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Arthur L. Liman '54, chief counsel to the Senate's committee on the Iran-Contra affair and a Harvard Overseer, last night detailed the virtues and drawbacks of Congressional investigations at a Harvard Law School froum...
Speaking to an audience of approximately 100 people at the Ames Courtroom, Liman argued that nearly all Congressional fact-finding missions are marred by political partisanship. He cited the recent confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as such an example...
Likewise, the Congressional investigation of Watergate was almost torn apart by party divisions, according to Liman...
Separate staffs spent so much time "spying on one another" that they almost missed the discovery of the White House tapes, which came about "by accident," Liman said...
...Boesky and particularly about Mike Milken, read James B. Stewart's spectacular Den of Thieves. I read it because, like most people, I wasn't entirely sure. Was Milken, though guilty, the victim of a witch hunt over largely technical violations? Were he and his faithful servants, like Arthur Liman (for the defense) and Ken Lerer (for the p.r. machine), the ones I should root for? Hah! For the first time, it all comes clear. And guess what: the crooks were the crooks, and the feds were the good guys after...