01 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 28, 2003 NATION/WORLD U.S. man on trial for espionage NEWS 1t4BRIEF * ' S* ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The first spy trial in 50 years that could result in the death penalty opened yesterday with prosecutors portraying a retired Air Force master sergeant as willing to sell out his country for a price and his lawyers saying he had nothing of value to offer. Brian Patrick Regan is charged with offering clas- sified information to Iraq, Libya and China. After a jury of seven women and five men was seated, open- ing statements were held in U.S. District Court. "Brian Regan took an oath of loyalty to the United States. It is an oath he did not keep," Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Haynes told jurors. She read a letter that Regan allegedly wrote to Sad- dam Hussein offering information to help Iraq hide anti-aircraft missiles in exchange for $13 million in Swiss francs. "For that he would betray his colleagues, his com- munity and his country," Haynes said. Defense attorney Jonathan Shapiro said Regan never intended to betray the United States and had nothing valuable to sell even if he had intended to. Shapiro said all the information Regan allegedly offered could be obtained commercially. "If Brian Regan had really wanted to sell out the United States, where's the evidence that he took something of value?" he asked. "Countries around the world know that we are imaging them constantly. Because they know about it, they take precautions to hide what they want to hide." Regan retired from the Air Force in August 2000 to work for a defense contractor in the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates spy satellites. A year later, FBI agents pulled Regan off a flight about to leave Washington for Zurich, Switzerland. They said he had a spiral notebook with codes describing images of mis- sile launchers in the flight-interdiction zone of northern Iraq and in China. The FBI said Regan's home computer con- tained the letter to Saddam seeking the money. Court records indicate that Regan, a father of four, was $53,000 in debt. Testifying for the government, FBI Special Agent Steven Carr said the agency had Regan under sur- AP PHOTO Nina Jean Ginsberg and Jonathan Shapiro, defense attorneys for Brian Patrick Regan, speak to the media yesterday. veillance for weeks before he was arrested. He said the FBI tapped Regan's phone, videotaped him at work and tracked all of his'computer keystrokes. NEW YORK Time running out for '60 Minutes' Legendary producer Don Hewitt, who created the first television news- magazine, "60 Minutes," and has run it since the stopwatch began ticking in 1968, announced yesterday he will give up the reins next year. Hewitt, 80, nonetheless signed a new 10-year deal with CBS to continue as an adviser and to create new projects. Jeff Fager, executive producer of "60 Minutes II" and a Hewitt protege, will replace Hewitt at the conclusion of the next television season in June 2004. "60 Minutes," a Sunday night fixture on CBS, is the longest-running, continuous prime-time show ever and still the most popular newsmagazine. With a stable of correspondents led by Mike Wallace and humorist Andy Rooney, Hewitt decides each week what goes on the air. "He really has a unique role in the history of our craft," said CBS News Pres- ident Andrew Heyward. "It's as if you were working in the airline industry and you came to the factory and the Wright Brothers were on the assembly line." Still, his future represented a sticky problem for CBS. Given Hewitt's age, they wanted to set a succession plan without insulting a key figure in the network's histo- ry; Hewitt, meanwhile, has said, "I want to die at my desk." Hewitt said he wasn't sure, until being offered the long-term deal, what CBS wanted from him. "I think it suddenly dawned on them that I had a lot more to offer them," he said. WASHINGTON New scans shed light on multiple sclerosis It's one of the biggest frustrations in treating multiple sclerosis: Someone with debilitating symptoms can have an MRI scan of the brain that, inexpli- cably, shows only a tiny spot of damage. A Duke University scientist calls that spot the tip of the iceberg, discovering that MS patients actually can have 2 1/2 times more damage there than the regu- lar MRI detected - plus more hidden abnormalities lurking elsewhere. A new scan that adds just 10 minutes to a standard MRI uncovered the trouble, tracking damage building deep in the brain by measuring how water flows through nerve fibers. Testing of the new scans is in early stages, but the government-invented tech- nology could lead to earlier diagnosis and better treatment of MS - as well as improvements in other brain diseases from schizophrenia to cancerous tumors. In fact, Duke physicians consider the new scans so useful that the North Carolina hospital is believed the first to give this "tensor diffusion imaging" to every person prescribed a standard brain MRI regardless of the reason - resulting in a unique library of normal and abnormal brain anatomy. I Likud predicted to win Israel election e r -V 'co 332. S. STAE INIDE BIVOUAC "734.663.7248 - The University of Michigan Department of Dermatology is currently offering new research study for subjects with psoriasis. Office visits and experimental agent are provided free of charge to eligible participants. If you are 18 years of age or older and in good general health, you may be eligible. For more information, please call: (734) 764-DERM P.. 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Many voters have simply despaired of a quick end to 28 months of fighting FBI Continued from Page 1. speakers that come to campus, but we do have regular communication with DPS," Stejskal said. In the past, the FBI obtained information through the University on the Unabomber Ted Kazynski, who had a connection to the University, added Stejskal. Although the FBI says they do not JOURNALISTS Continued from Page 1 who commits to his or her role as an observer," said Tom Rosenstiel, a jour- nalism professor at Columbia Univer- sity. "Our commitment is to tell the truth." He added it is the media's responsibility to explain their job and create a stronger partnership and rela- tionship with the public. In order to do this effectively, jour- nalists and experts have to work together. However, Ed Thompson, Deputy Director for Public Health Programs and Services for the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Preven- tion does not believe this is necessarily the case. He said most people in the public health sector view the media as an "interruption" rather than an integral part to public health and an entity that has contact and access to the population. Thompson credits this dichotomy to. the different goals of journalists and experts. He said that the desire of sci- entists to confirm and present only accurate information, regardless of the amount of time it takes, does not corre- spond to the media's desire to report the story quickly. He stresses the importance to bridge the communica- tion gap he feels is present. Ashleigh Banfield, NBC anchor and correspondent, said that experts and journalists must work together. "Experts are difficult to come by. You should really put yourself out there, she said. If experts share their knowl- edge with reporters, Banfield added, the public can benefit by learning about the situation and how to deal with it. FIRE Continued from Page 1 destroyed by the fire." Neighbors said the blaze caught them off-guard, as fire trucks, Ann Arbor Police Department squad cars and Red Cross emergency vehicles filled up the blocks surrounding the house. Both Division and Ann were temporarily sealed off while firefighters worked to stop the blaze. The cause and origin of the fire are still unknown, Johnson said, adding that city fire inspectors were at the scene from early afternoon and working throughout the evening, using flashlights as they walked through the rubble. Johnson estimated that inspectors would determine the cause within the that has killed more than 2,800 people, three-fourths of them on the Palestin- ian side. "No one really expects the dawn of a new day - at most the twilight of an old evening," commentator Hemi Shalev wrote in the Maariv daily. "It is likely ... that what was, will be" About 4.7 million of Israel's 6.6 mil- lion citizens are eligible to vote, with 27 parties competing for 120 seats in par- liament. The nearly 8,000 polling sta- tions are to open at 7 a.m. local time today (midnight EST) and close at 10 p.m. (3 p.m. EST). At that time, three Israeli TV stations plan to broadcast exit polls or telephone surveys. Complete returns are expected tomorrow, and offi- cial results will be announced Feb. 8. closely watch the University community, government agencies might still follow certain groups of students. "Government agencies could obtain a list of Arab sounding names of stu- dents who attend the University," Doug Lewis, director of the Student Legal Services said. "Foreign students have even less protection of rights than American cit- izens," said Wendy Wagenheim of the Michigan ACLU. "People around the world are much btter informed about the United States than the United States is about the rest of the world," said Christiane Amanpour, chief international corre- spondent for CNN. She feels nny issues that have arisen between cul- tures and countries after Sept. 11 are due to a lack of knowledge looming across the globe. She explained that people are "talking across each other and through each other," and informa- tion is being reported through a "politi- cal prism. Charles Eisendrath, director of Knight-Wallace Fellows at the Univer- sity, said, "the United States is in a totally new position. We have never before been in open-ended warfare with an enemy not well-defined and with no specific objective." So the question is how prepared are the media and health experts to address their respective issues. The consensus is that the media and the experts are taking precautions and learning pew methods to deal with cur- rent crises. But as Kevin Klose, presi- dent of National Public Radio said, "What we are and what we must do is understand our vulnerabilities." He added it is crucial to understand and accept flaws because only then can they learn how to improve disseminat- ing information. James Baker, director of the Univer- sity Center for Biologic Nanotechnolo- gy, said it is important to be honest with the information. "We need tobe careful what we say and tell people." He said reporters should not be aggres- sive on the wrong points and be sure not to scare the public by exaggerating information. By 3:30 p.m., Red Cross staff was offering student tenants relocation assis- tance and offering them blankets, bed- ding and groceries. Spokeswoman Pamela Reading-Smith said last night that most of the tenants, many of whom are students, found housing with friends or through Ann Arbor Realty. A representative rom Ann Arbor Realty could not be reached for com- ment yesterday. Only one student accepted the Red Cross's offer so far, but Reading- Smith said she expects at least four others to require long-term housing accommodations. "Five units have been completely destroyed," she said. "We're assuming those people will never be able to get back in there. They may need some NEW YORK Internet worm hits world's computers A virus-like Internet worm that had crippled tens of thousands of comput- ers during the weekend caused limited network disruptions yesterday as employees returned to work. Though the worm had been largely contained by Saturday evening, securi- ty experts saw a slight increase in attacks yesterday as the work days began in Asia and Europe. "There seems to be lots of comput- ers which were off during the weekend and are now turned on," said Mikko Hypponen, manager of antivirus research at F-Secure Corp. in Finland. Internet Security Systems Inc. of Atlanta saw another wave begin shortly after 9 a.m., corresponding to U.S. business hours. The latest attacks, however, were, nowhere near in intensity.Saturday's out- break, which congested the network for countless Internet users and even dis- abled Bank of America cash machines. NEW YORK Fear of war causes Dow Jones decline War fears pummeled Wall Street yesterday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials below the 8,000 level for the first time in three months and sending the overall market lower for the seventh time in eight sessions. Investors unloaded shares as U.N. weapons inspectors reported that Iraq failed to cooperate in helping their searches for arms and said inspections need more time. Investors were also cautious ahead of President Bush's State of the Union address today. The Dow closed down 141.45, or 1.7 percent, at 7,989.56. The blue chips last traded below 8,000 on Oct. 15 and last closed below that level Oct. 14, when they stood at 7,877.40. The Dow suffered its fifth triple- digit decline in six sessions and its seventh loss in eight sessions.- WASHINGTON Court orders return of wireless licenses The Supreme Court ordered the gov- ernment yesterday to give back billions of dollars worth of unused wireless licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc., a decision that could lead tbettersereice and more options for cellular customers in many major American cities. The airwaves slices have been in limbo during a protracted fight between NextWave and an agency that confiscated the licenses and resold them at a huge profit after NextWave filed for bankruptcy protection. The high court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to take away licens- es from the company while it was reor- ganizing its finances. 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