Word: diversionism
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The blunt testimony seemed to mesmerize the committee. After Oliver North's flag-waving and Poindexter's tale of keeping Reagan ignorant of the diversion of arms profits to the contras, Shultz's dead-earnest presentation carried a clearer ring of credibility. His memory on key points seemed to be...
After the Iran arms sales and the diversion of profits to the contras erupted in a public explosion last November, the bureaucratic double dealing still did not stop. Reagan ordered the State Department to take full charge of any future relations with Iran. Casey and Under Secretary of State Michael...
The first time the admiral could remember seeing the infamous diversion memo at all was when Meese directly confronted him with it last Nov. 24. Poindexter said he promptly offered to resign; on the following day the Attorney General instructed him to do so. Strangely, however, Meese never asked Poindexter...
DESCRIPTION: Photos of Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, John Poindexter and Robert McFarlane, with color bars showing their statements on trading arms for hostages; the diversion; arming the contras; the cover-up.
NATION: An admiral walks the plank, taking blame for the Iran- contra diversion