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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (202279)	11/13/2001 1:51:03 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769670

North lied to Congress. He later got off on a technicality. Even a right-wing pro-North Web site acknowledges such (http://www.heroism.org/class/1980/north.htm) ************************************************** "Oliver North took the fall for the entire Reagan administration. North testified before Congress in the Iran-Contra hearing on July 8, 1987. Accused of violating international law and the U.S. Constitution, North was convicted in 1989 of three federal crimes: aiding in the obstruction of Congress, accepting illegal gratuities and destroying documents related to arms sales to Iran to finance the contra war. He was fined $150,000 and sentenced to 1,200 hours of community service. "A year later the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that, because North testified under immunity, the conviction would have to be reviewed to ensure that none of the witnesses were influenced by North's testimony. After key witnesses said that they had been influenced by testimony North gave before Congress, independent counsel Lawrence Walsh dropped all charges." ********************************************************* Bottom line, as usual, is that you weaseled out of responding to the question.