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Poindexter insisted that he never discussed the diversion with any Administration official other than North. The admiral said he refrained from talking about the scheme with Casey -- even though the CIA had been deeply involved in previous contra activities. His rationale was that Casey often had to testify before the congressional intelligence-oversight committees and Poindexter did not want him to have to lie. North, however, told the Iran- contra committees that Casey knew all about the diversion...
Poindexter said he cautioned North against putting any information about contra support on paper. Nevertheless, North testified that he sent Poindexter five memorandums, each outlining the details of a specific transfer of arms proceeds to the contras. Each paper recommended briefing the President and seeking his approval of the transaction. North said he never knew if Reagan saw the memos, but he shredded all his copies of the documents when he learned that the arms deals might come to light. One memo, however, escaped the shredder and was discovered by investigators from the Justice Department...
...chain of command in the Iran-contra affair ran from Oliver North, who served as a National Security Council aide, through the National Security Adviser (first Robert McFarlane and then John Poindexter), to the President. Here, in paraphrase, is where the four stand in taking responsibility for key actions...
First- magnitude fame comes to Ollie North during the Iran- contra hearings, but its demystifying decay to celebrityhood is inevitable...
NATION: An admiral walks the plank, taking blame for the Iran- contra diversion...