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An appeals court held that a president can appoint acting officers long after that president has left office. The Supreme Court should reverse that decision.

GERALD. FORD'S APPEARANCES AS A CONGRESSIONAL WITNESS, LIKE THOSE OF TAFT, HOOVER, AND TRUMAN BEFORE HIM, PROVIDED RELATIVELY LITTLE NEW INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL EVENTS OF HIS INCUMBENCY. STILL, EACH DID MEET WHAT CONGRESS CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE NEED FOR THEIR EXPERTISE. WITHOUT QUESTION, THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHEN PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS PROMPTED TESTIMONY, BUT THE UNIQUE INSIGHTS FREQUENTLY GLEANED FROM THESE PRESENTATIONS GENERALLY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BOTH WORTHWHILE AND MEANINGFUL OF ALL CONCERNED. AND THEY WERE NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE DARK CLOUD OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONFRONTATION. EVEN RICHARD NIXON, IN HIS OWN WAY, RECOGNIZED THE USEFULNESS OF SUCH DISCUSSIONS WHEN HE SPOKE FOR FIFTY-MINUTES INFORMALLY ON THE TELEPHONE WITH FIVE MEMBERS OF A HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUNE 15, 1977. THAT CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WHICH LED TO THE JANUARY 26, 1973 VIETNAM CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT AND A LETTER NIXON, AS PRESIDENT, SENT TO HANOI A WEEK LATER PROMISING $4.75 BILLION IN POSTWAR AID OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. CONGRESS DID NOT LEARN OF THE PROMISED AID UNTIL DECEMBER 1975, WHEN THE VIETNAMESE BEGAN ASKING FOR THE REPARATIONS AS PART OF AN OVERALL RESTORATION OF RELATIONS AND THE CONTINUED RELEASE OF INFORMATION ON AMERICAN MISSING IN ACTION.133 NIXON'S JUNE 1977 PHONE CALL FROM SAN CLEMENTE TO THE RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WAS, IN A SENSE, A COMPROMISE. A MONTH EARLIER, NIXON HAD REFUSED TO TESTIFY IN PERSON BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASPY: 1983

Der Verfasser legt einen Bericht über die Gerichtsverhandlung gegen den ehemaligen albanischen Präsidenten Alia vor, der sich wegen Veruntreuung von Staatseigentum und Verletzung der Rechte und Freiheiten albanischer Bürger zu verantworten hatte. Alia wies alle Anschuldigungen zurück, bekannte sich zu seiner politischen Vergangenheit und verurteilte das Verfahren gegen ihn als politische Justiz. Mehr als 150 Zeugenaussagen gegen Alia wurden gehört. Zusammen mit Alia wurden neun weitere Repräsentanten des kommunistischen Regimes angeklagt und verurteilt. Die albanische Öffentlichkeit beachtete das Verfahren gegen Alia und seine Mitangeklagten kaum. (BIOst-Wpt)