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Show __TheSaltLake Tribune NATION/WORLD Friday, December 4, 199 A23 DeceptiveITests for Hiring Bias Computer Mail Tells of Terrorists Security Concerns Put toa Legal Test by Fed Judge CHICAGOTRIBUNE, CHICAGO — Charles Walker hasa pet solution fordiscovering the truth. Walker, chairmanof the Massa- chusetts Commission Against Dis- crimination, relies on subterfuge. He sends out dissimilar pairs “of people, testing to see if they are treated differently by businesses in violation of state and federal civil-rightslaws. ‘We'veusedtestingin housing public accommodations and em- ployment [discrimination] cases, and we get very good results,” said the state agency head, who is also a lawyer. “It’s a very efficient way to get to systematic discrimination,” he added. Sometimesthe testing also can shoot holesin allegations, he added, noting that testers once dis- covered that Boston-area auto dealers were more than eager to hire female salespeople. The result: his agency lauded the dealers publicly, But Walker's agency is one of only a handful of public organiza- tionsthat usetesting to ferret out employment bias, and a federal appeals court case in Cicago promisesto raise anew the wrai gling over anissue that has ai organizations like Walker’s and business groupsat odds. ‘The business community, which fears the sudden spreadofcostly early this week in a federal ap- peals-courtfiling to challenge a federal judge’s ruling here in September In thatcase, involving two Afri- U.S. investigation of bin Laden stirred fears that mole hadinfiltrated the group’s East African operations THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A US. investigation of Osamabin Laden led terrorists to boost their ownsecurity in the summer of 1997. suspecting that a mole was among them, according to can-American job applicants against Guardian Security Services Inc., Judge Suzanne Conlon said the testers were not really a computerletter apparently written by one of the alleged terrorism kingpin’s aides. the investigation ofbin harmedby the Blue Island-based terrorists into scrapping plans for the Aug. 7 attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya tional terrorist The blasts killed 2224 people: in Kenya, 213. including 12 Americans; in Tanzania, 11 Court papers made public in thelast weekin were killed when a bomb exploded in June federal court include a copy of a computer letter allegedly written by Haroun Fazil, a fu- cell membersin’ East Africaare in great dan- security companysince they did notintend to take the jobs. They were college students hired for the summer by the agency, she noted. Indeed, the battle basically re- volves around whetherjob applicants can truly test for employmentbias. Onereasonbehindthe agency’s Laden, a Saudi exile apparently did not scare gitive in the embassy bombing case being prosecuted in New York. It was found during a search of a computer in Wadih El Hage’s resi- reform are protected from employment barriers that discrimi nate against them. But Douglas Darch, an attorney The United St gan grand-jury inves19 US. soldiers 1996in Saudi Arabia. In the computerletter, Fazil warns that the ger’ and that the “security positionofthe cell is at 100 percent danger. The letter said the danger leaves us no choice but to think and work hard to foil the ca was to not be complacent reg ing security matters and that they improvements in security becauseit is vineed 100 percent that Kenyaninte are aware about us andthat indeed ou: ty situationis extremely bad that employment testers have a subconscious” goal during their Job interviews that skews the re- sults. “What is their job?” asked. “The black tester’s job is to ANALOG OR PCS PHONE TRADE IN - $30.00 linois law professor, has different FINAL COST he not get hired and the white tester is trying to getthe job. Matt Finkin, a University ofII- tion of deception. It’s a problem employers whospy on their workers. It [employment testing] may CMRCCeUL Recta Uae ele 7 (ACROSS FROMDILLARDS) aPuce mat ter aay, aaa en Rr mel aT maa eelkeeeL Coa amen 20) OTHER : RESTRICTIONS-APPLY SEE STORE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. OF FER ENDS1213-98, be necessary. butif it is done, we oughtto be very surethat the mis- OFFER VAEID‘ON.NEWVOICESTREAM WIRELESS ACTIVATIONS ONLY.ANNUAL CONTRI representation is done under strict control,” Finkin said THEASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A loud, flashing alarm went off in the cockpit of space shuttle En- deavour with just 442 minutes to go in the countdown Thursday, foreing the postponementof NA- days a year and cloudyskies were possible NASA hasonly five minutes or fi less each day to launch Endea- vour to meet up with the first spacestation part, which was put in orbit two weeks ago by the RusThe shuttle contains the At Utah Power, our primary goal has always beento provide The master alarm blared and red lights flashed just before the shuttle was to lift off around 4 reliable, reasonably priced electricity that’s supported by a sians. second station component. level of service that our customers expect and deserve. That's am, Thursday. By the time controllers traced the problem to a momentary drop in hydraulic whywe're continually searching for ways to respond to out- pressure and decided to press ages and emergencies. One of the ways we've comeup with to two. ‘Sure, it’s frustrating,” said Rill Readdy, shuttle-program director anda veteran shuttle com- when MotherNaturestrikes or you lose powerfor any reason, ahead, it was too late — they had missed the cutoff by a second or serve you better is our dedicated outage phoneline. So now mander. “But we do things right you can reportit by calling 1-877-LITESOUT(1-877-548-3768) Wedo things by the book, and toll free. Because keeping your lights on is our top priority. we're not going to cut any corners evenif it means just shaving a secondor two.” Thesix astronauts crawled out of the shuttle, and two threw up their hands. Commander Robert Cabanaheld up his thumb and in- dex finger a half-inch apart: “We on the job... were that close.” The problem was confined to one of Endeavour’s three hydraulic pressure units. The pressure droppedjustlong enoughtotrigger the alarm, evidently because of a sensitive switch, then re- turned to normal. NASA engineers spent the day examining the in the community... problem, but found nothing wrong with anyof the systems and were confident it would not recur. Endeavour’s flight is already a yearlate because of a cash crunch in Russia, one of NASA's partners in building the international space station. The one-day delay cost NASA about $600,000, mostlyin fuel and overtime pay. for the long haul... Aboard Endeavouris an American-made connecting passageway named Unity. The astronauts will use the shuttle robot arm to cap- ture the Russian space station piece andattachit to Unity. Then, we get it two spacewalkers will hook up all the electrical connections and ca- bles between the two cylinders, and attach handrails and tools for future crews. Until the alarm sounded, it looked as though the weather wouldbethe only problem. Rain and clouds moved in from the Atlantie 142 hours beforeliftoff, but drifted away with minutes to spare. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other dignitaries from around the world had gathered in the drizzle to see Endea,vour and its crew off. “cc Sa ee sate ALEER TD, FIRST Shuttle Launch Scrubbed Minutes Before Blastoff SA’s first space-station construction flight ‘The launch team began fueling the shuttlelater in the day for one moretryearly today, though rain shoul know that now they have become Americ primarytarget,” the letter adde It also said that “the network” appreciat ile INSTANT STORE ReBatE - $20,00 for the security firm, suggested ( NO PROGRAMMING OR CONTRACT FEES ) Foundation of Chicago seems determined to carry on with employ- a tigation of bin Laden after (olen oy SUNDays!* $19.95 menttesting. The agencylaid out its arguments for employment testing and the situation is dan NenemG ae TY as he noted, which also takes in Whetherit is popular or not, y and nig ore informd o tor: first time as a result of welfare government out of the matter. however, the Legal Assistance ut any The letter sai ly linked to bin Laden seem ) the enemy’s hands” and drive for employment testing, Lodder added, is its concernthat concerns about government-supported employment testing Namely, he fears the legitimiza- vailedin efforts lately to keep the nemy’s plans who is wor ch one people looking for jobs for the ing takes hold, has largely pre- legal battles if employmenttest- dencein Nairobi in August 1997 Fazil is alleged to have dri en a pickup truck to the Kenyan embassy on the day ofthe bombingto show the way to tt vehicle that carried the bomb El Hage, a U'S. citizen, is held without bail J UTAH POWER A PacifiCorp Company |
