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...until the Iran-Contra story broke, the image of the President was glowing and very positive," said Marvin L. Kalb, director of the Barone Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government...
...Iran-Contra affair will go down in history as the beginning of the end of the Reagan Administration's sway over American politics, Harvard professors said yesterday reacting to the Congressional report released Wednesday...
WASHINGTON--Congress' report on the Iran-Contra affair concludes there was no evidence President Reagan knew of the diversion of Iran arms sale money but states he failed his duty to "see that the laws are faithfully executed," a Senate committee source said yesterday...
With the report due to be released tomorrow, a Republican member of the House panel, Rep. William Broomfield of Michigan, said it was possible that some former Reagan administration officials violated the law in secretly selling arms to Iran and shifting the proceeds to Nicaragua's Contra rebels...
Crone, a U.S. citizen, testified that Costa Rican officials told him contra suppliers were running drugs, but the fearful witness refused to name names in public. In fact, Crone had pleaded to be allowed to give his testimony in private session. "I may be subject to some harassment from Mr. Hull in Costa Rica for the information I have given you," he explained. When asked outside the hearing room if he believed his life was in danger, Crone replied cryptically, "There have been those who have been killed or disappeared...