Word: contra
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WASHINGTON--Independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh is lacking key information from Switzerland and Israel as he tries to piece together the remainder of the Iran-Contra puzzle...
Spokesmen for the House and Senate committees investigating the sale and the diversion of profits to Nicaragua's Contra rebels confirmed that lawmakers have not yet received the Israeli information. A Senate source said the material is still expected, and added he would not characterize Israel as uncooperative...
...first news conference in four months, Reagan said again he was unaware until last November that profits from the arms sales had apparently been funneled to Contra rebels in Nicaragua, and said he still does not know what happened to the money...
...question and answer session dominated by the Iran-Contra affair, Reagan also said he had never deliberately lied to the public, while admitting to a misstatement at his last news conference in November. "I'm not going to tell falsehoods to the American people. I'll leave that to others,'' he said after being questioned insistently on the subject...
Poindexter himself appeared under subpoena yesterday before a House subcommittee which wanted to question him about the Reagan administration's computer-security policy. He refused to answer any questions, citing his constitutional right against self-incrimination, as he had when questioned in December about his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair...