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But all of these things could be forgiven, as they have in the past, were it not for Noriega's wandering eyes. In fact, the United States government had an inkling for quite some time that Noriega was more than your average sweet dictator-next-door as far back as...
The rest of the counts in the indictment are commentary. The shredding of documents, the failure to cooperate with investigators, the lying to Congress--all of it is effect rather than cause. It is the disregard for the will of the Congress--and thus the will of the people--and...
Among other things the indictment charged that North persuaded the CIA to lower its price from $6000 to $3469 for each of the 1000 TOW missiles sold to Iran in February 1986 even though the Iranians were paying $10,000 apiece.
As a result, the "Enterprise" kept more than $6 million and turned over only $3.7 million to the U.S. government, the indictment said.
In May 1986, only $6.5 million of the $15 million that Iran paid for spare Hawk missile parts was turned over to the U.S. government, leaving nearly $8.5 million for the "Enterprise," the indictment said.