Word: diversionism
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In retrospect, all of the Reagan Administration's dirty laundry so far revealed in the various inquiries looking into the Iran-contra shenanigans should have come as little surprise. In fact, in the two weeks before the Hasenfus plane was shot down alone two Administration actions were made public which...
However, she described retyping several drafts of a memo that mentioned the diversion of profits. She said she could not recall if a final version was seen by anyone other than herself, North and then-National Security Adviser John Poindexter.
Since Washington's flamboyant Mayor Marion Barry was elected in 1978, municipal scandal has been as much a perennial in the nation's capital as cherry blossoms. Barry's ex-wife, two deputy mayors and a host of other officials have been found guilty of crimes from diversion of federal...
The Chronology began as a diversion, when various congressional committees asked Armstrong to gather documents about the contras. The group's research, along with news accounts, congressional investigations and the Tower commission report, were incorporated into a blow-by-blow narrative. The Archive's aggressive use of the Freedom of...
-- Secord described his contra supply operation to William Casey, then director of the CIA, at three meetings during the period when any Government assistance to the Nicaraguan rebels was forbidden by Congress. One of those meetings was held in the White House. Casey approved of the supposedly private arms operation...