Men, Plans, a Canal.(implementation of the Panama Canal treaties threatens US security) From: National Review | Date: December 31, 1999| Author: Abrams, Elliott | COPYRIGHT 1999 National Review, Inc. 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

Mr. Abrams, an NR contributing editor, is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He served as assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs in the Reagan administration.

THE close of this year will bring the full implementation of the Panama Canal treaties, and thus the end of America's military presence in Panama. It could not be happening at a worse moment.

The diplomats who negotiated the treaties-as well, of course, as the treaties' cr...

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