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Show Dll 4 Thursday September 20, 2001 : Snfctaa s Staff column in The trees are whistling for the dogs.-- . A guy up from the San Rafael stated that Sun Advocate publisher ' : 7 he wished it would rain. , ; cuz for Ive seen but The weather conditions are starting to cool 7 "Not so much me, for my commented the man. off now. y.V-- ' ,:;-;We are constantly asked: Does it ever But there was a time during the summer ' 7 , 7 r that was hot and dry and probably average for rain outhere?. ' :v.V local it Yes, does answered a rancher, the Castle Valley area, : 7 By KEVIN ASHBY . . ' - . it ."y - : . j - discover that in July. it takes only two drive your car. 7 to fingers You that you can get a sunburn discover 7 window. car through your Ybii notice the best parking place is de- termined by the shade instead of distance "YOu . '. : . eyes from . . . the Hot ; 7. building. ; water now comes out . of. both taps. As I traveled around the county, It's noon in July, kids are on summer va-.- 7 noticed quickly responding to Hie visitor's question. ; r Bible in Do where 7 that most. of us have adapted to Hie heat and. the cation; and not one person is out on the ' you remembeF that part 7 streets.-- ' 7 not only with survival on our minds,, but sur7. 7y it rained for 40 days and 40 nights?; ; ,"7 bum .7Ybu vm reNoah's with your hand opening the . ; familiar vived with a sparkle' is our eyes. The following actually flood, ;Yes, , 77- ; ,. car door; ideas reflect the sparkle: plied the. visitor. ; . You the a break sweat instant half two a inches, you step . and Wiiiis so hot that one neighbor set. out 7 : Well, we got about : outside at 7J0 a.m. i ' : 7 oven mitts so that birds could pull worms out of that pointed out the Castle Valley rancher. , 7 1 would Noine of dream 7 notice 7 putting vinyl up-- 7 7 V Y7, that ; tf the ground.:, ;; ..This past summer, did you holstery in a car or. not having air condition- - : Many times for lunch, I noticed that It you no longer associate bridges or even, riverV V; i i , beds with water? mg. was so hot the potatoes cooked underground,, .7 And all I had to do was to pull one out and 77 You can day 10 degrees without faint- ; 7 tour biggest bicycle wreck feac isWhat if j get knocked out and end up tying on the Lr- ..add butter, salt and pepper. ; 7 ing. 7v;.7C.;; ; a You iearattat,a seatbelt makes pretty .. pavement and cook to death?" 7 ; Some farmers are feeding their chickens Ybu realize has a that asphalt crushed ice to keep the hens from, laying hard fiquidstatey good branding iron. 7 ' V;.7. v. The temperature drops below 95 degrees arid much of that was tracked inside the boiled eggs.: 7 7 : .. ' house,, and you feel a bit chilly. The cows are giving evaporated milk. , .! . .7 - . 7...77. 77; . . ;.. . : . :;. . . . , -- . . . ' ' ... Guest cofnron : . P I I I I I I I Opposes prohibiting all whistle blowing national security or help a foreign power 7 government officials and their spokes people, This element of the crime of disclosing ; will, completely err on toe side of withholding ormatibn. classified information is reasonable. It places, ; on the government the responsibility of prov- -, 7-- ; Although the media cannot be prosecuted .under toe law for reporting stories based on ing it was toe.victim of intentional harm. ;: The new criminal statute would only require classified information, there is no jimit to toe that the government prove that the whistle ability of toe government to haul reporters before criminal grand juries to Interrogate them blower or "leaker actually leaked either clas By LOUIS CLARK Minuteman Media 7 . V' .7. Once again, the worst idea in a decade is making the rounds on Capitol Hill- Pushed relentlessly by Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the proposed legislation would - : I I : I I I I make it a crime for employees to disclose I sified documents or information, : -about their sources; classified information regardless of. the cirWhistle blowers acting in the nation's best I , Reporters refusing to reveal sources Would cumstance., . . be subject to criminal contempt charges, fines .. I 7 It is already a crime to disclose classified interest and serving real national security information in an effort to harm national seneeds have revealed major scandals within 7 and imprisonment,. 7 I curity, help another nation, or expose intelli- -; government that involved classified informa- -' .Although proponents of .the proposed law I tion. 7 ; 7;argue that toe U.S'. Department of Justice caq I gence agents; 77 ', be trusted to implement toe jaw sparingly and The U.S. Pentagon papers in the early Last year, the' United States Congress '. , I passed such; a measure without debate or 1970s, the Iran Contra Affair during the 1980s 7 fairly, there is nothingto prevent toe agency-- I 7 and toe faked Star Wars tests of the 1990s from abusing its power, 7 public hearings! It was tucked away in the in. There bill. is every reason to.fear that.it will , I are three of hundreds of examples of how , telligence authorization .. I fortunately,, on the advice of several ad-- 1 ; critical information from whistle blowers have use this new extraordinary power to stop all ; I 7:;-'.CIA' well as a former ministration officials as exposed scandals and. blunders; .. 7;. whistleblowing and leaks. enrein 7 The of I of Justice has, the disclosures director and a Pentagon spokesperson, the : Ui.. Department Ultimately, most seout hanced policy decisionmaking on national cent, weeks, come .; strongly against new I president exercised bis veto power. :. ; ", People wishing'to criminalize whistle blow- -. curity concerns-;- ' I proposed whistle blower protection reforms. 777 ; Given, its congressional testimony, and le ing at. the defense and intelligence agencies, - Equally important there are literally thouI then waited until after, the presidential elec- - 7 sands of Incidents in which cabinet officers .; gal positions ori numerous whistle blower 7 I 7 ; and subordinates have intentionally leaked in.y7tion.'7 cases, it is hard to imagine toe U,S. Depart--. I 7 ' inform ment of Justice would endorse any instance 7 The debate bills supporters apparently think that formation that . helped 7 public I : the new president, ttq son of a. former direc-- 7 and discussion on matters of broad public in- - ;of whistle blowing. 7 ; ' I It is ironic that toe nation Is now faced with tor of the CIA, will sign the measure rather. jterest. :7:- .; than risk alienating the relentless, senator ; ; tt is hard tor me'to imane how any gov- -; an internal threat to democracy, even, though I ernment spokespersons could Over do their no serious external thfeat to our freedom ex;; I ..from Alabama;.!. ':7': '. 7 7 '. 71 find it shocking that the U.S. Congress American should al--.;' I job if they are under toe cloud of criminal pros- -; ist$. No freedom-lovin- g was willing to sacrifice the freedom of speech ecution for even inadvertently disclosing in-- ,, low the federal government to wield such of so many civil servants last year. formation that is classified, .y power bver toe flow of information to toe pub- - I ; Iri'fact, it is difficult to imagine .7 In my opinion; the only real effect the lie..; I any signif7; idea will have isto end whistle blowing icant public discussion of any CIA and intelliInformation is power.. The ability to control I on defense and intelligence concerns,; v gence agency matters that is not based in part ; the flow of information is ultimate power, I . firmly believe that Americans should Currently, no whistle blower or official on some level of classified information. leaker of classified information can be pros-- ; In order to avoid .even toe appearance of such propositions as Joudly and persis- - , ecuted unless it was his or her goal to harm 7 having violated the law, it Ss obvious, that all , tentiy as possible. ' y ; . v; ;.. . . .. '' . : , , - :' dra-coni- . . . . Mail completed forms to: TIPS, Carbon Metro Drue Ihsk Force 91 East 100 North, Price, UT 84501. ; 7;7 .' .... ,..7'-- ,"'7 . : ; i . .. 7 ' v . op-po- se , Letters' to the. editor .should focus on public, issues rather than private personalities or entities. All submissions must be verified 7 prior to publication. 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