Keno on Wednesday repented her support for the
Hrndv Bill, which tails for a waiting period before pim
ple can purchase handguns Yet she said she opposed
any outright Iran on handgun ownership She knew too
main i ases where handguns had saved lives, she said
Reno also supports limits on the sale ul high pow ered
assault weapons the firepower of i him e for street
gangs and drug smugglers
Again and again Keno said one of her highest priori
ties is to make sure the politic is t onluient that i riuitnals
w ill !»- punished and that a it tuns of i rimes should have
a sa\ before i ases are pit a bargained
However, she i autioned that defendants' rights had to
fie protected f or example, she expressed misgivings
about radical changes in the rules that sav illegally
seized e\ idem e i aiiuol t>e Used hv prosei utors She sup
ported the ext option for i asos w hen* polo e had a war
rant. at ted in good faith, hot made some mistake
lint she saitl she still was open-minded on that and
other issues Congress might i onstder in an omnibus
crime bill "It is important to not hot onto too dogtooth
on where von stand, she said
Engineer formally charged In World Trade Center bombing
NEWARK. N.| (AP) — A
Palestinian-American chemical
engineer was ordered hold with
out bail Wednesday on a charge
of helping to bomb the World
Trade Center. He was the second
suspect linked directly to the
fatal blast. ‘
Nidal A Ayyad. 25, was
arrested at his suburban Maple
wood home by an FBI SWAT
team. The Kuwaiti-born natural
ized American citizen had ties
to Mohammed Salomeh,
accused last week of renting the
van used to carry the bomb that
devastated the skyscraper com
plex Feb. 2fi, killing five people.
A federal investigator said
Ayyad. like Salameh. also had
ties to El Sayyid Nosair. who
was acquitted of the 1991 assas
sination of militant Israeli Rabbi
Meir Kahune but convicted of
related charges.
James Esposito, the FBI chief
for New Jersey, said Avyad's
chemical background was sig
nificant, hut he wouldn't say
whether Avyad was believed to
have made the bomb.
"By his educational back
ground, he has expertise that
lends itself to this kind of
crime.” Esposito told reporters
Ayyad and Salameh knew
each other for more than a year,
Esposito said. Avyad's father,
Abdal-Rahman Joseph Ayyad.
confirmed that Salameh had vis
ited his son at the house in
Maplewood. He didn't know
how often or how recently.
Reziq Ayyad. Ayyad s 17
year-old brother, said during his
brother's court appearance that
Nidal and Salameh worshiped at
the same mosque, the location of
which he didn't specify Offi
cials ha\ «* said Salameh wor
shiped a! a Jersey City, N I .
mosque where Nos.ur also had
worshiped
The FBI said A wad and
Salameh share a bank a< i ount.
and that Ayyad’s business card
was found among Salameh\s
personal things when Salameh
was arrested Iasi Thursday
Avvod is a research engineer for
Allied Signal ln< . which makes
engineered materials and aero
space and automotive products.
On the day before the bomb
ing. according to an FBI com
plaint. Salameh and an undeter
mined number of other people
went seen making many trips to
a Jersey City storage warehouse
where explosives and bomb
making materials were later
found. The complaint said they
drove a yellow Ryder rental van.
which was believed used m the
bombing
Snlnmtih also vs .is stain m.ik
mg telephone i alls from a pas
phone nearby. and records show
four i alls vvnrt* made from that
phono lo Ayvad's lino at Alliod
Signal, the complaint said
Th«» storage shod was routed
to someone who identified him
self as Kama! Ibrahim, m i ording
to tlio complaint Ksposito said
the f-'HI isn't sure whether
Ramal Ibrahim is a pseudonym
Several people, including
Salntnuh, worn authorized to
have access to the shed, investi
gators said.
Discovered in the shod after
the bombing were several hun
dred pounds of urea, nitric acid,
sulfurn acid, other chemical
compounds, und equipment
sin h .is graduated beakers.
Masks ami a mortar and pestle,
tint I HI saiil
l liitrit witrc enough chemical
compounds "to produce a pri
mary high explosive,” ai i ording
to lint i omplamt
Kleven days before tin* truiln
i i'ntt*r blast. Ay y.id rented a red
(.eneral Motors uir and lislnd
Salamnb as an additional driver.
tln< < omplamt said When the
van Indies oil used in the bomb
ing was runted, the KM said.
Salameh was ai i ompaniod by a
sci ond person in a red (IM tuir.
Ay vail appeared Wednesday
before U S. Magistrate Dennis
Covanaogh on a complaint
i barging him yvith "aiding und
allotting the malicious damage
and destruction" of the trade
center
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