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Ronald Reagan: Remember the Irancontra Affair? Illegal shipments of arms to Iran (then a sworn enemy), illegal shipments of arms to the contras and drug smuggling by the CIA? Reagan pled innocence by ignorance and let John Poindexter and Oliver North take the fall. And we all know that Bush was telling the truth when he said that he, too, was "out of the loop." Yeah, right...
...their Nov. 24 arraignment, the two students pled guilty to the charges filed by the state. Neither student had legal representation...
...pled "not guilty" to both offenses after the incident...
TOKYO: Former Sumitomo trader Yasuo Hamanaka, whose staggering losses roiled the world's metal markets and raised serious questions about how Japanese firms are run went on trial Monday and, as expected, pled guilty. Hamanaka is charged with forgery and fraud that left his firm $2.6 billion in the hole. Prosecutors say Hamanaka forged the signatures of two of his superiors to cover his massive trading losses, swindling a Sumitomo subsidiary out of $770 million. Sumitomo's star trader is the only person charged and faces up to 15 years in prison. British and U.S. investigators are continuing separate probes...
...think people who have pled guilty to avoid being indicted on other counts shouldn't be honored," said Barbara Anderson, co-director of CLTG. "If they're determined to name something after him, (we) thought the state prison would be a better image...