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...moment there seemed to be a sigh of relief. The choice of Frank Carlucci, an experienced and capable diplomat and Government official, to head the National Security Council received widespread bipartisan plaudits. And by calling for a special prosecutor to look at all aspects of the affair, the Administration seemed to be signaling that it was eager to avoid any appearance of a cover...
Given the high level of those under fire, the involvement of an independent counsel was inevitable. During the Watergate crisis, a special prosecutor was appointed by the Attorney General. Today the title has evolved into independent counsel; the investigator is chosen by a panel of three senior federal judges. Meese, in formally requesting an independent counsel, was expected to recommend that the counsel be given a mandate broad enough to permit an investigation into whether the Iranian arms shipments, as well as the diversion of money to the contras, may have violated the law. The judges are expected to announce...
...decision to seek a special prosecutor came only ten days after Meese says he uncovered evidence of possible wrongdoing. Nevertheless, Meese has been criticized for his handling of the investigation in the early stages. At first he spurned an offer from FBI Chief William Webster to provide bureau help. Instead he formed his own squad of three aides to help with the inquiry and waited five days before finally calling in the FBI. In failing to secure North's files, Meese may have given the former NSC official the opportunity to destroy important documents. Said a Justice Department official...
...state attorney general's office. "We had no choice," says Mann. News of the tapes distressed parents of the 13 children involved in the case. A lawyer for the families has asked the state attorney general to investigate whether Stevens violated a state law that bars a prosecutor from assisting in the defense of a case in which he had been involved. Others question whether he improperly used confidential information gained while working in the D.A.'s office. For its part, the prosecution claims that Stevens, motivated by money, has lied about his role in the case. They...
...trial, which an earlier judge warned would be "as bad as a horror movie," began Jan. 22 and is expected to last a year. A jury will hear evidence on the first six charges of murder. (The remaining 20 charges will be brought to court after the first six.) Prosecutor Derrill Prevett described in his opening statement how police searching Pickton's ramshackle suburban pig farm about 15 miles east of Vancouver in 2002 found two women's heads in a freezer, cleaved in two and packed with their hands and feet. Human bones were found buried deep under...