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Next, at least three arms-export laws include bans against the export of U.S. arms to countries that support terrorism -- and the Reagan Administration has formally identified Iran as such a country. The laws do provide waivers that allow the President to skirt them in the event of a crisis, but they generally stipulate that the White House notify Congress, which it did not do. More generally, the Intelligence Oversight Act requires prior notice of covert operations to the House and Senate intelligence committees...
...missiles, accounts for the fundamental strength the U.S. exerts in its dealings with people around the world. That is why any operation -- whether it be the covert shipment of arms to Iran or the secret diversion of funds to the contras -- that is run in a manner designed to skirt legal accountability represents such a deep danger...
...corner of a motel room, a not very subtle melodrama unfolded. As a fat bailiff and a sinister, black-hatted attorney looked on, a man in tattered wig and skirt, playing the role of Mary, Mary Workman, demanded custody of "her" child. Judge Hardly D. Fairman leered and laughed as devoted but helpless Father Adam Workman looked on, awaiting the worst...
...that the bride must stay awake in bed all night so as not to disturb the henna markings on her hands and feet, Diana remarked, "Poor bride." Later the Princess set Arab tongues wagging when she appeared in a lilac silk- crepe jacket, worn over a mid-calf-length skirt, that prompted fervent speculation as to whether or not she was wearing a brassiere underneath. Popular opinion held that...
...skirt and pom poms never quite satisfied her, so she traded them in for spikes and pads. She now wears her brother's old number...