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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION Friday, February14, 1997 AIDSPanel: Behavior Programs Work FBI Lab Errors MayAffect Hf Developments 50 Prosecutions, Feds Say @Timothy McVeigh’s sister said at a Christmas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Justice Department hasadvised 50 prose cutors, half in state and local governments, that FBI lab prob lems could affect their cases. that figure might grow, Atty Gen. Thursday Jamie And Deputy Gorelick said In each of the ease there wuld be an issue raised by de fense counsel” news ing to conference. have to Gorelick told “We're just go see how each court blower who first made allegation: rid Gorelick was The figure of 50 is considera bly understated believe when finished it will be well over 1,000 ney for said FBI shen Kohn, court documents. Apolice officer who was photographed carrying the limp body of a this investigation, informed about 50 prosecutors baby from the wreckage of issuesrelat of the bombed-out Okla consider with regard to their dis a minimizing the problem cases,”’ and her brother would play a role, according to ing to their cases that they should reacts to each separate fact pat tern that's presented” before at one can say whether lab erro will harm the prosecution But a lawyer for the whistle about lab erro party before the Oklahoma City bombing that a “revolution” was coming havesaid, speaking on condition of anonymity Gorelick suggested the number of affected prosecutions could grow after work is completed on the draft report We have, over the course of attor scientist-agent Fre. deric Whitehurst Whitehurst, who triggered an investigation of the lab by the Jus. tice inspector general, has charged that parts of the lab are contaminated, that supervisors lack adequatescientific training lose ny have been biased in favor of but not all of his charges, officials to attorney that might Sen. ing has retired. but he says he can't escape his clear their Charles n traumatic that day. Grassley, misleading R-lowa of his of “Tl neve allegations lation profiles similar to the United States, the rate but their effectiveness is being blocked by moral and govern ment objections, a panel of experts concluded Thursday. The committee selected by the National Institutes clentific evidence of Health (NIH) cited strony of behay that memberssaid prove the effeetivene ior-modification programs in slowing the AIDS epidemic David Reiss of George Washington University Medical Center, head of the Judy committee, said strong seientific evidence bear out that programs of safe-sex education and cloan-needle exchanjes “arc very effective means to prevent the spread of HIV th AIDS} infection into the most I completely reject thi vid Robert Maginnis, exchange s, such as Tacoma, Wash.; Toron: to, Sydney and Glasgow, Scotland, the rate of HIV infection has emained low, the study found Nhe Family Research Council's Maginnis said his stucliosshow a needie-exchange programin Connecticut did lead to increased drug abuse, to morediscarded needles andto arisein petty crime. A federal welfare law that permits only the teaching of abstinence in sex education also should be changed, said Reiss. “It is not consistent with the scientific findings” of effective teaching tools for young people on howto avoid an AIDS-virus infection, he said senior policy analyst for the Family Research Coun cil | wid evidence of how well needle exchanges ommending using condomsandlimiting partners, is the most effective way to reduce the sexual spread of AIDS. A program among inner-city women, the re- and sex programs work remains inconclusive and often involves faulty science study in Tanzania showed a 50 percent drop in HIV The report also was condemned by Rep. Tom Co- clean-needle exchange programs count of possessing a destructive device against a memberof the separatist Freeman group after beentransferred out of the lab as a result of the draft report Whitehurst was suspended with pay after refusing to cooperate witha separate inquiry into leaks AIDS epidemic, placed one of the transferred lab lab as a result of the draft report arlier this week, federal prosecutors in Seattle dropped one Kennedy's remarks inst the burn, K-Okla., who called the NIH committee “poor. ly informed Reiss and h rommittee proposed an immediate eral building bombing have. re. were consistent with the facts Three FBI supervisors have ful weapons for the trial of Timothy MeVeigh for the 1995 Oklahoma City fed supervisors, Dave Williams, with another expert witness from the the public and a Unit tion, the report said. In Australian areas with popu of HIV infection is far lower than in the United States, the report said In cities where there are vigorous clean-needle Hesaid safe-sex education, which can includerecsaid Federal prosecutors preparing ed States senator He asked Reno to review whether memories away from it, be t k about it or sbout it, 1 get upset,” Sut. Jon Avera, 48 lence client who chairs 4 subcommittee over seoing the FBI, wrote Atty. Gen Janet Reno that Gorelick state ment “is at odds with” an asser tion by Deputy FBI Director Wel don Kennedy on Jan. that lab problems won't compromise “any past, present or future prosecu tion.” In light of Gorelick’s state ment Gra: ssley said, Kennedy remarks “give the apps arance of and that lab reports andtestimo. prosecutors. Astill-seeret draft report by the inspector general supports some homa City federal build closure obligation Gorelick aid Ongoing review might in rease that number Prosecutors are required to di THEASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Clean-needle exchanges, safe: sex education and drug-abuse treatment are power an FBI lab techniciantestified that a detonator had been mistakenly listed in an FBI report as part of the apparatus. change of regulations banning federal support of port said, led to doubled use of condoms. And a spread among young women after a condom-distribution program began. Therate of HIV infections dropped among women in Rwanda and among sex workers in Bombay and Thailand after programs of safe-sex counseling, the report said. Five studies among adolescents in inner- In its report, the NIH committee foundthat clean- city American schools showed that risky sexual behavior was reduced after safe-sex education. and in Amsterdam did not lead to increased drug use, encourage young people to start using drugs or Maginnis said pushing condom useis ‘like playing Russian roulette” because, he said, many condoms fail. “Abstinence is the only effective way of keeping people from contracting HIV,” Maginnis said. Coburnsaid that a condom-distribution program in Ugandawas sucha failure that it was abandoned “Thailand, which has relied upon condoms, now has an HIV infection rate in excess of 15 percent among young heterosexuals in rural areas,” said Coburn. . needle exchange programs in New Haven, Conn., cause more needlesto be discardedinpublicplaces Suchprogramsdid reduce — by 80 percent — the amount of needle sharing among drug users, the committee found, leading to an estimated 30 percent reduction in new HIV infections. About 100 needle-exchange programs are active in the United States, compared with 2.000 in Aus- tralia, a countrywith only one-tenth the U.S. popula- OUR ENTIRE FINE JEWELRY INVENTORY 0% off Ruby and gold heart pendant and chain Reg, $440.1 plus no interest for 1 year* W Chain, $176. Gold heart pendant and chain 2 TWdiamond, 14k gold endant and chain, $898. ia ud ind love bands {10k heart Garnet and gold “Y” necklace Reg. $365 Garnet and 14k gold Is, $44 your choice. 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