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DESPITE OBJECTIONS FROM SOME OF HIS STAFF, IRAN-CONTRA independent counsel LAWRENCE WALSH plans to end his six-year investigation into the scandal and thus leave a number of key questions unanswered. The special prosecutor favors closing out the inquiry before it becomes a partisan issue in the presidential campaign. But Craig Gillen, Walsh's deputy, wants to pursue allegations that former Secretary of State George Shultz was regularly briefed by a top aide on secret intelligence material about hostage negotiations. Walsh's decision also means it is unlikely that any legal action will be taken against Donald Gregg...
...deeply disappointed with the political leadership of America. The Iran-contra affair and the Savings and Loan scandal have shaken my confidence in the ability of the Washington establishment, as currently constituted, to give America the leadership it deserves in the 1990s...
...Nicaraguan contras, had been duped by CIA contract pilots using their empty planes to fly home cocaine. By last week any hint of that defense had been discarded, as had plans for calling as a witness Oliver North, the former White House aide at the center of the Iran-contra arms scandal...
...moving, fluid thing, a series of forces at play. It's not necessarily individuals. Military-industrial interests are at stake. That puts into play certain forces. We have had many incidents recently, with Oliver North, with Richard Secord, the whole Iran-contra business. We've seen the scale on which arms are moved around the world. We've seen secret deals. There's more going on than ever meets the eye, and there's more going on than is ever written about in the newspapers...
...contrast, Liman said, an effort was made in the Senate's Iran-Contra proceedings to reduce partisanship and deal with question of legality, not policy...