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...whether Meese was truthful in asserting that he did not know that the Reagan campaign staff had covertly acquired Carter campaign documents in 1980. Investigators found some such papers in Meese's 1980 campaign files. He denies seeing most of them, a claim that Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum, his chief Judiciary Committee critic, calls "unbelievable...
...four days of testimony. But last week he reluctantly agreed to Democratic demands that Meese answer more questions before the committee voted on his nomination. "The longer the issue accelerates, the better and better his chances of being defeated become," said Meese's chief opponent, Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum...
...more immediate threat came from an unusual alliance between two Senators who are normally opposed on oil issues. Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston, who proudly calls himself "a friend of oil," and Ohio's Howard Metzenbaum, a persistent industry critic, united behind a bill to impose a six-month moratorium on acquisitions by the 50 largest oil companies. Because the measure would be retroactive, it could put on hold both the Socal-Gulf and Mobil-Superior deals...
...Metzenbaum released a sheaf of memos that indicated Meese had been given information from internal documents of President Carter's campaign. One was an outline of Carter's strategy for farm and rural voters. Attached was a cover note from Reagan Campaign Aide Max Hugel, telling Meese that Campaign Chairman William Casey, now CIA director, wanted his thoughts on how to "counteract this effort." Another memo, written by Republican Consultant Thelma Duggin, concerned Carter's plans to win the black vote. At the top, Campaign Aide William Timmons had scribbled, "Ed Meese-Ideas how to counter...
Meese, who told House investigators last July that he did not know how the Reagan-Bush Committee had obtained the Carter debate briefing book, sent Metzenbaum a terse statement saying he could not recall receiving, and did not know the source of, these two memos. Still, he agreed to the Senator's request that he excuse himself, if confirmed as Attorney General, from any future Justice Department decisions concerning the case, which was formally closed last month without evidence of a crime having been found. Although Meese is expected to be confirmed, the Senate panel postponed a vote...