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- NATION, Page 31American NotesINVESTIGATIONSFingering a Master Spy
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- Like the Furies of Greek legend, Iran-contra independent
- counsel Lawrence Walsh has been slow but relentless in pursuit
- of justice. Last week fate caught up with a major figure in the
- scandal: Clair George, who ran the CIA's covert-action
- directorate from 1984 to '87. Walsh announced that a federal
- grand jury had charged George with 10 counts of lying or
- obstruction during a series of investigations into the
- Iran-contra affair. George allegedly concealed what the CIA knew
- about illegal aid to the Nicaraguan contras and the role of U.S.
- agents. The indictment increases the political heat on Robert
- Gates, George's former boss, whose nomination as the next CIA
- director is awaiting confirmation. Nothing in last week's action
- implicated Gates, but the scandal seems to be moving closer to
- him. "This indictment merely makes me a pawn in a continuing
- drama of political exploitation," complained George in an
- impromptu press conference at his suburban Maryland home. "My
- conscience is clear."
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