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He praised the president for his "totalcooperation" with the inquiry and said "the onlyU.S. officials who knew of the diversion wereAdmiral Poindexter, Colonel North and possiblyDirector Casey." William L. Casey, the director ofthe CIA, died in May.
"It is clear that Admiral Poindexter attemptedto deny the State Department, the DefenseDepartment and White House staff the informationnecessary to enable them to engage in a review,"he said. "With the exception of AdmiralPoindexter, every high-level U.S. official whotestified stated that Admiral Poindexter did nothave the authority to approve...
"It will make it harder for there to be [Lt.Col.] Oliver Norths in the future," Peterson said,referring to the National Security Council stafferwho masterminded the diversion to the contras andadmitted to lying to Congress.
Neustadt said that while the hearings havebacked President Reagan's claim of ignorance aboutthe diversion, his approval rating will neverrecover, because the hearings showed him to havebeen active in the decision to sell arms to Iran.
To many of Ronald Reagan's supporters, the Iran-contra scandal is effectively over. By taking responsibility for the Iran-contra diversion, John Poindexter helped save the President, and Oliver North's star performance blurred the moral issues involved. Now some are calling for a conclusive gesture that they hope...