Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drilling has not come easily to Poindexter: he has grumbled to friends that he considers the hearings a politically motivated show to be stoically endured. He is more worried about the investigation conducted by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh. Though Poindexter will testify this week under a grant of limited immunity, Walsh could still indict him on the basis of evidence gathered separately. Friends say Poindexter believes he is indeed in danger of indictment...
...interrogation of Oliver North was barely under way when Arthur Liman, chief counsel for the Senate committee, zeroed in on the black ring binder on the table in front of North. During lengthy questioning from the other lawyers, the Marine colonel had frequently consulted the book before giving his answers...
...North as he had earlier witnesses, using a blend of relentless hammering and withering sarcasm. Instead he addressed the Marine calmly but sternly, pressing forward to expose the contradictions in North's answers. While some thought Liman may have been intimidated by North's popularity, others viewed the chief counsel's cross-examination as a cagey shift in strategy. Says one Liman associate: "By staying in low gear, he got more out of North in part of a day than ((House Counsel John Nields and George Van Cleve)) did in 2 1/2 days...
...have North cornered, Sullivan would interrupt the questioning with an objection or whispered advice for his client. Says a friend of Sullivan's: "He objects when he wants North to be able to think about his answer. He also tries to throw off the timing of the opposing counsel...
...Iran had been used to send military supplies to the contras fighting the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. But North declared, "I never in my wildest dreams or nightmares envisioned that we would end up with criminal charges." Now faced with that dire possibility through the investigation of Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh, North made it clear that he had rebelled against his self-described role as the Administration's appointed "fall guy." He would go, all right, but not alone...