Above the Law
Watergate still lives! The days of people in power being above the law are still with us, witness gun smuggler Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III.
Like Richard Nixon, he used his rank to evade prosecution. Seven low ranking military personnel were court-martialed and jailed for the identical crime, but not Adm. Metcalf.
HARRY TOLLER
Douglas, Ariz.
Why could Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III bring home captured weapons from Grenada and get away with it? R.H.I.P.
GEORGE JOHNSEN
Santa Barbara
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