Word: iran-contra
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...There is definitely a renewed interest on the part of the Congress and the press in part because of Iran-Contra and in part because of the Poindexter memorandum," Shattuck said yesterday...
Responding to suggestions made by the Tower Commission that the National Security Council (NSC) become less concerned with secrecy, newly appointed NSC head Frank Carlucci rescinded a directive of former NSC head Rear Adm. John Poindexter, who resigned over revelations of the Iran-Contra affair...
GIVEN THE public disgrace that the Iran-Contra fiasco has become, you'd think the Administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill would be taking an uncharitable view of cover-ups, lies and obfuscations. That's evidently not the case...
...CUSTODIAT ipsos custodes?" (Who guards the guardians?) was the Latin quotation of the month following the release of the Tower Commission report. Members of the commission used the quotation when talking about the lack of supervision which they said led to mismanagement and possibly to financial illegality in the Iran-Contra affair. "Quis custodiat ipsos custodes" may be equally apt in scrutinizing the financial operations of the Undergraduate Council...
Ironically, the ruling coalition will probably shield Israel's top politicians from having to shoulder the blame. Much as Shamir, Peres and Rabin have evaded responsibility and protected one another throughout the Shin Bet and Iran-contra scandals, so they are expected to maintain a united front of professed ignorance about the Pollard operation. "If we had one major party in power, you'd find a scapegoat. But here they all hang together because everybody's implicated," charges Shlomo Avineri, a former director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. "You can't scapegoat anyone. That would mean a breakup...