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...defended his decision to sell arms to Iran as part of a secret diplomatic initiative to re-establish ties with the strategically-placed Persian Gulf nation. But he says he was unaware that money in connection with the sales was being funneled through a Swiss bank account to Contra rebels battling the Nicaraguan government...
...money was made available at a time when direct and indirect government military assistance to the Contras was prohibited by law, and there was evidence that the Justice Department was looking into the operations of a privately financed support program for Contra rebels in Nicaraguan...
...said he has put a 10-member team to worksizing up the NSC to determine "what kind ofchanges may be appropriate" in the wake of theIranian-Contra operation that was coordinated byan NSC aide...
Also yesterday, a member of the SenateIntelligence Committee said today congressionalprobes into the Iranian-Contra scandal are headednowhere and called on President Reagan to end his"charade" and admit he knew what was going...
Bennis Professor of International Law Detlev F.Vagts said at least two separate legal violationsmay have occurred in the Iran-Contra connection...