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Some of the case studies used by the Commission include: the "Cuban Missile Crisis," the "Iran Hostage Negotiation" and the "Achille Lauro...
Among the alibis Conner offered and Murray declined were the narrowness of the starting line and the nearness of the spectator fleet. A ragtag armada, 800 remarkable vessels ranging from the Achille Lauro to the Love Boat, tails along in a boiling wash. "They were a factor," insisted Conner, who called for more elbow room. In the second race the wind came up, and while tight quarters prompted a momentary Kookabura protest, Stars & Stripes ran away again and plainly seemed capable of doing it in any conditions...
Helms contends that a President who finally is afraid to risk a Bay of Pigs, a Desert One or an Iranian arms deal will be reluctant to order a naval quarantine around Cuban missiles, recapture the hijacked ship Mayaguez, help the British in the Falklands or intercept the Achille Lauro terrorists. "In this game," says Helms, "some failure comes with the play. But we'd better not walk off the field...
...covert activities. North seemed to pop up at every trouble spot around the world: cheerleading for the contras in Honduras and stalking terrorists in Lebanon. He helped plan the invasion of Grenada, the secret mining of Nicaraguan harbors and the hijacking of the plane carrying the Achille Lauro terrorists. Later, North became the point man for the private network financing the Nicaraguan rebels...
...agency, it is most likely the National Security Council. In 1983 the NSC drafted the plans for the U.S. invasion of Grenada, an operation that Reagan still regards as the foreign policy high point of his presidency. The NSC concocted the idea of the midair capture of the Achille Lauro hijackers as they were being flown out of Egypt, and organized the U.S. Navy's first strike against Libya's radar installations last March. The agency's record of accomplishment allowed more than one of its members to consider himself a breed apart. Said one in early November...