Word: contras
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...Americans would concern themselves more with morality and worry less about the sexual behavior of their politicians, they would impeach Reagan for the Iran-contra arms sale and forgive Gary Hart his venial sins...
...long-awaited witness initially seemed as skittish as her name would suggest. Fawn Hall's right hand trembled when she was sworn in as the 18th and final witness in the first phase of the congressional hearings on the Iran- contra scandal. But when she coolly related an extraordinary tale of typing phony official documents, shredding classified papers and hiding others in her clothes to sneak them past White House guards, her face hardened. Whenever her motives or those of her boss, Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, were challenged, she flashed both anger and fear. "Sometimes you have to go above...
...Iran-contra mess has been more complex and difficult for Americans to follow than the Watergate tragedy, but according to New Jersey Congressman Peter Rodino, the newer scandal illustrates a similar "arrogance of power." Rodino knows the subject better than most; he chaired the House Judiciary Committee that voted articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon. No similar threat imperils Ronald Reagan, and there are many differences between the two events. Still, as the hearings demonstrated, the Iran-contra misdeeds in some ways are more far-reaching in their implications, placing U.S. foreign policy in the hands of private citizens...
...memo in which North urged the sinking or pirating of a Nicaraguan ship carrying arms to the Sandinistas became a bland suggestion that its cargo merely be publicized. Removed from another document was a reference to dunning "current donors" for "another $25-30 million" for contra "munitions" at a time when Congress did not know that Saudi Arabia was giving such military support. A paper that urged National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane to brief President Reagan on how the "delivery of lethal supplies" to the contras would continue despite a congressional ban emerged from Hall's racing typewriter with...
...those high officials, Hamilton declared bluntly, was Ronald Reagan. The President has admitted some knowledge of the Iranian arms deals and money- raising efforts for the contras, but steadfastly denies that he knew anything about the diversion of weapons profits to the contras. But the crucial question of exactly what Reagan knew has not been answered in the hearings. When the scandal broke, he downplayed his role in soliciting support for the contras while the congressional ban against U.S. aid was in effect. After McFarlane testified that Reagan had talked with Saudi Arabia's King Fahd about contra assistance...