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Show TheSaltLake Tribune NATION/WORLD Sunday, December27, 1998 A3 Nixon Tapes Blatantly Show Bigotry, Sexism Excerpts aired at hearing WASHINGTON — Richard Nixon didn’t think much of women in govern- their value. The late president, it seems certain, would never have wanted the until-nowcensored segments to become public ment. He considered them “a pain in the neck, very difficult to handle,” and They show Nixonflatly accusing President Kennedy of having had South Viet doubted they were “really worth the ef‘ort.”” namese President Ngo Dinh Diem “murdered,” Nixon denouncing most of his Cabinet and mostofhi staff as ‘‘a bunch He thought even less of blacks and Mexicans. Womenatleast could be held to a higher standard. “Women — women got to be competent,” Nixonsaid. With blacks, you look the other way. The same with Mexicans, you'vegotto look the oth- eee9. You've got to find one who'shonest.” Nixon, at his worst, turned up infederal court here last week on the tapes that marked and marred his presidency, sounding very muchlike an unredeemed Scrooge with a long list of grievances. Justice Departmenttrial lawyers introduceda selection of Nixon’s most contro- Terrorism of goddamned cowards. Nixonassailing his generals as “a bunch of greedy bastards.”” Lawyers for the Nixon estate took the assault calmly. Theyare seeking as much as $213 million for the late president's tapes andpapers, and they contend that what he wanted to do with them was made completely irrelevant by the government's seizure of them in 1974 They maintain the estate is entitled to fair market value for the records — the price a hypothetical willing buyer would pay a hypothetical willing seller — and By Computer Is A Matter of Time people in the United States have the skills to carry out such attacks traffic controls, even the automatic teller machine on the cor- ner. Experts warn that the growing interconnection betweenvitalin- formation systems linked through national and international tele- communication switches has left the United States open to anyone with a computer,access to the Internet and a modicum of computer sophistication. “Thereis no waytototally protect a computer system that is networked to another system,” said Mary Culnan, a professor at Georgetown University anda former member of a White House commission that studied the na- Ramadan’s interview was con- ducted in Baghdad hours after Iraqsaidits anti-aircraft gunners had driven off an attack by “‘enemy” warplanesthat flew in from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Crowley said U.S. aircraft had flown over Iraq on Saturday but “reported noincidentsof fire di rected against them,” although one aircraft “reported anti-air lot Saturday “did sight anti-air- craft fire but he did not consider it hostile.” U.S. officials charged that Iraqi aircraft were skirting the 33rd parallel just south of Baghdad that marks the beginning of the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. Iraqi warplanes are prohibited from crossing the 33rd parallel and a similar zone over northern Kurdistan. Iraq's provocation was apparently aimed at getting U.S. and British aircraft to cross over into areas whereIraq hasair-defense systems deployed and could open fire. French aircraft no longer take part in enforcing the no-fly zone over northern Iraq, but still help to maintain the southern zone. Asked why Iraq had notfired previously on planes enforcing the no-fly zones, Ramadan said ‘When you want to restore your rights, you choose the suitable time and circumstances. State-controlled Iraqi media have issued almost daily reports of violations of the country’s airspace since the United States and Britain a four days of air- in onlythe blandest of termsin his reports fo the court For instance, Johnson, wholistened to more than 100 hoursof selected Nixon White Housetapes, described one“clear and understandable” conversation in the Oval Office on March 8, 1971, as dealing in part with “the role of women in modern government.” Nixon expressed his views on that at a meeting with White HouseChief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and other top aides on the needforbetter personnel in top jobs at the White House and other agencies throughout the government A memocomposedbyoneof theaides, Fred Malek, after the meeting suggested nics,” Malek wrote. ‘Competent women who can compete with men should be placedin selected positions, especially in those with symbolic value. The tape showed what Nixonreally thought. After saying he doubted women were “worth the effort,” he voiced his skepticism about black appointees in even harsher terms “Withblacks,” the president said, “you canusuallysettle for an incompetent, becausethere are just not enough compe tent ones, and so you put incompetentsin and get along with them, because the symbolismis vitally important. You have to showyoucare.” Later, after expressinghis lowexpecta tions for Mexicans, Nixonadded: ‘That's the problem, finding a Mexican that is thing,” Nixon responded. Kennedy’s, and | must say our friend (U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot] Lodge's agreement to murder Diem. That’s what opened the wholething ‘That Nixon thought Kennedy approved Diem’s Noy. 2. 1963. assassination, three weeks voluted message Kennedy approved, as- Stanley Karnowsaidthereis no evidence that Kennedy or Lodge expected Diem to be killed systemsforthe perverse satisfaction it might provide them. Thesimplest exampleof cyber- terrorism that experts suggested was the flooding of a computer within minutes you can locate and computer. If this happened to be one that coordinated some vital service, the system could be broughtto astandstill “That it [a cyberattack] will happen eventually is certain,’ know where, or when, but it will hap- Ce uma PeaNT Paee CUS » Excellent Craftsmanship eed RareraT eat eed y was listener States “will not attempt to thwart’ the coup they were planning, but historian pering by people whoeither have political motives, or whoare simply determinedto crack computer fetesCoy) himself suring rebellious generals that the United ways to “harden” the U.S. infrastructure to protect it from tam- ST CLA] Kennedy Nixon may have beenreferring to a con- That NewMexicolab is oneof “We don't before killed, is not new, but it bringsa upshort to hear him stateit so starkly. the primary centers where re- Culnan. And Diem had been murdered “Yousee, Billy, the key thing here was search is being conducted into said “He killed Diemandsent the first 16,000 combat peopletherehimself. the Nonproliferation and Interna- craftfire well offin thedistance. In London, a DefenseMinistry spokesman said that a British pi out that the Nixon camp’s expert apprais- er, Steve Johnson, had referred to them tic about recruiting minority candidates for full-time positions “Blacks have highest priority, followed by Mexican-Americans, and then by eth- tional Security division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. s against Iraq on Dec. 19 Thestrikes werecarried out after U.N. weaponsinspectors re leased a report saying that Baghdad wasblockingtheir work. Iraq has said 62 soldiers and more than40civilians werekilled inthe bombardment Iraqi provocationssince Desert Fox ended — including Baghdad's rejection of all U.N. weaponsin spections andits refusal last week to allow anymoreUnited Nations planes to fly to Iraq — has led Washington to conclude that a second confrontation is virtually inevitable. The only issues are timing and the specific flash point, U.S. officials say “We will continue to enforce Coppolino pointed nancial data, electricity, natural Iraq Vowsto Defend Its Air Space the no-fly zones in the north and the south,” Crowley said attorney Antho: political appointees,but also was optimis- gas and the telephone service,” pen.” United States to changeits policy in the region. Most had never been dis- closed before. Justice Department trial said Terry Hawkins, director of skilled person could shut offelec- @ Continued From A-1 summarized, “highest priority on competence and philosophical compatibility” in selecting “The public-switched network carries 90 percent of communica- download a small programthat gives youall the tools you needto send a masse-mailingto a specific compromised. Using a PC and a phoneline, a Some of the inflammatory conversa tions wereplayedin court and some were tions forsystems likerailroads, fi- tions with a senseof urgency,” the reportsaid. “While we do not believe a debilitating attack is immi- the vulnerability of our infrastructures are real. And the time to act is now.” Perhaps the most chilling conclusion reached by experts is the ease with which systems could be the better, port, an estimated 17 million systemwith thousands of e-mail messages sent simultaneously Suchadelugecould causecritical systemsto slow, or crash. Openyour favorite Web browser, type in a few keywords and nent, the threats to our nation and make the tapes more valuable, so much Accordingto the commission’s re- tion’s infrastructure. That study, completed a year ago, found the United States was extremely vulnerable to such a cyberassault and urged quick action to deal with the problem. “We offer these recommenda- When evangelist Billy Graham called to express his support for a speech Nixon had given, Graham mentioned that he had blamed Kennedy for the war in an article Grahamwrote for The New York Times. “He [Kennedy] started the damn tricity to whole regions of the country, or cripple police andfire service bydisabling 911 service @ Continued From A-1 sameproblem.” —_versial and inflammatory remarks in an if Nixon's more outrageous remarks that the president not onlywantedto put effort to show that he would never have inestate-payment squabble fibns'that’wouldnaveserercly come THE WASHINGTON POST honest. 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