Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...associate, who was not identified, works closely with Tribe and had helped the liberal constitutional scholar do research for a May 22 article that Tribe wrote in The New York Times in which he argued that President Reagan may have committed impeachable offenses in his handling of the Iran-contra affair, according to the Globe report...
...midst of the political fracas over President Reagan's Supreme Court nominees and the Iran-Contra scandal, a dangerous attack is being mounted on the Constitution's guarantee of free speech and access to information, while much of the national press, The Crimson included, remains silent. At this very moment, two attempts are being made to close offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization with the intention of unconstitutionally silencing the supporters of that organization. This miscarriage of justice must be resisted if Americans wish to maintain their justifiably proud claim to freedom of politicial expression...
When the brown, 690-page congressional report on the Iran-contra fiasco finally thumped onto desks in Washington last week, one of the officials most keenly interested in the scandal vowed not to pick it up. Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh cannot use any testimony that witnesses gave to the House and Senate committees under grants of immunity. Walsh and his staff of 28 lawyers, 20 FBI agents and six IRS investigators must build their own criminal cases against any lawbreakers. Nonetheless, the tightly reasoned, judiciously stated majority report, signed by all of the committees' 15 Democrats as well...
Secord and Hakim benefited more from the arms sales than the contras did, according to the report. Of the $16 million in Iran arms profits, the contras received just $3.8 million. Secord, who testified that he sold weapons to the contras with a profit markup of 20%, actually took profits that averaged 38% and sometimes reached 56%. When Contra Leader Adolfo Calero discovered he could buy weapons far more cheaply through a European arms dealer, North made sure that none of the Iran arms proceeds went directly to Calero. Instead they went to Secord, who continued to sell to Calero...
Similarly, the report relates how the private fund raisers Carl Channell and Richard Miller collected some $10 million for contra support but spent only $4.5 million on the rebel forces. The rest of the money went into lavish offices, fancy limousines and high salaries. The two have pleaded guilty to tax fraud for claiming that their operations were entitled to an IRS exemption...