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Nearly two years ago, former Senator Howard Baker replaced Donald Regan as Chief of Staff to restore some order to the chaos that prevailed in the White House during the Iran-contra scandal. Last year, Frank Carlucci stepped in as Secretary of Defense and immediately began to attack the bloated military budget that his predecessor, Caspar Weinberger, had largely ignored...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Four More Years | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...phony stag party, told a Senate subcommittee last month that he had made political payoffs for Noriega out of a BCCI account. In 1986 Khashoggi transferred $12 million from a BCCI account in Monte Carlo to an arms dealer to help purchase weapons used in the Iran-contra deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cash Cleaners | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...congressional liasion. If you could be as successful using sleazy, dishonest, strong-arm tactics with the House of Representative as you have been with the divestment movement on your campus, we wouldn't need to waste so much time on illegal, covert activities like the Iran-Contra deal. Golly, if you could convince Congress that taking a vote on important issues was harmful to the democratic process (like you did to your overseers last spring) I'd make you chief of staff...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: To Derek, From George | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

...Globe also said BU was involved in a domestic propaganda effort. Maitre in 1983 produced a documentary on the Nicaraguan freedom fighters, portions of which were aired in the U.S. to bolster support for contra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. Program for Afghan Rebels Criticized as CIA Propaganda | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

Wright, it develops, was the victim of a trap laid by his longtime enemy Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams. The plan was hatched when Wright criticized CIA covert actions during a meeting with contra leaders two weeks ago. His comments were passed on to Abrams, who leaked them to the ultra- conservative Washington Times. It was a Times reporter who initially questioned Wright about CIA activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Open Secrets, Closed Doors | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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