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...Oliver North. I do not feel betrayed. Lieut. Colonel North was involved in all our operations: the Achille Lauro, Libya. He has a fine record. He is a national hero. My only criticism is that I wasn't told everything...
...punches during a college boxing career. Not much given to small talk, he speaks in clipped, direct phrases. The word action crops up often in his conversation: "action officers," "action plan," "action" used as a synonym for operation. The word itself is an easily deciphered clue, for Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, 43, the man at the epicenter of the Iran arms earthquake, considers himself the quintessential man of action. He is the very definition of gung-ho, and it was that spirit that may have taken...
...which the proposed Iran initiative was discussed. But, while aware of the Iran operation, Regan had no suspicions of any contra connection, he told aides, until Friday, Nov. 21, when Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed the preliminary results of his inquiry. According to the Los Angeles Times, however, Lieut. Colonel Oliver North has told several people that he briefed Regan about the diversion of funds to the contras in January and kept him regularly informed afterward. Regan vehemently denied the report, calling it "ridiculous." He protests, saying he does not have control over the NSC, which reports directly...
...weapons had been diverted to the contras in Nicaragua. There was every indication that laws had been broken. Heads were starting to roll: Reagan had accepted the resignation of National Security Adviser John Poindexter, the fourth departure from that critical post ( in six years, and fired Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, Poindexter's subordinate in the National Security Council. Perhaps most startling of all, Reagan and Meese were asking the nation to believe something that seemed flat- out incredible: that Ollie North, a furtive, 43-year-old member of the NSC staff who operated out of an office across...
Even as the Cabinet meeting was under way, Manila radio reported that Ramos had issued a secret directive to all regional commanders instructing them not to follow orders from Enrile or one of his closest comrades, Lieut. Colonel Gregorio Honasan. At noon, Press Secretary Teodoro Benigno left the Cabinet meeting to announce Ramos' appeal that officers maintain "calm and stability in their respective areas of jurisdiction...