( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Castleman ) ) ( NP ( NNP LIT ) ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interview ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN loss ) ) ( VP ( VBD stemmed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN default ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS options ) ( NNS traders ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN bet ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN price ) ( NN rise ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP UAL ) ( NNP Corp. ) ( NNS shares ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Christopher Castleman LIT chief executive said in an interview that the loss stemmed from the default of three options traders who had bet on a price rise in UAL Corp. shares before Oct. 13


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN price ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NN leveraged ) ( NN buy-out ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN airline ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB through ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The price plummeted after a proposed leveraged buy-out of the airline fell through


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP LIT ) ( NNPS Holdings ) ( NNS shares ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ( NP-ADV ( CD 36 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 54 ) ( NNS pence ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 85 ) ( NNS cents ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 40 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN drop ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP London ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN stock ) ( NN exchange ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

LIT Holdings shares plummeted 36 pence to close at 54 pence 85 cents a 40 % drop on London 's stock exchange


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Denizens ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP London ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN district ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG cushioning ) ( NP ( PRP themselves ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ heavy ) ( NNS blows ) ) ) ) ) )

Denizens of London 's financial district are cushioning themselves for heavy blows


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NN lot ) ( JJR more ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NNS customers ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG staying ) ( PP-TMP ( IN until ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( CD 10 ) ( RB p.m. ) ( NN closing ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Brown ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG managing ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Corney ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Barrow ) ( NNPS Restaurants ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( JJ tony ) ( NN wine ) ( NNS bars ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN district ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

A lot more of our customers are staying until our 10 p.m. closing time says Christopher Brown managing director of Corney & Barrow Restaurants Ltd. which runs five tony wine bars in the district


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( EX There ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN sense ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN martini ) ( NN set ) ) ) ( SBAR-2 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJR more ) ( PRN ( JJ bad ) ( NN news ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB come ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ asserts ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Roger ) ( NNP Yates ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN investment ) ( NN officer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Morgan ) ( NNP Grenfell ) ( NNP Asset ) ( NNP Management ) ) ) ) ) )

There 's a strong sense among the martini set that there 's more bad news to come asserts Roger Yates chief investment officer at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS People ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN stock ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-EXT ( RB very ) ( JJ much ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNP Thatcher ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS children ) ) ( NP ( RB very ) ( JJ young ) ( CC and ) ( JJ wealthy ) ( NNS optimists ) ) ) ) )

People in the stock market were very much Thatcher 's children very young and wealthy optimists


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Now ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG dawning ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ non-wealthy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Now it 's dawning on them that they can be non-wealthy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN malaise ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN created ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ nostalgic ) ( NN longing ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ uncomplicated ) ( NNS days ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS mid-1980s ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN rash ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN securities-firm ) ( NNS mergers ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN eve ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN deregulation ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The malaise has created a nostalgic longing for the uncomplicated days of the mid-1980s before a rash of securities-firm mergers on the eve of the industry 's deregulation in 1986


( SINV ( S-TPC-4 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP come ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VB like ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB back ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-3 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS years ) ) ( RB ago ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ collegial ) ) ( NN atmosphere ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJR less ) ( NN tension ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stephen ) ( NNP Waterhouse ) ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG managing ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Hanover ) ( NNPS Partners ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ financial ) ( NN district ) ( NN head-hunting ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ) )

People come to us saying they 'd like to be back where they were a few years ago in a more collegial atmosphere with less tension says Stephen Waterhouse managing director of Hanover Partners Ltd. a financial district head-hunting firm


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( NN trading ) ( NNS losses ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ mid-October ) ( NN market ) ( NNS jolts ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ many ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ lucky ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( NNS jobs ) ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( DT all ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS executives ) ) ( VP ( VBP predict ) ) )

But after trading losses in the mid-October market jolts here many people will be lucky to have jobs at all executives predict


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN industry ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB currently ) ) ( VP ( VBZ employs ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 25,000 ) ) ( NNS people ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN shed ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 2,500 ) ) ( NNS jobs ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ) )

The industry which currently employs about 25,000 people in London has shed about 2,500 jobs over the past two years


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS cuts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD 20 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJR more ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP London ) ( NN office ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ) )

I can see cuts of at least 20 % more says the head of the London office of a major U.S. firm


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS mergers ) ( CC and ) ( NNS acquisitions ) ( NN market ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG saving ) ( NN grace ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN industry ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS uncertainties ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG beginning ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB mount ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB even ) ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The mergers and acquisitions market has been a saving grace for the industry but uncertainties are beginning to mount even there


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Intra-European ) ( NNS takeovers ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP-MNR ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ brisk ) ( NN pace ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Intra-European takeovers are expected to continue at their brisk pace


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN investment ) ( NNS bankers ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN stock ) ( NN market ) ( NNS uncertainties ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB cause ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ many ) ( JJ European ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB mark ) ( NP ( NN time ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN before ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( NN bidding ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS companies ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN hope ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN share ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB come ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But investment bankers say that stock market uncertainties in the U.S. may cause many European companies to mark time before bidding for American companies in the hope that share prices will come down


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS States ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP go ) ( PRT ( RP down ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( JJ industrial ) ( NNS buyers ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Europe ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN opportunity ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( NP ( JJ reasonable ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Francois ) ( NNP von ) ( NNP Hurter ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chief ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Continential ) ( NNP M&A ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Credit ) ( NNP Suisse ) ( JJ First ) ( NNP Boston ) ( NNP Ltd ) ) ) ) ) )

If prices in the States go down industrial buyers in Europe have the opportunity of getting reasonable prices in the U.S. says Francois von Hurter chief of Continential M&A at Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN Everybody ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN sister ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN opened ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NNP M&A ) ( NNS shops ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But he adds Everybody and his sister have opened up M&A shops


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ difficult ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ enough ) ( NN business ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( PRT ( RP around ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It 's difficult to see that there 's going to be enough business to go around


( S ( NP-SBJ ( QP ( IN About ) ( CD eight ) ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN lion ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) )

About eight firms will get the lion 's share


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS others ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lot ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS disappointments ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN after ) ( NP ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT those ) ( NNS promises ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PDT all ) ( DT that ) ( JJ big ) ( NN money ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN paid ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the others there are going to be a lot of disappointments after all those promises and all that big money that 's been paid to people


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( DT all ) ( VP ( VBZ adds ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ cold ) ( NN winter ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB here ) ) ) ) ) )

It all adds up to a cold winter here


( SINV ( VP ( VBZ Says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Allen ) ( NNP D. ) ( NNP Wheat ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN trading ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNPS Bankers ) ( NNP Trust ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ) ) ) ( S-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB just ) ) ( RB plain ) ( JJ scared ) ) ) ) )

Says Allen D. Wheat head of trading at Bankers Trust Co. People are just plain scared


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( CD One ) ( NN person ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB past ) ( S ( VP ( VBG worrying ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP London ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS blues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NNP Christopher ) ( NNP Hartley ) ) ) )

One person who is past worrying about London 's blues is Christopher Hartley


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN summer ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD chucked ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ 10-year ) ( NN career ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP London ) ( NN stockbroker ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD headed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS mountains ) ) ) ) ) )

Last summer he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB stop ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Jackson ) ( NNP Hole ) ) ( NP ( NNP Wyo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He did n't stop until he got to Jackson Hole Wyo


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 'm ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ glad ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADVP-PRD ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ 32-year-old ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Hartley ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN phone ) ( NN interview ) ) ) )

I 'm glad to be out said the 32-year-old Mr. Hartley in a phone interview


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN percentage ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN day ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( S ( VP ( VBG twiddling ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NNS thumbs ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR greater ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN work ) ( NN day ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( S ( VP ( VBG getting ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR longer ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The percentage of your day spent twiddling your thumbs got greater and the work day kept getting longer


( SBARQ ( WHNP ( WP What ) ) ( SQ ( VBP am ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBG doing ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Jackson ) ( NNP Hole ) ) ) ) ) )

What am I doing in Jackson Hole


( NP ( RB Not ) ( DT a ) ( JJ great ) ( NN deal ) )

Not a great deal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ My ) ( NN wife ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP I ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB stay ) ( UCP-EXT ( UCP ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN skiing ) ( NN season ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( SBAR ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN money ) ) ( VP ( VBZ runs ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT whichever ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ comes ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB first ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

My wife and I will stay through the skiing season or until the money runs out whichever comes first


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( IN unlike ) ( NP ( NNP London ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN out ) ( NP ( RB here ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP 've ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB never ) ) ( VP ( VBN heard ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN anybody ) ) ( VP ( VB blow ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN car ) ( NN horn ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN anger ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But unlike London out here I 've never heard anybody blow a car horn in anger


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Oncor ) ( NNP Inc. ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Gaithersburg ) ) ( NP ( NNP Md. ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( NP ( NN approval ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Food ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Drug ) ( NNP Administration ) ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB market ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ genetic ) ( NN test ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB assist ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN diagnosis ) ( CC and ) ( NN treatment ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NN leukemia ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN lymph ) ( NN cancer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Oncor Inc. Gaithersburg Md. said it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a genetic test that will assist in diagnosis and treatment of leukemia and lymph cancer


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP B\/T ) ( NN gene ) ( NN rearrangement ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ accurate ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( VBG existing ) ( NNS tests ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG diagnosing ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN type ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN cancer ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spread ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recurrence ) ) ( VP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NN treatment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Oncor ) ( NNP President ) ( NNP Stephen ) ( NNP Turner ) ) )

The B\/T gene rearrangement test is more accurate than existing tests for diagnosing the type of cancer whether it has spread or whether there is a recurrence following treatment said Oncor President Stephen Turner


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-PRP ( RB initially ) ) ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-MNR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN conjunction ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS biopsies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS tests ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB eventually ) ) ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN benchmark ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN tumor ) ( NN analysis ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Turner said the test initially will be used in conjunction with biopsies and other tests but eventually might become the benchmark for tumor analysis


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN shipped ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 45 ) ( NNS days ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS hospitals ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ clinical ) ( NNS laboratories ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Turner said the test will be shipped in 45 days to hospitals and clinical laboratories


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Wyndham ) ( NNP Wilson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cancer ) ( NN treatment ) ( NN specialist ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Cancer ) ( NNP Institute ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB widely ) ) ( VBN used ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN research ) ( NNS centers ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG having ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN impact ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB only ) ( RB occasionally ) ) ( JJ useful ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG choosing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( JJS most ) ( JJ effective ) ) ( NN treatment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dr. Wyndham Wilson a cancer treatment specialist at the National Cancer Institute said the test is widely used in research centers but is n't having a major impact because it is only occasionally useful in choosing the most effective treatment


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB prove ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ sensitive ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG determining ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NN tumor ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN spread ) ( CC or ) ( VBN returned ) ( PP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NN treatment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Dr. ) ( NNP Wilson ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

But the test may prove to be more sensitive in determining whether a tumor has spread or returned following treatment Dr. Wilson said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB know ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB yet ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB how ) ( ADJP ( JJ useful ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

We do n't know yet how useful it 's going to be he said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Oncor ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ six-year-old ) ( NN developer ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ genetic ) ( JJ medical ) ( NNS tests ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ projects ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN cancer ) ( NN test ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB help ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB post ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ first-ever ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN quarter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1990 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

Oncor a six-year-old developer of genetic medical tests projects that the cancer test will help it to post its first-ever profit during the first quarter of 1990 Mr. Turner said


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB charge ) ( NP ( CD 35 ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN test ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBZ projects ) ( NP ( NP ( IN about ) ( QP ( CD 2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN revenue ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN test ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( CD 12 ) ( NNS months ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN marketing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )

The company will charge 35 for a test and projects about 2 million in revenue from the test during the first 12 months of marketing he said


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Thomas ) ( NNP H. ) ( NNP Johnson ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Coatedboard ) ( NN division ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mead ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Manville ) ( NNP Forest ) ( NNPS Products ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Manville ) ( NN unit ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ senior ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Manville ) ( NNP Corp ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Thomas H. Johnson president of the Coatedboard division of Mead Corp. was named president of Manville Forest Products Corp. a Manville unit and senior vice president of Manville Corp


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Johnson ) ) ( VP ( VBZ succeeds ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Harry ) ( NNP W. ) ( NNP Sherman ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD resigned ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pursue ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS positions ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Johnson succeeds Harry W. Sherman who resigned to pursue other interests in both positions


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Manville ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN building ) ( CC and ) ( NN forest ) ( NNS products ) ( NN concern ) ) ) )

Manville is a building and forest products concern


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Maj. ) ( NNP Moises ) ( NNP Giroldi ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN leader ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ abortive ) ( NN coup ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN buried ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN body ) ) ( VP ( VBD bore ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ several ) ( NN gunshot ) ( NNS wounds ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN cracked ) ( NN skull ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( VBN broken ) ( NNS legs ) ( CC and ) ( NNS ribs ) ) ) ) )

When Maj. Moises Giroldi the leader of the abortive coup in Panama was buried his body bore several gunshot wounds a cracked skull and broken legs and ribs


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN signature ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN adversary ) ) ( NP ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN leader ) ( NNP Manuel ) ( NNP Antonio ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They were the signature of his adversary Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ-2001 ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN rebel ) ( NN officer ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ slow ) ( CC and ) ( JJ painful ) ( NN death ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN Battalion-2000 ) ( NN squad ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB personally ) ) ( VBN supervised ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN official ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NN access ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS reports ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The rebel officer 's slow and painful death at the headquarters of Panama 's Battalion-2000 squad was personally supervised by Gen. Noriega says a U.S. official with access to intelligence reports


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG Leaping ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NNS rages ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG sinking ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS bouts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN drunkenness ) ( CC and ) ( NN mistrust ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN put ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN death ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( CD 70 ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS troops ) ) ( VP ( VBN involved ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN coup ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBG monitoring ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNS crematoriums ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN funeral ) ( NNS parlors ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( NNP City ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Leaping into rages sinking into bouts of drunkenness and mistrust Mr. Noriega has put to death some 70 of his troops involved in the coup according to U.S. officials monitoring crematoriums and funeral parlors in Panama City


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( VP ( VBG changing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN place ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ sleeps ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( DT every ) ( NN night ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( QP ( RB sometimes ) ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( RB once ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN night ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He is now changing the place he sleeps every night sometimes more than once a night


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ His ) ( NNS meals ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RBS most ) ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBN prepared ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( NP ( NNS women ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ trusts ) ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ full-time ) ( NN mistress ) ) ( NP ( NNP Vicky ) ( NNP Amado ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ her ) ( NN mother ) ) ( NP ( NNP Norma ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His meals are most often prepared by women he trusts his full-time mistress Vicky Amado and her mother Norma


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG collecting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS names ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD telephoned ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS coup-makers ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB congratulate ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN during ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ brief ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN control ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS headquarters ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And he is collecting the names of those who telephoned the coup-makers to congratulate them during their brief time in control of his headquarters


( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( JJR More ) ( NNS enemies ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN dealt ) ( PP ( IN with ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

More enemies to be dealt with


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rebellion ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB hesitantly ) ) ( VBD backed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( PP-PRD ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJS most ) ( JJ brutal ) ( PRN ( CC and ) ( JJ efficient ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG maintaining ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the two weeks since the rebellion which the U.S. hesitantly backed Mr. Noriega has been at his most brutal and efficient in maintaining power


( S ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( VBN failed ) ( NN coup ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ( NN embarrassment ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( RB merely ) ( DT the ) ( JJS latest ) ( NN chapter ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ byzantine ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ stretches ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ( NP-TMP ( CD three ) ( NNS decades ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet while the failed coup is a major U.S. foreign policy embarrassment it is merely the latest chapter in a byzantine relationship between Mr. Noriega and Washington that stretches back three decades


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP America ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN war ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dictator ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN over ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD two ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( VBG following ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN drug ) ( NNS charges ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP February ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN legacy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN relationship ) ) ) ) ) )

America 's war on the dictator over the past two years following his indictment on drug charges in February 1988 is the legacy of that relationship


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( IN Before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ American ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ) ( VP ( VBD set ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB destroy ) ( NP ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( VP ( VB create ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN crucible ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long ) ( NN history ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS conspirators ) ( CC and ) ( NNS pirates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Before American foreign policy set out to destroy Noriega it helped create him out of the crucible of Panama 's long history of conspirators and pirates


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( QP ( JJS most ) ( IN of ) ( DT the ) ( JJ past ) ( CD 30 ) ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN marriage ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN convenience ) ) ) ) ) )

For most of the past 30 years the marriage was one of convenience


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( CD 1960 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN example ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( PDT both ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cadet ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ elite ) ( JJ military ) ( NN academy ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Peru ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN spy-in-training ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-3 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN detained ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Lima ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( ADVP ( RB allegedly ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG raping ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB savagely ) ) ( VBG beating ) ) ( NP-2 ( DT a ) ( NN prostitute ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Embassy ) ( NN cable ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In 1960 for example when Mr. Noriega was both a cadet at an elite military academy in Peru and a spy-in-training for the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency he was detained by Lima authorities for allegedly raping and savagely beating a prostitute according to a U.S. Embassy cable from that period


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN woman ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB nearly ) ) ( VBN died ) ) ) )

The woman had nearly died


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN intelligence ) ) ( SBAR ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ( S ( VP ( VP ( VB rein ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB in ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( ADJP ( JJ loose ) ) ) ( NP-3 ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ new ) ( NN spy ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB merely ) ) ( VP ( VBD filed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN report ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB away ) ) ) )

But U.S. intelligence rather than rein in or cut loose its new spy merely filed the report away


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS tips ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG emerging ) ( NNS leftists ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN school ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBN deemed ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ important ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega 's tips on emerging leftists at his school were deemed more important to U.S. interests


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN From ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN point ) ( IN on ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN practice ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG overlooking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Panamanian ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS misadventures ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

From that point on the U.S. would make a practice of overlooking the Panamanian 's misadventures


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN befriended ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ) ( VBD turned ) ( PP ( IN against ) ) ) ( NP-4 ( NP ( JJ many ) ( NNS dictators ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( NP ( NN none ) ) ( ADJP ( RB quite ) ( RB so ) ( JJ resourceful ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. has befriended and later turned against many dictators but none quite so resourceful


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( JJ 55-year-old ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ smooth ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN shah ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Iran ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ well-born ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nicaragua ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Anastasio ) ( NNP Somoza ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ imperial ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ferdinand ) ( NNP Marcos ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Philippines ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ bloody ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Haiti ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Baby ) ( NNP Doc ) ( NNP Duvalier ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The 55-year-old Mr. Noriega is n't as smooth as the shah of Iran as well-born as Nicaragua 's Anastasio Somoza as imperial as Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines or as bloody as Haiti 's Baby Doc Duvalier


( S ( CC Yet ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN proved ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ resilient ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet he has proved more resilient than any of them


( S ( CC And ) ( ADVP ( IN out ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN necessity ) ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VP ( VB make ) ( NP ( NNS mistakes ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( VB hope ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remove ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ single ) ( NN error ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN part ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB cost ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) )

And out of necessity The U.S. can make mistakes and still hope to remove him from power but a single error on his part could cost him his life


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBD underestimated ) ( NP ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( DT all ) ( IN along ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Ambler ) ( NNP Moss ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NN Ambassador ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. underestimated Noriega all along says Ambler Moss a former Ambassador to Panama


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN mastered ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN art ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN survival ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He has mastered the art of survival


( S ( PP ( IN In ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG keeping ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP America ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ long ) ( NN history ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG propping ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ recent ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS actions ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN extended ) ) ( CONJP ( RB rather ) ( IN than ) ) ( VP ( VBN shortened ) ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN survival ) ) ) ) )

In keeping with America 's long history of propping up Mr. Noriega recent U.S. actions have extended rather than shortened his survival


( SINV-1 ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN fallen ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ( NN weight ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN because ) ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ dire ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN situation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Moss ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( VBG increasing ) ( JJ external ) ( NN pressure ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB only ) ) ( VP ( VBN given ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS excuses ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN repression ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN scapegoat ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ own ) ( NN mismanagement ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega might have fallen of his own weight in 1988 because of Panama 's dire economic situation says Mr. Moss but increasing external pressure has only given him additional excuses for repression and a scapegoat for his own mismanagement


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VP ( VBN sat ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB back ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBN done ) ( NP ( NN nothing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( RB not ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Moss ) ) ( VP ( VBZ contends ) ) )

If the U.S. had sat back and done nothing he might not have made it through 1988 Mr. Moss contends


( S ( ADJP ( RB Perhaps ) ( RBS most ) ( JJ important ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS allies ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN intervened ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB encourage ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NNS cases ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB demand ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN dictator ) ) ( VP ( VB maintain ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN grip ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN throne ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Perhaps most important Mr. Noriega 's allies have intervened to encourage in some cases to demand that the dictator maintain his grip of the throne


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( JJ Colombian ) ( NN drug ) ( NN boss ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN upon ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( NN hearing ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1987 ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG negotiating ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB abandon ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN command ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ comfortable ) ( NN exile ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ hand-sized ) ( NN mahogany ) ( NN coffin ) ) ( VP ( VBN engraved ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN name ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One Colombian drug boss upon hearing in 1987 that Gen. Noriega was negotiating with the U.S. to abandon his command for a comfortable exile sent him a hand-sized mahogany coffin engraved with his name


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ cornered ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Rev. ) ( NNP Fernando ) ( NNP Guardia ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN led ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Catholic ) ( NNP Church ) ( NN opposition ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He is cornered says the Rev. Fernando Guardia who has led Catholic Church opposition against Noriega


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNPS Americans ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN left ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN without ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN way ) ( IN out ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Americans have left him without a way out


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ easy ) ) ( S-6 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fight ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ( NN option ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It is easy to fight when you do n't have any other option


( FRAG ( NP ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( NN chief ) ( NN advantage ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN fight ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ intimate ) ( NN knowledge ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS ways ) ( CC and ) ( NNS weaknesses ) ) ) ) ) )

His chief advantage in the fight his intimate knowledge of American ways and weaknesses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB often ) ) ( VP ( VBZ tells ) ( NP ( NNS friends ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN patience ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS best ) ( NN weapon ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS gringos ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ short ) ( NN attention ) ( NN span ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ little ) ( NN stomach ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( VBG lasting ) ( NN confrontation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega often tells friends that patience is the best weapon against the gringos who have a short attention span and little stomach for lasting confrontation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBD discovered ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ young ) ( NNP Tony ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ late ) ( CD 1959 ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ second ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chorrillos ) ( NNP Military ) ( NNP Academy ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Lima ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ former ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. discovered the young Tony Noriega in late 1959 when he was in his second year at the Chorrillos Military Academy in Lima according to former U.S. intelligence officials


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN contact ) ) ( VP ( VBD occurred ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN half-brother ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN diplomat ) ) ( VP ( VBN based ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Peru ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN named ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NNP Luis ) ( NNP Carlos ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( NNP Hurtado ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The contact occurred through Mr. Noriega 's half-brother a Panamanian diplomat based in Peru named Luis Carlos Noriega Hurtado


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Luis ) ( NNP Carlos ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG knowing ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG helping ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Americans ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB advance ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN career ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD relayed ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Tony ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS reports ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ leftist ) ( NNS tendencies ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD observed ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( PP ( IN among ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN fellow ) ( NNS students ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RBR more ) ( JJ important ) ) ( PP ( IN among ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS officers ) ( CC and ) ( NNS instructors ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Luis Carlos knowing that helping the Americans could advance the career of any Panamanian officer relayed Tony 's reports on the leftist tendencies he observed among his fellow students and more important among his officers and instructors


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT A ) ( NN spy ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN born ) ) ) )

A spy was born


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ heady ) ( NN experience ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN pockmarked ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB slightly ) ( VBN built ) ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN known ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS friends ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cara ) ( DT la ) ( NNP Pina ) ) ( NP ( NN pineapple ) ( NN face ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was a heady experience for the pockmarked and slightly built Mr. Noriega who was known to his friends as Cara la Pina pineapple face


( S ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBN Born ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ illegitimate ) ( NN son ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN father ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN maid ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN raised ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ mean ) ( NNS streets ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ central ) ( NN market ) ( NN district ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( NNP City ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Born the illegitimate son of his father 's maid he was raised on the mean streets of the central market district of Panama City


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Tony ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( NP ( CD four ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJR older ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( JJS most ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN fellow ) ( NNS cadets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( NP ( NN admission ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN academy ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN brother ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN falsified ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN birth ) ( NN certificate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Tony was four years older than most of his fellow cadets and gained admission to the academy because his brother had falsified his birth certificate


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD considered ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP himself ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB intellectually ) ( JJ superior ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ Peruvian ) ( NNS peers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( DT many ) ( WHPP ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WP whom ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ wayward ) ( NNS sons ) ) ( VP ( VBN sent ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ well-off ) ( NNS families ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( RB highly ) ( VBN disciplined ) ) ( JJ French-modeled ) ( NN academy ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sort ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN reform ) ( NN school ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He considered himself intellectually superior to his Peruvian peers many of whom were wayward sons sent by their well-off families to the highly disciplined French-modeled academy as a sort of reform school


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ peaked ) ( JJ military ) ( NN cap ) ( CC and ) ( ADJP ( RB neatly ) ( VBN pressed ) ) ( JJ French-made ) ( NN uniform ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD felt ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( VBN respected ) ( CC and ) ( JJ powerful ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( RB ever ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ underprivileged ) ( NN life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS friends ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN period ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) )

In his peaked military cap and neatly pressed French-made uniform Noriega felt more respected and powerful than ever in his underprivileged life friends from the period say


( SINV ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ elegant ) ( NN uniform ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ gold ) ( NNS buttons ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN country ) ) ( SBAR-LOC ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN cult ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN militarism ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS officers ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN elite ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ special ) ( NNS privileges ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Darien ) ( NNP Ayala ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN fellow ) ( NN student ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Peru ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ lifelong ) ( NN friend ) ) ) ) )

He had an elegant uniform with gold buttons in a country where there was a cult of militarism where officers were the elite with special privileges recalls Darien Ayala a fellow student in Peru and a lifelong friend


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN relationship ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ contractual ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT either ) ( CD 1966 ) ( CC or ) ( CD 1967 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ) )

Mr. Noriega 's relationship to American intelligence agencies became contractual in either 1966 or 1967 intelligence officials say


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ His ) ( JJ commanding ) ( NN officer ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chiriqui ) ( NNP Province ) ( NN garrison ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP Major ) ( NNP Omar ) ( NNP Torrijos ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ intriguing ) ( NN assignment ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB organize ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN province ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN service ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

His commanding officer at the Chiriqui Province garrison Major Omar Torrijos gave him an intriguing assignment Mr. Noriega would organize the province 's first intelligence service


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN spy ) ( NN network ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VP ( VB serve ) ( NP-1 ( CD two ) ( NNS clients ) ) ) ( VP ( VP ( NP=1 ( DT the ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN government ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG monitoring ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS opponents ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN region ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( NP=1 ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG tracking ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG growing ) ( JJ Communist ) ( NN influence ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS unions ) ) ( VP ( VBN organized ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP United ) ( NNP Fruit ) ( NNP Co. ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN banana ) ( NNS plantations ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bocas ) ( NNP del ) ( NNP Toros ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Puerto ) ( NNP Armuelles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The spy network would serve two clients the Panamanian government by monitoring political opponents in the region and the U.S. by tracking the growing Communist influence in the unions organized at United Fruit Co. 's banana plantations in Bocas del Toros and Puerto Armuelles


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP United ) ( NNP Fruit ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( JJS largest ) ( NNS contributors ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ national ) ( NN income ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

United Fruit was one of the two largest contributors to Panama 's national income


( S ( S-NOM-SBJ ( VP ( VBG Satisfying ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NNS interests ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN priority ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN leader ) ) ) ) )

Satisfying its interests was a priority for any Panamanian leader


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ initial ) ( NN retainer ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB only ) ( CD 50 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 100 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( CC plus ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ occasional ) ( NNS gifts ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN liquor ) ( CC or ) ( NNS groceries ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ American ) ( NNP PX ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN official ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Mr. Noriega 's initial retainer was only 50 to 100 a month plus occasional gifts of liquor or groceries from the American PX a former intelligence official says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( JJ modest ) ( NN pay ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS standards ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ healthy ) ( NN boost ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ small ) ( JJ military ) ( NN salary ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN fellow ) ( NNS officers ) ) ( VP ( VBP remember ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG having ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( QP ( CD 300 ) ( TO to ) ( CD 400 ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB monthly ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

It was modest pay by American standards but a healthy boost to his small military salary which fellow officers remember as having been 300 to 400 monthly


( SINV ( S-TPC-2 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB very ) ( RB well ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Boris ) ( NNP Martinez ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ former ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN colonel ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD managed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN operation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He did it very well recalls Boris Martinez a former Panamanian colonel who managed Mr. Noriega and his operation


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( VP ( VBG building ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS files ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP him ) ) ( VP ( VB gain ) ( NP ( NN power ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He started building the files that helped him gain power


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NNP National ) ( NNP Guard ) ( NN job ) ) ( VP ( VBN assumed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP Capt. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1964 ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chief ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN transit ) ( NN police ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ( NNP City ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN capital ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Chiriqui ) ( NNP Province ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ tailor-made ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( VBG aspiring ) ( NN super-spy ) ) ) ) ) )

A National Guard job assumed by Capt. Noriega in 1964 as chief of the transit police in David City capital of the Chiriqui Province was tailor-made for an aspiring super-spy


( S ( PP-MNR ( IN By ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG pressuring ) ( NP ( NP ( NN taxi ) ( CC and ) ( NN bus ) ( NNS drivers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD needed ) ( NP ( NNS licenses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD gained ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ ready ) ( NN cache ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN information ) ) ) ) ) )

By pressuring taxi and bus drivers who needed licenses he gained a ready cache of information


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD knew ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-4 ( WDT which ) ( JJ local ) ( NNS luminaries ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN caught ) ( VP ( VBG driving ) ( ADVP-MNR ( NN drunk ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS mistresses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He knew which local luminaries had been caught driving drunk which had been found with their mistresses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT This ) ) ( VP ( VBD proved ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB particularly ) ( JJ valuable ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1967 ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN union ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( VP ( VBG planning ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP May ) ( NNP Day ) ( NN march ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBD feared ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ violent ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

This proved particularly valuable to the Panamanian government in 1967 when union leaders were planning a May Day march that the government feared could turn violent


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN learned ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ local ) ( NN union ) ( NN leader ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBG sleeping ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN wife ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN deputy ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega had learned that a local union leader was sleeping with the wife of his deputy


( S ( IN So ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD splashed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN information ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS handbills ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD distributed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN throughout ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ banana-exporting ) ( NN city ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Puerto ) ( NNP Armuelles ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN ruled ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NNP United ) ( NNP Fruit ) ( NNP Co ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

So he splashed the information on handbills that he distributed throughout the banana-exporting city of Puerto Armuelles which was ruled by United Fruit Co


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-CLR ( RB so ) ) ( VBD divided ) ( NP ( NN union ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN government ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB far ) ( JJR easier ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB control ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The campaign so divided union leaders that the government found them far easier to control


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN like ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN play ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP Broadway ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Martinez ) ) )

It was like a play on Broadway recalls Mr. Martinez


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD managed ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ whole ) ( NN thing ) ) ) )

Noriega managed the whole thing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ superb ) ) ) )

He was superb


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN expert ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG bribing ) ( CC and ) ( VBG blackmailing ) ( NP ( NNS people ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Noriega was an expert at bribing and blackmailing people


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS years ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Chiriqui ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD revealed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP himself ) ) ( PP-PRD ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN officer ) ) ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB as ) ( JJ perverse ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ ingenious ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During his years in Chiriqui however Mr. Noriega also revealed himself as an officer as perverse as he was ingenious


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Rodrigo ) ( NNP Miranda ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ local ) ( NN lawyer ) ( CC and ) ( NN human-rights ) ( NN monitor ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ intoxicated ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBG visiting ) ( NP ( NNS prisoners ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS cells ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ 5th ) ( NNP Zone ) ( NNP Garrison ) ( NN headquarters ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP David ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS offices ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Rodrigo Miranda a local lawyer and human-rights monitor recalls an intoxicated Noriega visiting prisoners in their cells at the 5th Zone Garrison headquarters in David where he had his offices


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB order ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( ADVP ( DT all ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB take ) ( IN off ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NNS clothes ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VB run ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN around ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN courtyard ) ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( JJ naked ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VP ( VBG laughing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( ADVP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBG retreating ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN office ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega would order them all to take off their clothes and run around the courtyard naked laughing at them and then retreating to his office


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNS People ) ) ( VP ( VBD started ) ( VP ( VBG wondering ) ( SBAR ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN something ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ wrong ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Miranda ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) )

People started wondering if something was wrong with him Mr. Miranda recalls


( S ( CC But ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN period ) ) ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB far ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN military ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN concerned ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN model ) ( NN recruit ) ) ) )

But through this period so far as the U.S. military was concerned Mr. Noriega was a model recruit


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD signed ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ( CC and ) ( JJ counter-intelligence ) ( NN training ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NNS officers ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fort ) ( NNP Gulick ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP July ) ( CD 1967 ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN copy ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( CD 1983 ) ( NN resume ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS details ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP-TMP ( IN since ) ) ( VP ( VBN classified ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( ADJP ( JJ secret ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He signed up for intelligence and counter-intelligence training under American officers at Fort Gulick in Panama in July 1967 according to a copy of a 1983 resume with details Mr. Noriega has since classified as secret


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD flew ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Fort ) ( NNP Bragg ) ) ( NP ( NNP N.C. ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP September ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN course ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ psychological ) ( NNS operations ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG returning ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP School ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Americas ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ two-month ) ( NN course ) ) ( VP ( VBN called ) ( S ( NP-PRD ( NP ( JJ military ) ( NN intelligence ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS officers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He flew to Fort Bragg N.C. in September of that year for a course in psychological operations returning to the School of the Americas in Panama for a two-month course called military intelligence for officers


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( JJ American ) ( NNS officers ) ) ( VP ( VBD interpreted ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN eagerness ) ( CC and ) ( NN studiousness ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sign ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN loyalty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB so ) ) ( ADVP ( RB falsely ) ) ) ) )

Some American officers interpreted his eagerness and studiousness as a sign of loyalty but they did so falsely


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN chief ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN socalled ) ( NN G-2 ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1970 ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG providing ) ( NP ( JJ populist ) ( NN dictator ) ( NP ( NNP Torrijos ) ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ critical ) ( NN support ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB defeat ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN coup ) ( NN attempt ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RBR earlier ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He rose to chief of intelligence in Panama 's socalled G-2 in 1970 after providing populist dictator Torrijos the critical support to defeat a coup attempt against him a year earlier


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Torrijos ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ inseparable ) ( NN shadow ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN holder ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS secrets ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He became Gen. Torrijos 's inseparable shadow and the holder of all Panama 's secrets


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN by ) ( NP ( RB now ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN lieutenant ) ( NN colonel ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD expanded ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS contacts ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB include ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cubans ) ) ( CONJP ( RB not ) ( TO to ) ( VB mention ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Israelis ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Taiwanese ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT any ) ( JJ other ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN service ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD came ) ( VP ( VBG knocking ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega by now a lieutenant colonel expanded his contacts to include the Cubans not to mention the Israelis the Taiwanese and any other intelligence service that came knocking


( S ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB When ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS diplomats ) ) ( VP ( VBD complained ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Col. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN moonlighting ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS experts ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB always ) ) ( VP ( VBD insisted ) ( SBAR ( DT that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ his ) ( NN allegiance ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( ADVP ( RB first ) ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Americans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

When U.S. diplomats complained to the CIA of Col. Noriega 's moonlighting intelligence experts always insisted that his allegiance was first to the Americans


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Early ) ( IN on ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP State ) ( NNP Department ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBD took ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG calling ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rent-a-colonel ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN tribute ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN ability ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB simultaneously ) ) ( VB milk ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ antagonistic ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS services ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Cuba ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNPS States ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Francis ) ( NNP J. ) ( NNP McNeil ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( PP-TPC-3 ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ deputy ) ( JJ assistant ) ( NN secretary ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN state ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ inter-American ) ( NNS affairs ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB first ) ) ( VP ( VBD ran ) ( PP ( IN across ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS reports ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1977 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Early on in the State Department we took to calling him the rent-a-colonel in tribute to his ability to simultaneously milk the antagonistic intelligence services of Cuba and the United States recalls Francis J. McNeil who as deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs first ran across reports about Mr. Noriega in 1977


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT Some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD wondered ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP$ our ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS people ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB put ) ( NP ( RB so ) ( JJ much ) ( NN stock ) ) ( PP-PUT ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN information ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB just ) ( RB as ) ( RB close ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cubans ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some of us wondered how our intelligence people could put so much stock in his information when he was just as close to the Cubans


( S ( PP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB Even ) ) ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( JJ early ) ( NN stage ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS drugs ) ) ( VP ( VBD caused ) ( NP ( JJ additional ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ) )

Even at this early stage drugs caused additional concerns


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Nixon ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Drug ) ( NNP Enforcement ) ( NNP Administration ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( VP ( VBN dismayed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN extent ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN G-2 ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS connections ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( VBN arrested ) ( NN drug ) ( NNS traffickers ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During the Nixon administration the Drug Enforcement Administration became dismayed at the extent of the G-2 's connections to arrested drug traffickers


( S ( NP-SBJ ( CD One ) ( NNP DEA ) ( NN agent ) ) ( VP ( VBD drew ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN list ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS options ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG dealing ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Col. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( CD one ) ( WHPP ( IN of ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NN assassination ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

One DEA agent drew up a list of five options for dealing with Col. Noriega one of which was assassination


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN head ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP DEA ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD scotched ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN assassination ) ( NN plan ) ) ) )

The head of the DEA at the time John Ingersoll scotched the assassination plan


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( VP ( VB fly ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB scold ) ( NP ( NN dictator ) ( NNP Torrijos ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN drug ) ( NNS ties ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But he did fly to Panama to scold dictator Torrijos on the drug ties of Panamanian officials including Mr. Noriega


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ) ( VP ( VBD recalled ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Torrijos ) ) ( VP ( VBD seemed ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ afraid ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB act ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS concerns ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Ingersoll later recalled that Gen. Torrijos seemed afraid to act on the concerns of the U.S.


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NN Everybody ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ afraid ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Ingersoll ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Everybody was afraid of him Mr. Ingersoll says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( DT an ) ( ADJP ( RB even ) ( JJR greater ) ) ( NN threat ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1976 ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS services ) ) ( VP ( VBD discovered ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBG buying ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS recordings ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( ADJP ( RB electronically ) ( VBN monitored ) ) ( NNS conversations ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD three ) ( NNS sergeants ) ) ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Army ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ 470th ) ( NNP Military ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Group ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega became an even greater threat in 1976 when U.S. intelligence services discovered that he had been buying recordings of electronically monitored conversations from three sergeants working for the U.S. Army 's 470th Military Intelligence Group


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS tapes ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS wiretaps ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Gen. ) ( NNP Torrijos ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ own ) ( NN phone ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( JJ American ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ) )

The tapes included wiretaps of Gen. Torrijos 's own phone according to American intelligence officials


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP We ) ) ( VP ( VBD caught ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS hands ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( PRP$ our ) ( NN cookie ) ( NN jar ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( JJ former ) ( NNP CIA ) ( NNP Director ) ( NNP Stansfield ) ( NNP Turner ) ) )

We caught him with his hands on our cookie jar says former CIA Director Stansfield Turner


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN For ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBD considered ) ( VP ( VBG cutting ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NN payroll ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS deliberations ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ intense ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

For the first time the U.S. considered cutting Mr. Noriega from its intelligence payroll and the deliberations were intense Mr. Turner says


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN world ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP want ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB get ) ( NP ( NN information ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( JJ seedy ) ( NNS characters ) ) ) ) )

In the world of intelligence if you want to get information you get it from seedy characters


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN question ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( SBAR-PRD ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ( RB much ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP you ) ) ( VP ( VBP get ) ( S ( VP ( VBN tied ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ seedy ) ( NNS characters ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN so ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB extort ) ( NP ( PRP you ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The question is how much you get tied in with seedy characters so they can extort you


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Intelligence ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-TMP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN day ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP worry ) ( SBAR ( IN whether ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD sold ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ sensitive ) ( NN information ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS recordings ) ) ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cubans ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNS others ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Intelligence officials to this day worry whether Mr. Noriega sold sensitive information on the recordings to the Cubans or others


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Turner ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN troubled ) ( ADVP ( RB enough ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cancel ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN contract ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN rent-a-colonel ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Carter ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Turner was troubled enough to cancel the U.S. contract with the rent-a-colonel at the beginning of the Carter administration


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB soon ) ) ( VP ( VBD found ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( JJ new ) ( NN cause ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NN concern ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NN gun-running ) ) ) ) )

The U.S. soon found new cause for concern gun-running


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Prosecutors ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Southern ) ( NNP Florida ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD indicted ) ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNPS Panamanians ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS charges ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB illegally ) ) ( VBG running ) ( NP ( NNS arms ) ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Sandinista ) ( NNS rebels ) ) ( VP ( VBG trying ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB overthrow ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Nicaraguan ) ( NN government ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Somoza ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Prosecutors in Southern Florida indicted five Panamanians on charges of illegally running arms to Sandinista rebels trying to overthrow the Nicaraguan government of Mr. Somoza


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBD included ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJS closest ) ( NNS friends ) ( CC and ) ( NN business ) ( NNS partners ) ) ( NP ( NNP Carlos ) ( NNP Wittgreen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They included one of Mr. Noriega 's closest friends and business partners Carlos Wittgreen


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS investigators ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( VP ( VBG closing ) ( PRT ( RP in ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And the investigators were quickly closing in on Mr. Noriega himself


( S ( PP ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1979 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADVP ( RB once ) ( RB again ) ) ( VP ( VBG flirting ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN longtime ) ( NNP Latin ) ( NNP American ) ( NN spy ) ) ) ) ) )

At the time though in 1979 the U.S. was once again flirting with its longtime Latin American spy


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD made ) ( NP ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fly ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN counterpart ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega made plans to fly to Washington for a meeting with his counterpart at the Pentagon


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Dade ) ( NNP County ) ( CC and ) ( JJ federal ) ( NNS authorities ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG learning ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD intended ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB fly ) ( PP-LOC ( IN through ) ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBN made ) ( NP ( NNS plans ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB arrest ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ gun-running ) ( NNS charges ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB soon ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD hit ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN soil ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dade County and federal authorities learning that he intended to fly through Miami made plans to arrest him on the gun-running charges as soon as he hit U.S. soil


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Friday ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP June ) ) ) ) ) )

It was a Friday in June


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ( VP ( VBD foiled ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN plan ) ) ) )

The Pentagon foiled the plan


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ military ) ( NNS officers ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN time ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN word ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN passed ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ American ) ( NNS hosts ) ) ) ( SBAR-1 ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN police ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG waiting ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

According to military officers at the time word was passed to Mr. Noriega by his American hosts that the police would be waiting


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN On ) ( NP ( NNP Monday ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( JJ routine ) ( JJ unclassified ) ) ( NN message ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ military ) ( NN group ) ( NN commander ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On Monday U.S. officials received a routine unclassified message from the military group commander in Panama


( S ( S-TPC-2 ( PP ( JJ Due ) ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN health ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Lt. ) ( NNP Col. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN elected ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB postpone ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN visit ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD read ) ) )

Due to health reasons Lt. Col. Noriega has elected to postpone his visit to Washington it read


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Prosecutors ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( RB yet ) ( DT another ) ( NN setback ) ) ) )

Prosecutors in Miami received yet another setback


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ Their ) ( JJ original ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( PP ( IN against ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Wittgreen ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN friend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ other ) ( CD four ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN dismissed ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN technicality ) ) ) ) ) )

Their original indictment against Mr. Wittgreen the friend of Mr. Noriega and the other four was dismissed on a technicality


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ) ( ADVP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG reindicting ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN pal ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD intended ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB charge ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( NP ( PRP himself ) ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS allegations ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN involved ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ illegal ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( DT some ) ( CD 2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNS arms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But now along with reindicting Mr. Noriega 's pal they intended to charge Mr. Noriega himself on allegations that he was involved in the illegal trading of some 2 million in arms


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP January ) ( CD 1980 ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Jerome ) ( NNP Sanford ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( JJ assistant ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN attorney ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN summoned ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Federal ) ( NNP Bureau ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Investigation ) ) ) ( NN agent ) ) ( VP ( VBN assigned ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Bureau ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Alcohol ) ( NNP Tobacco ) ( CC and ) ( NNPS Firearms ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In January 1980 Jerome Sanford as assistant U.S. attorney was summoned to a meeting with a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent assigned to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms in Miami


( S-2 ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Panamanian ) ( NN dictator ) ( NP ( NNP Torrijos ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN granted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN shah ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Iran ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN asylum ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN favor ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Panamanian dictator Torrijos he was told had granted the shah of Iran asylum in Panama as a favor to Washington


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Sanford ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN friend ) ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Wittgreen ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBG handling ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN shah ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN security ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Sanford was told Mr. Noriega 's friend Mr. Wittgreen would be handling the shah 's security


( S ( S-TPC-3 ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP It ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ good ) ( NN idea ) ) ( S-1 ( TO to ) ( VP ( VP ( VB indict ) ( NP-4 ( PRP him ) ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-5 ( RB much ) ( JJR less ) ) ( NP=4 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN prosecutor ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN told ) ) ) )

It would n't be a good idea to indict him much less Mr. Noriega the prosecutor was told


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN After ) ( NP ( NP ( VBG prodding ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Sanford ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Attorney ) ( NNP Jack ) ( NNP Eskenazi ) ) ( VP ( VBD pleaded ) ( PP-CLR ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Justice ) ( NNP Department ) ( NNS officials ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN indictment ) ) ( VP ( VB proceed ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

After prodding from Mr. Sanford U.S. Attorney Jack Eskenazi pleaded with Justice Department officials in Washington to let the indictment proceed


( S-3 ( ADVP ( RB Unfortunately ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Eskenazi ) ) ( VP ( VBD wrote ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN letter ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT those ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP us ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN law ) ( NN enforcement ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBP find ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP ourselves ) ) ( VP ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB frequently ) ) ( VBG attempting ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB enforce ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS laws ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP United ) ( NNPS States ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( VP ( ADVP-TMP ( RB simultaneously ) ) ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN caught ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN between ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN policy ) ( NNS considerations ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN over ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( NP ( DT no ) ( NN control ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Unfortunately Mr. Eskenazi wrote in a letter those of us in law enforcement in Miami find ourselves frequently attempting to enforce the laws of the United States but simultaneously being caught between foreign policy considerations over which we have no control


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN letter ) ) ( ADVP ( IN along ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN detailed ) ( NN prosecution ) ( NN memo ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sat ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS desks ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Justice ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS months ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN case ) ) ( VP ( VBD died ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ quiet ) ( NN death ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The letter along with a detailed prosecution memo sat on the desks of Justice officials for months before the case died a quiet death


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I think if we had been allowed to go ahead then we would n't have the problems we have now Mr. Sanford says


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( VP ( VBN found ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ guilty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN stopped ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ) ) ) )

If he had been found guilty we could have stopped him


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In August 1983 Mr. Noriega took over as General and de-facto dictator of Panama having maneuvered his way to the top only two years after the mysterious death in a plane crash of his old boss Omar Torrijos


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Soon ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN military ) ) ( VP ( VBD became ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ veritable ) ( NN mafia ) ) ( VP ( VBG controlling ) ( NP ( JJ legal ) ( CC and ) ( JJ illegal ) ( NNS businesses ) ) ) ) ) )

Soon the military became a veritable mafia controlling legal and illegal businesses


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NN administration ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD put ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN G-2 ) ) ( ADVP-PUT ( NN back ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN payroll ) ) ) ) ) )

The Reagan administration also put Mr. Noriega 's G-2 back on the U.S. payroll


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNS Payments ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD averaged ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB nearly ) ( CD 200,000 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ) ( PP-3 ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Agency ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP CIA ) ) ) ) ) )

Payments averaged nearly 200,000 a year from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and the CIA


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( VP ( VBG working ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN intelligence ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( ADVP ( RB hardly ) ) ( VBG helping ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB exclusively ) ) ) ) )

Although working for U.S. intelligence Mr. Noriega was hardly helping the U.S. exclusively


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN During ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NNS years ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD expanded ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN business ) ( CC and ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS contacts ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Cubans ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Sandinistas ) ) ) ) ) ) )

During the Reagan years he expanded his business and intelligence contacts with the Cubans and the Sandinistas


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( ADVP ( RB allegedly ) ) ( VP ( VBD entered ) ( PP-DIR ( IN into ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ first ) ( JJ formal ) ( NN business ) ( NN arrangement ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ Colombian ) ( NN drug ) ( NNS bosses ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Floyd ) ( NNP Carlton ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN pilot ) ) ( SBAR ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD worked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD testified ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN before ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ grand ) ( NN jury ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Miami ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD would ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB ultimately ) ) ( VP ( VB indict ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Panamanian ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN drug ) ( NNS charges ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He allegedly entered into Panama 's first formal business arrangement with Colombian drug bosses according to Floyd Carlton a pilot who once worked for Mr. Noriega and who testified before the U.S. grand jury in Miami that would ultimately indict the Panamanian on drug charges


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But Mr. Noriega was convinced the Reagan White House would n't act against him recalls his close ally Jose Blandon because he had an insurance policy his involvement with the Contra rebels in Nicaragua


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Blandon ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN general ) ) ( VP ( VBD allowed ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB set ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ secret ) ( NN training ) ( NN center ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Blandon says the general allowed the Contras to set up a secret training center in Panama


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBD conveyed ) ( NP ( NP ( NN intelligence ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN spy ) ( NN operation ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN inside ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Nicaraguan ) ( NN capital ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Managua ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Noriega also conveyed intelligence from his spy operation inside the Nicaraguan capital of Managua


( S ( CC And ) ( PP-TMP ( IN on ) ( NP ( QP ( IN at ) ( JJS least ) ( CD one ) ) ( NN occasion ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN spring ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1985 ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD helped ) ( VP ( VB arrange ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN sabotage ) ( NN attack ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Sandinista ) ( NN arsenal ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Nicaragua ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And on at least one occasion in the spring of 1985 he helped arrange a sabotage attack on a Sandinista arsenal in Nicaragua


( SINV ( S-3 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN help ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Contra ) ( NN cause ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN limited ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ enough ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ important ) ( NNS protectors ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( NN administration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Sen. ) ( NNP Patrick ) ( NNP Leahy ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Vermont ) ( NNP Democrat ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD served ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NNP Intelligence ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Although his help for the Contra cause was limited it was enough to win him important protectors in the Reagan administration says Sen. Patrick Leahy a Vermont Democrat who then served on the Senate Intelligence Committee


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( VBD played ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN intelligence ) ( NNS agencies ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN government ) ) ) ( PP-MNR ( IN like ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN violin ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) )

Noriega played U.S. intelligence agencies and the U.S. government like a violin he says


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT An ) ( NN incident ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1984 ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD suggested ) ( NP ( NP ( CD one ) ( JJ additional ) ( NNS means ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN by ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ) ( VP ( MD might ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN maintained ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( NN influence ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Washington ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG compromising ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS officials ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

An incident in 1984 suggested one additional means by which Mr. Noriega might have maintained such influence with Washington by compromising U.S. officials


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NNP Curtin ) ( NNP Windsor ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN ambassador ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Costa ) ( NNP Rica ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ( S ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN invited ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ( PP-LGS ( IN by ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Noriega ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN brother ) ) ( NP ( NNP Luis ) ( NNP Carlos ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN weekend ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ deep ) ( NN sea ) ( NN fishing ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ quiet ) ( JJ serious ) ( NN conversation ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Aswara ) ( NNP Peninsula ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Curtin Windsor then the ambassador to Costa Rica recalls being invited to Panama by Mr. Noriega 's brother Luis Carlos for a weekend of deep sea fishing and quiet serious conversation on the Aswara Peninsula


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Windsor ) ) ( VP ( VBD notified ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Everett ) ( NNP E. ) ( NNP Briggs ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN ambassador ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN invitation ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Windsor notified Everett E. Briggs the U.S. ambassador to Panama of the invitation


( S ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Briggs ) ) ( VP ( VBD screamed ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Windsor ) ) ( VP ( VBZ recalls ) ) )

Briggs screamed Mr. Windsor recalls