Word: iran-contra
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...Though Iran-contra ranked as the most insidious scam of the mud-spattered '80s, not one of the eight convicted offenders has spent a night in jail. Last week a court ruling made it likely that the two key culprits, Oliver North and John Poindexter, would also see their records scrubbed clean in legal terms. Further, the decision may force Congress to choose between , spectacular public hearings and criminal prosecutions in future scandals...
There was none of the crackling tension of Army v. McCarthy or Iran-contra, yet last week's hearings of the Senate ethics committee were almost as historic. Never before had five Senators faced the judgment of their peers in such a public tribunal. Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service. Their common challenge, as described in the gravel tones of committee chairman Howell Heflin of Alabama, was to erase the perception that...
EXCERPT: Big trouble with the Middle East and Iran-contra...
...both of them were beyond the reach of infamy. The 74-year- old Casey died of a brain tumor just before he was to face the Iran-contra committee. Presidential aide Michael Deaver wrote that the director thus became "the logical candidate to be fingered as the evil genius behind Iran- contra. The secrets would be buried with him. And the President would be protected...
...accuse Iran-contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh of lacking perseverance. Last week Walsh petitioned a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to set aside the conviction of Oliver North on the grounds that the evidence might have been tainted by his televised testimony to Congress. If the earlier ruling stands, it could jeopardize the conviction of former National Security Adviser John Poindexter...