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...North. Shortly thereafter, the National Security Agency, which is in charge of providing international electronic intelligence, began intercepting communications between North and Israeli officials. As the months wore on, the NSC, the CIA and the Pentagon got wind of messages suggesting a connection between the Iran arms sales and covert aid to the contras. But sources in the Reagan Administration say the evidence was "fragmentary," and none of the agencies apparently followed...
With extraordinary security provisions in effect, the panel heard first from unnamed U.S. officials involved in covert operations, then questionedCIA Deputy Director Robert Gates for more thanfour hours...
...another development, CIA spokesman GeorgeLauder denied a published report that the CIAcomingled profits from the Iran sales in the sameaccount with funds for covert support for rebelsfighting the Soviet-backed government ofAfghanistan...
Lauder added that "CIA received no profits fromany transaction with the Iranians, nor were anyfunds that passed through agency hands diverted tothe Contras or any other covert action program...
...panel established by President Reagan under the chairmanship of former Senator John Tower would be wise to eschew endorsing such steps. Although responsibility for covert operations properly belongs in normal intelligence channels, formal constraints on the activities of presidental staff could set an undesirable precedent. More important, legislation might have the effect of restricting secret diplomatic efforts that in some circumstances would be in the nation's interest...