QUAYLE ACCUSER LOSES APPEAL

WASHINGTON (AP) - A convicted bomber who once claimed he sold marijuana to
Dan Quayle lost his appeal to the Supreme Court in an unrelated case.

The court on Monday turned down Brett Kimberlin's claim that federal parole
officials railroaded him when they canceled his scheduled release two years
ago. The court did not comment on the case.

Kimberlin claimed, days before the 1988 presidential election, that
then-vice presidential candidate Quayle bought small amounts of drugs from
him in the 1970s. Quayle denied it, and the Drug Enforcement Administration
later concluded the allegation was false.

Kimberlin has been in the news, and in the courts, frequently since then.

In the case acted on Monday, Kimberlin claims parole officials used flimsy
evidence and violated his constitutional rights when they concluded that he
did not deserve parole in 1999. Federal courts then signed off on that
decision.

Kimberlin asked the high court to follow up on a ruling it made last year
in another prisoner's case. That ruling, which has had a ripple effect in
the Supreme Court and lower courts, said that judges cannot decide to
lengthen a convict's sentence unilaterally - a jury must consider questions
that would extend someone's sentence.

The U.S. Parole Commission said Kimberlin lied and hid assets while going
through bankruptcy, and rescheduled Kimberlin's release for June of this year.

Kimberlin had filed for bankruptcy amid a tussle over proceeds from a 1996
book about his Quayle allegations.

Kimberlin claims he was upfront about how much money the book publisher
owed him and never tried to hide the money, while federal investigators
claimed he used a "sham" company headed by his sister and other ruses to
avoid paying a court settlement to a woman injured by one of his bombs.

The case is Kimberlin v. DeWalt, 00-8564.