Word: diversionism
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As a pro in the business of espionage, William Casey operated in a world of manipulated fact and disinformation, a place where candor is rarely considered a virtue and anyone asking questions should be treated with suspicion. No, he insisted from the first, he knew nothing about money from Iranian...
-- Secord heard from North that Ronald Reagan knew about the diversion of profits from the Iranian arms sales to the contras. North told Secord that "in some conversations" he had mused to the President about the irony of having the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini unwittingly finance the Nicaraguan guerrillas. But given...
The committee's plan is to conduct its hearings in three stages: 1) the contra funding and military-resupply operation, which may take about four weeks; 2) the Iran arms deals and who may have been responsible for the diversion of profits to the contras, running into August; 3) a...
After starting Phase 1 with a potential bomb thrower, Secord, the committee expects to end it with the scandal's bombshell: North's secretary, Fawn Hall. Charges of a possible obstruction of justice could hinge in part on how she describes the documents she shredded, altered or spirited off to...
Secord testified on Wednesday that fired White House national security aide Lt. Col. Oliver North told him the President knew of the diversion of Iran arms sales money for that purpose.