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...partners in the national unity government, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, published photos depicting the trio under the caption "Everyone covering up for everyone." In Ha'aretz, Commentator B. Michael wrote that the spy case, along with the Israeli role in Iranscam, was part of a pattern in which Israeli leaders have taken the position that "We did not know, did not hear, did not see, did not report, and we are not responsible...
During Ronald Reagan's intensive press-conference preparations, the tensest moment came on Thursday afternoon in the family theater of the White House. In the course of a two-hour practice session, Roman Popadiuk, a Foreign Service officer on loan to the press office, began boring in on Iranscam. The object was to make certain that Reagan would stay consistent, no matter how sharp the cross-examination. Popadiuk got so caught up in his role as a Sam Donaldson stand-in that Press Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater began to worry. "I thought we might all get kicked out," he said...
...full-scale probe was supported initially by the two ranking Labor Partiy members in the ruling coalition, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Though no love is lost between the three men, Shamir refrained from criticizing officials of the Labor Party for their roles in Iranscam; and Peres and Rabin, both former Prime Ministers, were backing Shamir's position that the less said about Pollard, the better it would be for Israel. That cozy arrangement, made possible by the 30-month-old coalition between Likud and Labor, made some Israelis uncomfortable, and a few wags began...
...extract the testimony: grant limited immunity, which would protect Poindexter and North from being prosecuted on the basis of their statements. If they then refused to talk, they could face imprisonment for contempt of Congress. But the Senate and Walsh disagree over timing: the Senators want to expedite their Iranscam hearings. Walsh has asked that immunity be delayed for at least 90 days to give him time to build a case to indict Poindexter and North...
Walsh last week persuaded the House Iranscam committee to go along with his request for delay. He had a harder time convincing the Senators. "The independent counsel wishes the committees didn't exist," says a source close to the Senate panel. "We wish he didn't exist. The Congress wants to let in the sunlight. The independent counsel has to work in grand jury secrecy...