==> Gosh, this kind of thing could give hypocrisy a bad name,
especially if somebody somewhere recalls what Operation Paperclip was.
Any hands, class?
Don't worry, folks, if the Russians come alive again Uncle Markus
will be rehabilitated and brought over with a private cardiac unit.
valis
Occupied America
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No U.S. Visa for German Spy Chief
Monday, June 9, 1997 6:35 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who served as East Germany's top spy need
not apply for a U.S. visa because of his long history of sponsoring
international terrorism, the State Department said Monday.
Spokesman Nicholas Burns said Markus Wolf, who directed his
government's espionage branch for 34 years, was deemed ineligible for
a visa when he applied last year.
Burns made no reference to a new visa request by Wolf but The New York
Times said he has been seeking admission to the United States to
promote a book he has written, ``Man Without a Face: The Autobiography
of Communism's Greatest Spymaster.''
Burns said Wolf had spent his entire career working against West
Germany and the United States.
``Why would we give him a visa?'' he asked.
In an interview with the Times, Wolf insisted he never orchestrated a
terrorism act. He said the United States should treat him as it has
others who had once been denied visas, including Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat.
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