Word: boren
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...most complete reconstruction of Iranscam yet, the single-spaced 65-page report presents a readable, dispassionate account of Administration officials pointing fingers and offering conflicting stories about who knew -- and did -- what, when. The result, says Oklahoma Democrat David Boren, the committee chairman, is a "picture of making foreign policy that was in real disarray." The picture shows...
Although the Senate report provides a chronology of the Iran affair, Boren ! stressed that the investigation is still incomplete. That was bound to be the case, since some of Iranscam's key players -- North, Poindexter and retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord, whom the panel identifies as a principal conduit of supplies to the contras -- exercised their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testify. Nevertheless, the report will serve as an essential point of reference for the congressional select committees investigating the scandal...
...cannot finally resolve that question when you don't have the testimony of North and Poindexter and others," Boren said of two departed administration figures, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter and Lt. Col. Oliver L. North...
...Boren said the Senate Intelligence Committee report reveals that Reagan met a number of times with North, then a deputy on the National Security Council staff, generally with others present...
...Iran-Contra money connection, Boren said: "We take it one more step, the Cayman Islands account. The creation of that, of course, is tied to the ultimate beneficiary being in some way the Contras. But in terms of showing the final trail in terms that absolutely nail down the fact that they received the funds...