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...offense: the craggy-faced Arthur Liman, 54, a New York City trial lawyer whose sharp questions had already lacerated such witnesses as Richard Secord and Albert Hakim. A partner at the prestigious firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Liman (estimated annual salary: $1.1 million) is a specialist in white-collar crime. Last January he joined the Iran-contra investigation for what he calls the greatest challenge of his career. For the defense: Brendan Sullivan, 45, a partner at Washington's best-known criminal- law firm, Williams & Connolly. Despite his mild appearance, Sullivan is a tireless worker and tenacious courtroom...
...Casey, North said, who had suggested as early as 1984 that retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord be enlisted as a commercial "cutout" to direct the airlift of military supplies to the contras. It was Casey who encouraged using Secord to handle accounts into which the millions of dollars in profits from the Iran arms sales were deposited. It was also Casey who enthusiastically embraced the idea of using those "residuals" to help the contras. "He referred to it as the ultimate irony," said North. "The ultimate covert operation...
North used the fear that his family was not safe in their home as an effective excuse for one of the most damaging charges against him: his acceptance of the gift from Secord of a security system, in apparent violation of laws prohibiting Government employees from accepting compensation beyond their salaries. The Marine said he had received a death threat from Abu Nidal, the infamous Palestinian terrorist. Glenn Robinette, a former CIA technician who directed the installation of a $13,900 set of security devices at the house, had testified that two guards had been living in North's garage...
...admitted, "I tried to paper over that whole thing by sending two phony documents back to Mr. Robinette." North backdated two offers to pay for the system in response to two equally false invoices from the former CIA hand. Never entirely contrite, however, North declared, "Thank you, General Secord." And turning to the committees, he added, "You guys ought to write him a check because the Government should have done it to begin with...
North also linked the perils of the Tehran trip to an offer by Secord's partner Albert Hakim to "do something for my family" if he failed to return from Iran. North said he knew that Hakim was wealthy, and he was grateful for his assistance as a translator in the Iran negotiations. That is why, when Willard Zucker, one of Hakim's lawyers, asked Mrs. North to visit him in Philadelphia, the colonel advised her to do so. Hakim had testified that North would be the beneficiary of a $2 million will if both Secord and Hakim were...