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IRAN-CONTRA:
Summary
AMMO
Elliott Abrams
(Criminal, Iran-Contra)
FACT:
The Bush administration appointed Elliott Abrams to a senior position at
the White House National Security Council. Mr. Abrams, in 1991 pleaded
guilty to two misdemeanor charges of withholding from the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
his knowledge of Oliver North's Contra-assistance activities.
COMMENT:
Bush Sr. pardoned Abrams before trial. According to the White House, "Mr.
Abrams is eminently qualified for his new position. He is the best person
for the job."
Reagan Administration
(Ethics, Criminal, Convictions, Iran-Contra)
FACT:
Do you know how many Reagan administration officials were convicted --
not just indicted, but convicted -- of crimes while, for conduct while
they were in office? Thirty. Do you know how many Clinton
Administration officials were? One. The
Chief of Staff of the Secretary of Agriculture, in a case that involved
football tickets. One person. After eight years and seven independent
counsels, dozens of congressional committees, scores of right-wing lawsuits,
tens of thousands of investigative journalist
pieces -- one person. And that, the Chief
of Staff of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Reagan Administration
(Cover up, Iran-Contra)
FACT:
A law enacted after the Watergate scandal meant that 68,000 papers from
his presidential tenure were due to be released earlier this year. But
six months after the papers were scheduled for release, they're still locked
away in the basement of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It was
reported that just days before he left office in 1989, Reagan quietly signed
an executive order requiring the National Archives and Records Administration
to notify the sitting president of any pending release of documents from
previous administrations, and to give the White House time to review the
papers. Wink, wink. Of course, the six month delay has absolutely nothing
to do with the fact that half of the Bush administration worked for Reagan,
and don't want the world to know what they were up to during the 80's (Read:
Iran Contra). The GOP should jump at this chance to prove their innocence.
Right?
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