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...whose proclaimed mastery of spin control failed miserably when faced with a matter of substance. And while these officials floundered, Oliver North, with the approval of his boss on the National Security Council staff, John Poindexter, showed a reckless disdain for the laws of the land by creating a covert network to fund the contras in Nicaragua while trading arms to the Iranians...
...some half a dozen foreign governments and an assortment of private citizens. Despite the CIA's objections, he gave intelligence information to the Iranians. He claimed that he had threatened the President of Costa Rica with the cutoff of U.S. aid if the President disclosed the existence of a covert airstrip. At one point, he even proposed sinking or hijacking a freighter en route to Nicaragua and stealing the weapons on board for the contras...
...point North's activities on behalf of the contras began to worry Poindexter. Some of these covert operations were getting publicity, and North seemed unable to keep his activities under restraint. In May 1986, in a message titled "Be Cautious," Poindexter warned him that he was overreaching: "I am afraid you are letting your operational role become too public." McFarlane even suggested to Poindexter that North get out of the spotlight by going to Bethesda Naval Hospital for a disability review...
...three members of the Tower Commission correctly realized that covert operations are not new to the this administration. Almost every modern president has initiated some secret action using an organization not responsible to Congress...
...nomination to succeed the ailing Casey as CIA director. Gates repeatedly insisted that he had known little about the sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to the contras, and he promised to argue within the Administration for prompt disclosure to Congress of any future covert operations...