The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 25, 2002 - 7A Meet and greet U.S. creates FBI office in China BEIJING - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced yesterday the opening of an FBI office in Beijing - a step meant to strengthen U.S.-Chi- nese cooperation in fighting terrorism and international crime. "The United States and China agree that the most important ... response to terrorism is that we act - cooperative- ly and swiftly," Ashcroft said at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy. Washington has repeatedly asked for permission to open an FBI office, but China only agreed in February, when President Bush met with Chinese Pres- ident Jiang Zemin in Beijing. The one-person FBI office is to be staffed by Tony Lau, a 20-year Chi- nese-American veteran of the bureau. According to the agency's website, it has more than 40 such offices world- wide. "We think that this will help the two sides carry out law enforcement and judicial cooperation on the principle of mutual benefits," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. Lau's job will be to promote coop- eration aimed at "curtailing organized and transnational crime ... and in the major endeavor of counterterrorism," Ashcroft said. "That is our highest priority." WESTIN Continued from Page 1A "As a student I watched some fairly historic events here," Westin said, mentioning events including the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Much of Westin's speech detailed the responsibility of news organizations to the public, most specifically "vul- nerabilities in our homeland security." Using current examples such as the threats of Sept. 11, 2001 and the Washington D.C.-area sniper attacks, with former U. S. President John Kennedy's Bay of Pigs circumstances, Westin illustrated the difficulties that ABC News faces on a daily basis. "We get criticized pretty much every day no matter what we cover," Westin told the audience. "But we must never shy away from all the facts people need to know no matter what criticism may come our way." When asked how he decides what is worth publicizing during the audience question-and-answer period, Westin responded that there are two questions all journalists must ask themselves: "Is it important? Do we have it right?" Westin also stated the importance of knowing the validity of news information: "Multiple sources are your best protection." Westin gave several examples in which U. S. gov- ernment officials have tried to interfere with the ABC News's publication of news stories, especially those concerning homeland security. While he admitted that he does sometimes acquiesce to the concerns of the government by delaying news information, Westin emphasized that the public's right to know the news is always his first concern. "The news media should never be affected in our mis- sion to inform the public," Westin said. Westin also spoke of potential costs and difficulties in reporting the news. "I bear some responsibility of some of what is report- ed ... Too often it is impossible to know what the conse- quences of reporting on something or failure to report on something will be," he said Following the event, recent University graduate Jacqueline Camilli commented on her appreciation of Westin's visit. "It was a wonderful opportunity to gain some insight. He shed some light on what a journalist's job is," said Camilli, who was one of the more than 100 people who attended. The event was sponsored by Friends of the University Library, the Office of the Vice President for Communi- cations and the University Libraries. Drug ring leaders receive sentence CHICAGO - Two leaders of a ring that smuggled liquid cocaine in baby- formula cans and rented babies from their parents to lend realism were each sentenced yesterday to 10 years in feder- al prison. Orville Wilson, 31, and Selena John- son, 30, were among 48 defendants con- victed in the case. Female couriers carrying rented babies and formula cans regularly breezed through customs en route from Panama and Jamaica until a cus- toms inspector in Atlanta opened one of the cans. Inspectors discovered rock heroin in the can and liquid cocaine in other taken from the same courier, who was returning to Chicago from a trip to Panama. Other couriers made trips to England, prosecutors said. Six parents who rented their babies to the cocaine couriers have been convicted and sentenced, pros- ecutors said. Wilson and Johnson received reduced sentences for cooperating with investigators. AP PHOTO Former President Bill Clinton and Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townshend greet supporters at a campaign rally in Baltimore yesterday. FLYOVERS Continued from Page 1A Judge Nancy Edmunds and upheld by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in April, calling closed hearing unconstitutional. These rulings were a result of a lawsuit filed at the end of January by a group of plaintiffs including the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Rep. John Conyers (D- Detroit). "When the government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation," Judge Damon Keith wrote in a unanimous opinion that supported the Edmund's deci- sion in April to open Haddad's hear- ings. Nubani said yesterday he was not surprised by Newberry's ruling because he thought Newberry's bias against Haddad was apparent throughout the proceedings. He noted one incident during a pre-hearing conference where New- berry made a rude comment to Had- dad?s attorneys in regard to potential witnesses. "He said, 'I assume that they will bring their green cards or some sort of identification,"' Nubani said, adding that he has had enough cases in immigration court to know witnesses do not need to show their ID. Nubani said during the hearings, Newberry seemed to be hostile toward Haddad by the way he looked at certain witnesses and how he addressed certain motions or ques- tions brought forth by Justice Department attorneys. "He picked on the things that he wanted to hang his hat on during the proceedings," Nubani said. Nubani added Newberry and Jus- tice Department attorneys seemed ignorant about certain issues including Islam. One example he gave was when a lawyer asked Had- dad, "Do you believe everything in the Koran?" Nubani said neither Newberry nor Justice Department attorneys seemed to understand concepts of Islam, such as that all people who accept Islam as a reli- gion believe everything in the Koran. "He is a person who believes 'These Muslims ... must somehow be linked to something," Nubani said. "We can't get a thoughtful per- son to weigh the evidence." Neither Newberry nor Justice Dept. spokesman Charles Miller could be reached for comment yesterday. HADDAD Continued from Page 1A hard along with other universities. ... We are on the side of goodness and will ultimately prevail. It's just one of those things that we have to keep hanging in there," Mar- tin said. , U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) helped pass a bill in late Sept. in the House Appropriations Commit- tee that prevents the FAA from making changes to the flyover regulations already in place. He is also pushing to attach a provision bill that would prevent future waivers. Senator John Breaux (D-La.) proposed an amendment to the Aviation Security Improvement Act that would ban waivers for six months while the Transportation Security Administration takes public comment on a new rule. "Breaux on the Commerce Committee has been very helpful pushing through," Waring said: "Now at the end of the year - it won't help us for this year," he said. But the University hopes this motion will move to the floor by the 2003 football season. In addition to Congress, Ann Arbor Police Chief Dan Oates and Mayor John Hieftje asked U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta to adopt a proposed ban on the michigan daily the flyovers. Other NCAA Division 1-A athletic directors, National Football League and Major League Baseball are all working with the University for stricter regulations and to achieve maximum safety for their fans. The TSA says they are taking serious precautions when granting waivers. Concerned stadium operators can appoint police officials to look over the waivers before pilots are permitted to take off. Waivers are only being dis- tributed to locally known pilots, and both pilots and pas- sengers may be required to undergo fingerprinting and background checks. "Maybe it is an infringement (upon the rights of busi- nesses to advertise) to a certain extent. But, there are a lot of ways to advertise surrounding games, through radio, TV, and renegade programs. We don't try to stop those advertisers," Martin said. But Martin said some businesses feel that sports offi- cials only want to control airspace because they do not get paid for flyovers unlike advertising within programs and some stadiums. "Some people may think preventing flyovers takes rev- enue away from us. But we don't get any additional rev- enue. We receive a fixed revenue from the publishing of programs," Martin said. DVD Continued from Page 1A urday Night Live, the Best of Adam Sandler, stuff like that," said Kosta, who owns a video store in New Jer- sey. "I've just been going on what I see students rent." Students wondering exactly what titles are available will soon be able to check out www.mediaven- dor.com for listings, though it was not available yesterday. They can also request titles through the site. The machine operates through a robotic arm that sorts and selects the DVDs and games. It is also connected to a modem, and it can reboot itself and page a technician if it breaks down. But Kosta said that he's pretty sure the MediaVendor, which has been popular in Europe for years, will take off around Michigan and "If it works, which it has, I think it will catch like hotcakes" - Todd Kosta President, DVD Enterprises the rest of the country soon. "If it works, which it has, I think it will catch like hotcakes," he said. 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