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To: SirRealist who wrote (19825)	2/24/2002 11:55:26 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

>>Is there a defense for the Iran side of those policies? << 1) Arms for hostages. I know Casey wanted Buckley back, badly. We don't know which, if any, of the other hostages were engaged in covert operations, but the loss of Buckley was a serious blow to the CIA. 2) Covert support for Iran in the Iran-Iraq war. 3) Effort to re-establish a relationship with secular moderates in Iran, something we keep trying to do. I am not aware of any allegation that any of this was illegal. Was it? If Congress wants no covert operations, then why do they give the Executive a slush fund that doesn't appear on the official books?