Word: hakim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier, Albert Hakim, who helped divert millions of dollars in U.S. Government profits from Iranian arms sales into secret Swiss accounts and siphoned some to the contras, was permitted to cop a plea. He admitted being guilty of a mere misdemeanor: helping to buy a security fence for Oliver North's suburban Washington home. In return, felony charges against him were dropped...
...medical experts are skeptical. Warns Dr. E. Hakim Elahi, medical director of Planned Parenthood: "It's a wrong notion that abortion is very easy." He and others fear that cursory instruction will lead to medical complications. "There's no way that watching a video and seeing someone demonstrate this is going to make self-help procedures safe," declares gynecologist Michael Burnhill of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J. Possible dangers: missing the tiny fertilized egg, lacerating the cervix, perforating the uterus, and spreading bacterial infection...
...turned him down last week, leaving the prosecutor with little alternative to dropping the theft and conspiracy counts. The dismissal of those charges makes it virtually certain that Walsh will withdraw similar accusations against former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, retired Air Force General Richard Secord and businessman Albert Hakim, though they too still face a range of charges such as obstructing Congress and offering illegal gratuities to North...
Meanwhile, North and Iran-contra CoDefendants John Poindexter and Albert Hakim won an unexpected ally in their upcoming trial on conspiracy charges. The American Civil Liberties Union announced it had filed a brief supporting the defendants' motion to dismiss the case because their immunized testimony at last summer's congressional hearings compromises their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. "The Government had to choose between compelling them to testify before Congress and leaving open the possibility of a criminal prosecution," said the A.C.L.U.'s Kate Martin. If the motion is accepted, the only defendant to stand trial would be retired...
...last week the court proved again how frustratingly independent it can be, decisively upholding the special prosecutors who have bedeviled Reagan's second term. In the process, it also cleared the way for the upcoming trials of the Iran- contra Four: Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim. Says Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin, who sponsored the independent- counsel legislation: "It's a slam-dunk decision...