Word: iranscam
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...bayonet may be sheathed for now, but the harsh truth is that Haig is running on what might be called the vindication platform. Bitter at the Reaganauts for what he once called the "guerrilla campaign" against him as Secretary of State, he believes (correctly) that Iranscam is proof that Reagan indeed needed a strong foreign policy "vicar." Equally astringent on domestic policy, he castigates Washington's "fiscal flabbiness." He is likely to be the Republican most critical of major aspects of the Reagan record, foreign and domestic...
...long-term planning (a new three-star job would have required congressional confirmation, an impossibility now). Sometime in mid-June, he will face what, for a man of his reclusive temperament, might seem the worst ordeal of all: testifying before television cameras for the congressional select committees investigating Iranscam. And though he will be granted limited immunity, there is still a possibility that Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh may ask a grand jury to indict him on the basis of evidence gathered before the congressional questioning begins. Rumors swirl around Washington that John Poindexter, 50, is an angry and bitter...
...admiral feels confident enough to ignore for the most part the continuing stream of Iranscam revelations. "He counts on his lawyers to keep track of what is important," says one friend. Poindexter did not even bother to watch President Reagan's televised news conference two weeks ago. He told one friend he preferred to work on developing a program for the computer in his home study. Poindexter has been busying himself with the routine activities of any suburban homeowner: accompanying his sons Tom, 18, and Joe, 16, to the movies; attending services at the Episcopal church where his wife Linda...
...sacrifice in mid-March. Rather than claim Executive privilege, Reagan's aides permitted a House committee to subpoena Poindexter to a hearing on computer-security policy. On the advice of his counsel, the admiral once again pleaded the Fifth Amendment, even though the issue was not directly related to Iranscam. Poindexter has acknowledged to colleagues the strain in his relations with Reagan. But he has told one friend, "It's not going to change my story even a little. I'm going to tell the truth. Period...
...fallout from Iranscam. If present developments in the U.S. -- on which naturally one can make no judgment -- weaken the Administration and the President, that would be bad for everybody, for the U.S. and the free world. We need a strong U.S. Administration, one open to dialogue. So we would regret, and fail to understand, that impassioned reactions should put in question the authority of the Administration. Still, I am confident in President Reagan's ability to overcome these difficulties...