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...shall be interested to read anything John Murphy writes about the issuing of pardons and the Iran-Contra affair. The connection between that subject, and Mr. Murphy's subject, is too obvious to need spelling...
...events that prompted the Irancontra scandal were illegal and undemocratic, said House Iran-contra Committee Counsel John Nields in a panel discussion last night...
Nields, who gained national exposure last summer for his role in questioning witnesses at the congressional Iran-contra hearings, told a Law School audience of more than 300 that the government must reform its policy on covert operations...
...Iran-contra affair, our government used official secrecy to enable it to carry out activities which were illegal and contrary to popular will," Nields said. "When confronted, the officials responded as though the questioner had missed some very obvious point that they were engaged in covert operations...
Nields recounted the details of the Iran-contra affair and described the numerous transgressions committed by the Reagan Administration in diverting profits from Iranian arms sales to the contras. Several Iran-contra players are currently under indictment for their roles in the scandal...