Leaks and intrigue wrap Reagan era defense woes
Washington battles leaks as Reagan aides and Caspar Weinberger clash over budget fights and a spy satellite in a shuttle mission. Brookings scholar Stephen Hess analyzes leak motives from ego, goodwill, policy, animus, trial balloons, to whistleblowing, noting overlaps and shifts in government press culture.
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Washington
Reagan
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Washington Post
Soviet Union
Associated Press
Pentagon
Post
White House
Air Force
Stephen Hess
Brookings Institution
State Departments
Brookings
Hess
Presi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Wall Street Journal
US planned commando move to free Tehran hijack hostages
Officials say the United States prepared alerts for a possible assault to free the Kuwaiti airliner hijacked to Tehran in December but never expected the plane to depart Tehran. The plan mirrored a Curacao incident, with Delta Force and Fort Bragg involvement noted, while Iran conducted the six day siege and freed most hostages.
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Washington
United States
Tehran
Curacao
Fort Bragg
N.C
Delta Force
Kuwait
Karachi
Pakistan
State Department
Administration
Kennedy evidence probe targets unnamed source in Florida
Prosecutors asked radio station WJNO for the name and address of a man who told a talk show host that Caroline Kennedy and a cousin tampered with evidence in David Kennedy's hotel room before his body was found. The claim involves syringes and cocaine removed from the room.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline Kennedy
David Kennedy
Kennedy
Sydney Lawford McKelvy
John F. Kennedy
WJNO
Peter
Jack Cole
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Mrs. McKelvy
Cole
Ford Iacocca book exposes large egos and risky moves
The biography details Iacocca’s rise from engineering to Chrysler leadership, contrasting Ford’s culture with Chrysler’s turnaround. It questions board oversight, product delays from Ford’s 1970s actions, and the high costs of executive perks while noting Iacocca’s ruthless self-presentation and a Detroit milieu shaped by ambition and divorce trends.
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the Hucksters
Lee
Malcolm S. Salter
Harvard Business School
Iacocca
David E. Cole
Office For the Study of Automotive Transportation
University of Michigan
Ford
Chrysler
Illim
Chrysler Corp
Compans
Detroit
America
L. Lyness
Wayne State University
Henry Ford II
Edward N. Cole
General Motors
Dollie Ann McVey
Keith Crain
Automotive News
William A. Niskanen Jr
Council of Economic Advisors
Bill
Niskanen
Gerald Greenwald
Mr. Niskanen
Allentown
Sgt Cave
Rauch
Bisley E
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Sandwich
Ill
Jeremiah
Children’s Hospital
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Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times News Service
Iran
Palm Beach County
David Bludworth
Bludworth
Hyannis
Mass
Boston University
Ford-Iacocca
Rockefeller
England
Ford Board of Directors
Ford Agency
Mary
Jim Asenn
Him
Dey’s
Baldwinsville
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