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...American press can hardly be blamed for the Iran-contra scandal, since it deserves so little credit for unearthing it. It found the Iran story in a Beirut paper, while it had all but ignored Lieut. Colonel Oliver North's gallivanting around gathering arms and money for the contras. Yet after the big story broke, the press fell out of public favor, even if not as steeply as did Ronald Reagan. Dan Rather, for example, was rated high for believability by 40% of those questioned in June 1985 and by only 28% in a January Gallup poll...
Since the Iran-contra scandal was exposed last November, it has been clear that two men are crucial to unraveling the tangled scheme: former National Security Adviser Admiral John Poindexter and his deputy, Lieut. Colonel Oliver North. But the two have stubbornly refused to discuss their roles in the weapons sales to Iran and the secret funding of the Nicaraguan contras, invoking their Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. Last week the arrangements for forcing the silent partners to talk led to a clash between the Senate Select Committee and Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh...
...brag about working with classified data and strangers who ask for base telephone listings. The Army concedes that no spies were caught during the system's testing period; indeed, the Army has not had a major espionage case in recent years. "We're trying to maintain this record," says Lieut. Colonel Richard Holk, a spokesman for the Army's Intelligence and Security Command...
...Lieut. Colonel North . . . is a national hero. My only criticism is that I wasn't told everything...
...first came from Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, whose attorneys filed suit in U.S. District Court to stop Walsh's probe. Their argument: the broad mandate given to the court-appointed special prosecutor is a violation of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers. A day later, attorneys for former Reagan Aide Michael Deaver, under investigation for his lobbying activities after his departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words...