2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 26, 1996 NATION/WORLD U.S. spy passes information to S. Korea Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - In a case rare for its implica- tions between two friendly countries, a civilian U.S. naval intelligence official was charged in U.S. District Court yesterday with passing more than 50 top-secret, classified documents to the South Korean govern- ment. Robert Chaegon Kim, a Navy analyst who immi- grated here from his native Seoul and became a citi- zen in 1974, has been under surveillance since May and allegedly was observed by federal agents copying and transmitting documents as part of an arrangement with a South Korean naval attache assigned here. Kim was arrested Tuesday night while attending an Armed Forces Day military reception sponsored by the South Korean Embassy at a military base in the Washington area. How much damage the case may have caused U.S. intelligence operations remains unclear. Authorities said Kim had access to classified records dating to 1979, but officials did not say how long Kim had allegedly passed documents to South Korea. News of the case drew immediate reaction - some of it harsh - from Washington government leaders who found themselves suddenly dealing with the lat- est in a series of high-profile espionage cases that have rocked the U.S. intelligence community in recent years, most notably the scandal involving CIA opera- tive Aldrich Ames and his wife, Rosario. They both pleaded guilty to spying for the Soviet Union in a case considered the most damaging espionage incident in U.S. history. Government officials said that senior South Korea diplomats in Washington were summoned to the State Department after Kim's arrest and warned that the United States "is very disturbed at this development." Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who just before the arrest met in New York with South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro Myung, said he was "very disturbed by the reports that I have received of that arrest and the incident itself." But White House spokesperson Mike McCurry said the U.S.-South Korean alliance will persevere. The two countries, he said, "remain strong and of the nature that they can endure any alleged wrongdoing by an individual." Government sources said that Kim, who four years after becoming a U.S. citizen went to work for the Office of Naval Intelligence, apparently was not paid for turning over the secret records, many of which directly related to U.S. interests regarding the two Koreas and other Asia-Pacific countries. Dole rallies in former debate spot AMANA, Iowa - A presidential debate had once been pro- posed for last night, but instead there was a pep rally and a long-distance argument about debates. . The pep rally was staged yesterday morning in St. Louis, where the Commission on Presidential Debates had suggested the first of three proposed debates should take place. The chief cheerleader was Bob Dole, rallying his followers for what at times sounded like the big game against their arch-rivals, "the liberals" led by President Clinton. "What do you call someone who broke his promise and Dole gave you the biggest tax increase in history?" Dole asked his rally audience inside a small gymnasium on the campus of St. Louis University. "A liberal," came the shouted response. In all, Dole invoked the word "liberal" 14 times to describe Clinton, his admin- istration and his policies in what has become the constant refrain of the GOP n inee's campaign. "President Clinton says he's not liberal," Dole told his audience. "Don't believe it. He's been liberal all his life. He's a perfect liberal." ENVIRONMENT Continued from Page 1A Brater said the bill may jeopardize the power of municipalities to direct local recycling programs. Although Republicans and Democrats often disagree on environ- mental issues, Brater said there is not a strict party-line division over this par- ticular bill. "It's not at all a partisan issue," she said. Nationally, however, the environment remains a largely partisan issue. The Republican Congress has criticized the Clinton administration for proposals GOP lawmakers say will stifle industry. Dole and Republican colleagues have encouraged leaving the environmental regulations up to the states to administer. "We want the environment to be clean, but we've got to have a voice of reason," Dole said in a speech to the Economic Club of Detroit on Tuesday. Dole's efforts in regulatory reform have largely centered around preserving the privacy and rights of states and indi- vidual businesses. In the Senate, one of Dole's reform initiatives included co- sponsoring a bill that would require that new federal regulations be preceded by cost-benefit analysis studies. Dole and the GOP have repeatedly raised private-property issues that Brater said have put a roadblock in Democratic pollution prevention agendas. "President Clinton can be counted on to do much more protective programs for the environment," Brater said. Clinton has vowed private interests will not deter him from passing legisla- tion limiting toxic waste, protecting wetlands and regulating industrial activities affecting air or water supplies. While he has encouraged cooperation with state and local governments, Clinton has continued to support feder- al regulations through the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. - Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer Harvey contributed to this report. FDA may approve neural prosthetic ROCKVILLE, Md. - The partially paralyzed may soon get an electronic hand to help restore the ability to write a letter, pour coffee, even to paint. Scientific advisers recommended yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration approve Freehand, a surgically implanted device that would become - if the FDA agrees - the nation's first neural prosthetic to restore function to a paralyzed limb. Experts emphasized it's not a cure for paralysis. Only certain partially para- lyzed patients could use it, not the severely injured like actor Christopher Reeve. And while it does help those who can use it to move their fingers and thumb, such patients still won't be speed-typing or playing the piano. "We mustn't give false hope," said Dr. Michael Keith, a Case Western Reserve University orthopedic surgeon who helped colleague P. Hunter Peckham create the device. But now, "for most of these patients, there's darn little," Keith said. ."We're going to give them more motor contro so they can ... do more things, without assistance, hesitation and delays." Blizzards bring on small baby boom NEW YORK - The blizzards tha covered the Northeast and Midwest ir early January apparently will not pro- duce the kind of bumper baby crop associated, in anecdote if not demo- graphic science, with other great storms of the century. Many hospitals, obstetricians and midwives report an increase in birt, but others see no effect at all. In Grand Forks, N.D., which was slapped by one blizzard after anotlier last winter, deliveries at United Hospital are up 40 percent from a year ago. St. Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick, N.J., which has the state's largest maternity ward, says births are 25 percent higher. Dr. Wendy Martinez, an obstetrician in Vorhees, N.J., had to add a sect birthing class for expecting parents. PIERCING Continued from Page 1A fort should be provided by the piercer, Petroff said. If you have an infection after the piercing you should contact the piercer and see your doctor immediately, Briefer said. Throughout history many cultures have tried to enhance their appear- ances by placing objects that were considered jewelry through their skin. Evidence of these piercings date back to 2000 B.C., when Egyptians and Macedonians were found wearing ear- rings. Many cultures believed that wearing earrings in the nose and the ears were a rite of passage from child- hood to adulthood. }y : ROOMMATES Continued from Page IA Kaplan has created a Roommate Starter Kit - an outline that initiates a conversation for students to get to know their roommates better. Students having problems with their roommates can check out an online ser- vice, which is designed to help students deal with all types of roommate situa- tions. Deb Kovsky, who works on the web site said the document is useful for all sorts of problems. "It helps a lot with the disasters that can happen when two people are living together," she said. The web site includes a mock con- tract for roommates to sign, which is designed to prevent problems in the future. The contract's terms include adher- ing to correct telephone etiquette, and respecting a roommate's wishes about cleanliness and sleeping habits. The website can be checked out at http://www.swoon.com. Diplomats protest U.S. action in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. moves to prop up Haiti's fragile democ- racy may actually undermine President Rene Garcia Preval and international efforts to help this impoverished nation, diplomats here warn. The arrival earlier this month of 40 heavily armed U.S. diplomatic security agents to protect Preval was the latest incident in what some allies view as a series of shortsighted measures to ensure that Haiti will not become an embarrassment in the six weeks before the U.S. presidential election. "The baby sitters are here," one Latin American diplomat quipped. But other countries that have worked closely with the U.N. peacekeeping mission to main- tain order in Haiti saw less humor in the situation. "This was done out of fear that some- thing is going to go wrong in Haiti and the Republicans are going to use it," said one angry European diplomat. "It was not done in the long-term interests of the United States or the short-term interests of Haiti." iU Haiti has been widely considered a foreign policy triumph for the Clinton administration. U.S. troops interveied two years ago to restore the democr cally elected president who had been deposed in a 1991 coup, stayed through the selection of his successor - Preval - in the cleanest balloting in Haitian history, saw the new president inaugu- rated and withdrew. Plane crashes off Dutch coast DEN H ELDER, Netherlands -- A vintage plane carrying aviation enthusi- asts crashed yesterday off the Dutch coast shortly after its pilot reported engine trouble. All 32 people aboard were killed. A small flotilla of navy and fishing boats headed for the wreckage of the 55-year-old DC-3 Dakota from this fishing town soon after the 4:45 p/m. crash. 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