Kerry Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Hearings On Noriega And Dr

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Kerry Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Hearings On Noriega And Dr
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PZ0137.03a
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Kerry Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Hearings On Noriega And DrUG SMUGGLING : DAY 3 / reported by Larry Bensky| produced by Bill Wax. CONTENT: Contragate coverage of the Kerry hearings : summary of day 2 / reported by Robert Knight, Dennis Bernstein and Peter Schinkle (30:00) -- Introduction to the day's hearings / Larry Bensky (5:00) -- Reading of New York Times opinion-editorial article by David Boaz : loss of civil liberties and costs of enforcing anti-drug policies / read by Larry Bensky (6:10) -- Reading of paper by Ted Gaylan Carpenter of the Cado Institute / read by Larry Bensky (7:50) -- Peter Flaherty, Executive Director of Citizens For Reagan / interviewed by Larry Bensky (10:30) -- Quotation from Alexander Cockburn's "Out of Control" / read by Larry Bensky (2:15) -- Kerry convene's the day (4:15). Live coverage of the Senate hearings chaired by John F. Kerry, Democrate from Massachusetts. The hearings explore the actions of Panama's President Noriega, the Mediline Cartel, and connections between the Nicaraguan Contra rebels and drug smuggling. RECORDED: Washington D.C., 6 Apr. 1988.

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