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- <text id=90TT2442>
- <title>
- Sep. 17, 1990: American Notes:Trials
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Sep. 17, 1990 The Rotting Of The Big Apple
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 55
- American Notes
- TRIALS
- Iranscam Revisited
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> No one can accuse Iran-contra special prosecutor Lawrence
- Walsh of lacking perseverance. Last week Walsh petitioned a
- federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to set aside
- the conviction of Oliver North on the grounds that the evidence
- might have been tainted by his televised testimony to Congress.
- If the earlier ruling stands, it could jeopardize the
- conviction of former National Security Adviser John Poindexter.
- </p>
- <p> At the same time, Walsh was busy preparing opening arguments
- in the trial of Thomas Clines. The former CIA official faces
- charges of tax evasion in connection with his role as a
- middleman in the illegal sales of arms to Iran. In 1985 and
- 1986, the government alleges, he made $882,000 in commissions;
- he stuffed some into a Swiss bank account and neglected to
- report the complete amount to the taxman. Walsh's first witness
- was Clines' business partner, retired Air Force Major General
- Richard Secord, who pleaded guilty last November to lying to
- Congress.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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