"DUBYA" BUSH'S DADDY AND THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS

"There ought to be limits
to freedom..."

— George W. Bush,
commenting on the website
www.gwbush.com

"If you don't think it's a gamble to put a man in the White House who believes we should have guns in church, who thinks the Taliban is a rock band, who was such a failure as a businessman that his company was nicknamed "El-Busto," who wants to turn our Social Security system into a Wall Street boiler room, who can't name a single thing he disagrees with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson on, who smeared a bona fide hero named John McCain, and whose principle policy proposal is to give America's surplus to the idle rich in the form of a $1.3 trillion tax cut, you're either nuts or a Republican."
... Equal Time co-host Paul Begala, shooting the bull.

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Did The Former Bush Administration Help Sell Out Our Democracy To The Iranians?  And What Does Dubya Know About It?

Written by "Anonymous."

It is reported that the "Compassionate" conservatives have their own peculiar conception of treason. A vote to strengthen democracy can be labeled treasonous by their Republican comrades, yet sending William Casey as emissary for Ronald Reagan's election team to make a deal with the Iranians to hold the 52 American hostages until after the 1980 election does not seem treasonous to them. The hostages were freed on Jan. 20, 1981, just minutes after Reagan was sworn in. In fact, many TV stations had a split screen of the simultaneous events.

On Jan. 11, 1993, the Soviet Union sent a congressional task force,  assigned to examine the allegations in 1992, their official intelligence files information from Moscow revealing the Republican secret activities with the Iranians in 1980. George Bush, Ronald Reagan, William Casey and Robert Gates were all implicated in the report. Corroboration was collected from senior Iranian officials as well as French intelligence officers, and intelligence from Israel and other Middle East nations. Since then, Yasir Arafat has admitted to former President Carter that he to was approached by the Republicans with a plan to delay the release of the hostages. (The Consortium 5-15-99 )

The Iran-Contra affair stands as a paradigm to understanding the mechanics of conservative corruption.  When Congress passed a law in the early 1980's drying up funds for Reagan's filthy Contra war, clearly, the evidence proves that Ronald Reagan and his staff would not allow the law to slow the ambitious pursuit of their conservative handler's goals. In the view of the elite business class, the Central and South American countries are not independent countries with governments, they are markets to buy products made by American companies. 

At the Iran-contra trials, Reagan's Nation Security aide, Oliver North was found guilty of altering and destroying documents, accepting an illegal gratuity, and aiding and abetting in the obstruction of Congress. In North's own journal he made a note,"14M [million] to finance come from drugs."

Former National Security adviser John Poindexter was convicted of five felonies involving conspiracy, obstruction of Congress, and false statements. Robert McFarlane pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress.

Oliver North and John Poindexter both had their convictions overturned on appeal by the Reagan appointees, Judge Lawrence H. Silberman who served as a foreign policy advisor to Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign and Judge David Sentelle, who named his daughter Reagan, after the president. After ignoring Oliver North's treason their simplistic rationale, the evidence used to convict him was his Congressional testimony for which he was granted immunity. (Granting immunity is a tactic the conservatives use frequently. Starr would use it to design false and misleading testimonies from victims of his Clinton inquisition.)

Although, their convictions were overturned by the corrupt conservative judges, the facts now prove their guilt, as well as the judges collusion in covering the odious crimes.

Casper Weinberger was charged with withholding and concealing notes; lying about his knowledge of illegal Saudi Arabian contributions and lying about the existence of such notes; as well as perjuring himself twice by denying knowledge of Israeli arms sales to Iran and the need to supply Israel with arms it sold to Iran.

Major Richard Secord, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Iran-contra committee.

Clair George, former deputy director of the CIA, was charged with ten counts of perjury. He was convicted on two charges.

Elliott Abrams, deputy Secretary of State to Central America, pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress.

Albert Fiers, part of the CIA's Central American task force, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges as part of the deal to cooperate with special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's investigation.

Albert Hakim, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for supplementing North's salary. He also pleaded guilty to the theft of government property, and illegally shipping arms to the contras.

Thomas Clines, CIA, was found guilty for under-reporting his earnings to the IRS between 1985 and 1988. He also received illegal profits in Iran-contra.

Other White House officials narrowly avoided prosecution. Chief of Staff Donald Regan, even though he had participated in top secret meetings which dealt with the illegal sale of arms to Iran. CIA director William Casey died before any charges were brought against him.

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