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That kind of prescience comes with the territory. Gorey is, after all, no stranger to Capitol controversies involving senatorial indiscretions. Since he last covered Congress, he has kept TIME's readers abreast of a number of national scandals, from Chappaquiddick to Watergate to Iran-contra. Although last week's vote against Tower ran strictly along party lines, Gorey hastens to point out that the flap is not as partisan as it may seem. "Senators are co-workers who see one another daily, travel together and become friends," Gorey explains. "Senators do not exult in the fall of a colleague...
...production of Mastergate, directed by Larry Gilbert, continues this weekend, with one performance tonight and two on Saturday. Gilbert's play is based on the 1987 Iran-Contra scandal and presents a humorous/satirical view of the government's handling of the situation and the press' coverage of it. Throughout the Mastergate hearings, politicians confuse cliches and information. National figures like President Bush and Oliver North are loosely disguised as bumbling characters in the play. And throughout the performance, a TV crew stands to the side of the stage and resents a running commentary on the action, which critics are applauding...
WASHINGTON Oliver I North "placed himself above the law" by lying to Congress and shredding documents to conceal his support of the Nicaraguan rebels, a prosecutor told jurors today at the opening of the former presidential aide's Iran-Contra trial...
Keker, then Sullivan, delivered their opening statements, each describing a different North, the first person to go on trial in the Iran-Contra affair...
...arms-for-hostages deals with Iran were kept secret from Congress until October 1986, when "the roof caved in on this house of cards" with public disclosures about the Iran-Contra affair, Keker said...