Have earpiece won't testify. (federal court will decide if Secret Service must testify against the president)(United States) From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 23, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

IMAGINE the scene (it is not hard to imagine). At a reception in the White House, the president moves along the line shaking hands. He reaches a smiling man in a crimplene suit and mutters "That shipment was much appreciated, Jack." The smiling man is later arrested for making campaign contributions in envelopes padded out with cocaine; and the only man who knows that the president knew is the Secret Service agent (earpiece, sharp suit, nervously jigging foot) who was standing at his...

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