Word: nsc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...North dismissal has implications for other cases. The five guilty verdicts against John Poindexter, McFarlane's successor at the NSC, may be jeopardized by the influence of immunized testimony. The North outcome works in Gates' favor as well. The intelligence committee had discussed granting immunity to George, who worked directly under Gates and allegedly knew more about the diversion to the contras than he has admitted. But members decided against it, fearful of meddling again with Walsh's prosecutions -- even if that meant making a less than fully informed decision about Gates...
...most outlandish tales that come its way. The lawmakers must decide whether to recommend confirmation of White House deputy for national security affairs Robert Gates as the new CIA director. Ben-Menashe's claims have provided another wrinkle, since he charges that Gates, while serving on Jimmy Carter's NSC staff and then as Casey's deputy at the CIA, participated in illegal operations...
...know Lieut. General Brent Scowcroft, deputy head of the National Security Council. In those days Henry Kissinger was not only Secretary of State but also National Security Adviser. Ford did not like the double duty for Kissinger. He did like Scowcroft. As President, Ford in 1975 gave Scowcroft the NSC title and turned the self- effacing general into a recognized player in vital deliberations. And when Bush moved into the Oval Office, he put Scowcroft back in the job Ford had given him 13 years earlier...
...There were horrible people down there doing horrible things," contends Harvard's Richard Pipes, who served two years on the NSC staff. "It was all piled on his head. He was just in the wrong...
Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger brushed aside the suggestion that the lesson of Poindexter is that military men should not head the NSC staff. "They should do a better job of teaching constitutional law at the Naval Academy," he said, noting that Army General Colin Powell successfully held the job after Poindexter and that retired Air Force General Brent Scowcroft has the position now. When the picture of the Iran-contra beast is finally drawn, in all probability it will not be as large or menacing as many thought. Yet the portrait will never be complete. These days...