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To: TigerPaw who wrote (30806)	1/29/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Plus is went longer and cost more and came up with far fewer convictions than Starr's investigation but somehow that was wise use of taxpayer dollars and Starr's investigation is a taxpayer boondogle. What bothered me most about Iran /Contra

To: TigerPaw who wrote (30806)	1/29/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

I think you exaggerate the extent to which Reagan was out of it. It is, however, not unusual to keep the principals in the dark about details of implementation, to preserve deniability. Further, the Hezbollah, although sponsored by the Iranians, were distinct from them, and the sale of military hardware was represented as an opening to moderates in the regime, so that it is not so odd that Reagan did not think of it as trying to buy hostages. Finally, the Boland Amendment was probably unconstitutional, but meanwhile the Contras were there and more or less our responsibility. I do not blame the administration for contriving an expedient to keep them going, just as FDR contrived Lend- Lease to get around the neutrality laws.