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Casey confused? His manner may be bumbling and his mumble legendary, but associates contend that Casey, a speed-reader with an ability to assimilate complex information quickly, has one of the sharpest minds in the Government. "Bill Casey's the brightest guy I've met in my life," declares Stanley Sporkin, a former CIA counsel and now a federal judge. Casey's speech grows softer and less articulate, intimates say, when he does not like the questions being put to him. "His mumble becomes decidedly worse when he has to talk to Congress," notes one old friend. Anne Armstrong, chairman...
...Crimson also had to contend with the other teams' different approaches to wrestling...
...Crimson players, the victory over Brown last night doesn't go a long way in re-assuring them about their chances for the Ivy crown. There is always Princeton and Dartmouth to contend with...
...October, John Poindexter, McFarlane's deputy, secretly met with Iranian representatives. Some contend the meeting took place in Geneva; others say Washington. Then, in November, a ship loaded with parts for American-made F-4 jets and helicopters sailed from northern Italy to Israel. The cargo was transferred to a plane carrying Israeli-supplied Hawk antiaircraft missiles for shipment to Iran. The plane was provided by Southern Air Transport, formerly a CIA proprietary airline. CIA Director William Casey told Congressmen two weeks ago that he had approved the use of the plane but thought that the cargo would...
...determined the markup on the arms, and who set up the Swiss contra ! account? The Israelis contend they neither set the price for the weapons nor managed the accounts. According to Israeli sources, an Iranian straw company in Switzerland deposited its payment for the arms in an escrow account just before the shipment was made. After the delivery, the Iranians reimbursed the Israelis through a Swiss bank for the book value of the cargo, plus generous insurance and freight charges. The Israelis, in turn, used part of these funds to pay the U.S., depositing its payment into a Swiss account...