NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Silencing of Inmate on Quayle Is Denied
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Bureau of Prisons denied that an inmate was held incommunicado four days before the 1988 presidential election to silence his allegation that he sold marijuana to Vice President Dan Quayle. The prisoner, held in a federal prison in El Reno, Okla., was placed in a special punishment cell on the orders of Bureau of Prisons Director J. Michael Quinlan. But a bureau spokesman said the convict--Brett Kimberlin--was ordered into special detention because of concerns about his safety.
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