MORE HUBBELL DOCS AT DOJ FOUND! =============================== The Department of Justice Washington, D.C. DOJ officials have notified SOFTWAR that additional documents concerning Webster Hubbell have been discovered. The materials cover Mr. Hubbell's activities in the Clinton Chinagate scandal. DOJ, however, wants to charge a "fee" based on commercial rates prior to release of the documents. Although, the amount ($57) is small - accepting the "commercial" rate would allow DOJ to charge SOFTWAR thousands of dollars for additional materials that they give free to other media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Post. The use of outrageous fees is one way for the Government to kill Freedom of Information Requests. TOM BROKAW - SHOW ME YOUR LETTER ================================ SOFTWAR is appealing the decision. One reason cited is that the CIA currently recognizes SOFTWAR as a "media" source in writing. The CIA, Dept. of Defense and the Dept. of Commerce all have recognized SOFTWAR in writing. PHOENIX MISSILE SEES FIRST ACTION ================================= Iraq - The Gulf The AIM-54 Phoenix missile was used for the first time in anger against a flight of two Iraqi MiGs. An F-14 Tomcat from the U.S.S. Carl Vinson fired a single AIM-54 Phoenix from extreme range against a pair of Iraqi MiGs that flew south of the "no-fly-zone". The Phoenix chased one MiG until the Iraqi fighter ran out of fuel and crashed. The MiG was initially reported as a MiG-25 FOXBAT but follow up photo recon by F-14s over the crash site show it was a MiG-23 Flogger. Ironically, the Clinton administration intends to retire the F-14 Tomcat by 2002 - along with the ultra-long range Phoenix missile. BUSY SIGNAL =========== Washington - The Pentagon The U.S. Navy is too busy to answer Congressional requests for information on the Russian missile fiasco. Russian missile maker Zvezda claims that they have won the U.S. Navy super-sonic target drone contract. The Navy says they will not issue a request for proposal (RFP) from contractors until May, 1999. The Navy claimed in a letter to Congress that they ran out of older Talos missile to convert into target drones. The maker of the Talos conversion says the Navy didn't buy the last 30 missiles which are still sitting in a warehouse. The Russian defense ministry says they have canceled the deal over Russian national security concerns. The Russians have finally sent their Ambassador back to Washington after withdrawing him and his London counterpart in protest over "Desert Fox". FIN ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. Smith SOFTWAR http://www.softwar.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pcyphered SIGNATURE: BA415D2325CE7F092965900D0F48104EE034EF1EF0D39B940F4CECDA78578BE5 78AEF2AAAAF03D76E6C774B6A062AE6C5E77EE75771302C33B23FB6F26A26883 0EF423AD837F349D ================================================================ SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER 01/06/99 *** to unsubscribe reply with "unsubscribe" as subject *** ================================================================
