Word: iran-contra
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...first (does this sound familiar?) is political compatibility with the President. The second is ignorance of anything that happened in the CIA during the Reagan administration. While Clarence Thomas, the judge, was certifying himself free of legal thought, Robert Gates, the spy, steadfastly denied knowledge of events in the Iran-Contra scandal. Knowing what is going on is once again a liability...
...Senator accused Gates of thinking about law cases on the side, Gates could point to his role in Iran-Contra as proof that the Constitution has played very little role in his career...
...forgetting that he'd been informed about the Iran-Contra scandal is somewhat more serious than, say, forgetting someone's birthday...
Fiers believes that we should ignore the Iran-Contra scandal because "the Nicaraguan policy, including the support to the contras, was fully successful." But Violeta Chamorro's eventual democratic election to the presidency of Nicaragua does not justify illegal support for guerrilla revolutionaries...
After five years, no one really wants to hear about Iran-Contra anymore. They view special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's ongoing investigation as a tedious waste of tax dollars...