Word: briefingate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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William Casey's work depends upon secrecy. But ever since he became director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1981, he has been plagued by disclosures about matters ranging from his stock holdings to his handling of the covert mining of Nicaragua's harbors. Last week he was...
When the story of the leaked papers broke last year, Casey told the House panel and the FBI that he did not recall seeing any Carter briefing materials. White House Chief of Staff James Baker, however, said that he remembered receiving a briefing book from Casey. The Albosta committee seemed...
The committee, which shied away from holding formal hearings, raised more questions than it resolved. "The subcommittee believes that it has received responses from some of these persons that were not candid," its 2,313-page report said. "This prevented it from fully resolving the briefing-book issue." In a...
The Justice Department reported in February that it had uncovered no evidence of criminal wrongdoing during its investigation of how Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign obtained briefing papers from the Carter White House. Accordingly, Attorney General William French Smith decided against appointing a special prosecutor. Press interest began to...
Hawaii was pure holiday. Although the President carried his three-inch-thick briefing book as he padded to the beach in white bathing trunks Easter Monday, he mostly ignored it. Instead, he tried some broken-field running, using a coconut as a surrogate football, then exhibited a leisurely overhand crawl...