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...national reputation for rectitude as a member of the Nixon impeachment panel in your first term in Congress. Yet scarcely 10 years after that national crisis, another group in the White House was secretly subverting the law in the Iran-contra affair...
...most experienced -- CIA director since the agency was founded in 1947. But first Gates must win the Senate confirmation that eluded him on his last go-round, in 1987. Then the agency's deputy director, he was criticized for not acting on indications that the Iran-contra scandal was afoot. No wrongdoing by Gates was proved, but he withdrew his name from nomination to spare President Reagan further embarrassment...
Since then, passions have cooled and the public has grown weary of the Iran- contra investigation. The boyish-looking, soft-spoken Gates, during two years as first lieutenant to retiring CIA Director William Webster and two more as Deputy National Security Adviser to Bush, has assiduously cultivated key Senators. Though some Democrats vow to re-examine Gates' Iran-contra role, most Senators predict that he will be confirmed this time, barring some unexpected new evidence of wrongdoing. "Bob Gates was an exceptional deputy to Webster, an honest liaison to the congressional committees and an invaluable aide to the President...
...Beijing James Lilley, who ended his two-year stint last week. Gates, a respected former CIA Soviet analyst who was Casey's deputy, is the odds-on favorite among White House staff members. But he would face careful questioning by the Senate about his knowledge of the Iran-contra affair. Lilley, a former CIA operations officer, became close to Bush when the future President served as head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Beijing in 1974. Both Gates and Lilley appear well qualified to head what Webster last week rightly called the "healthy organization" he is leaving behind...
Sheehan, an attorney whose organization is currently the plaintiff in a suit against 27 figures from the Iran-Contra affair, said he possesses classified government documents to prove his claim...