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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:52:11 -0400
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- From: The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: well, pardon me!
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- >rattling against Serbia, and, in a striking Iran-Contra development, pardoned
- >six officials, including Caspar Weinberger, Alan Fiers, and Clair George.
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- Weinberger's I agree with. THe major charge against him was thrown
- out, and all the persecutor--err--prosecutor had left was vindictiveness
- against Bush.
- Walsh is a loon who has wasted $40 million. Yes there are people who
- are guilty of breaking the law, but Walsh has managed to let each and everyone
- get off on technicalities or overturned convictions. His desire to discredit
- Bush is obvious, and reminds me of a certain Senator named McCarthy.
-
- >The pardons strike me as a very interesting move. Clearly, the intention was
- >to lay the Iran-Contra scandal to rest, and Bush was willing to take some flak
- >to do that, now that he doesn't have to worry about polls and elections. The
- >revelation that Bush himself took careful notes on Iran Contra, dating from
- >when it went public, combined with the pardons, has focused attention on
- >Bush's role again. The late revealing of the notes will no doubt breathe new
- >life into the investigation, and Bush's reluctance to hand over the notes
- >gives a certain deja vu feeling (burn the tapes, george! burn the tapes!).
-
- Like Weinberger, Bush's notes have been available for some time. The
- persecotor prefers not to acknowladge this and instead acts like there is a
- "cover up".
- Perhaps he could explain how something he has been investigating for N
- years can be "covered up"?
-
- >Thoughts, comments, snide attacks on the special prosecutor?
-
- Pave it over and start over next time. The special prosecutor has
- become an unworkable boondoggle. We have justice dept. and they are supposed
- to be independent. Let's work on getting that bureaucracy back into some
- semblence of a working institution.
-
- Brett'
-