Iran-Contra Scandal, Irangate Quotes
Reacting to the public and media outrage at Oliver North shredding documents in the Iran-contra scandal:
Characterizing President Ronald Reagan in the midst of the Iran-Contra scandal:
A few years later, the Iranian revolution transformed our ally to whom we had sold arms. Then Iran-Contra reopened the issue of arms and Iran.
The panelists were discussing the lack of public outrage in the Iran Contra Scandal. Sarbanes believed that the outrage had been “used up” in Watergate.
Describing his interaction with Oliver L. North:
Referring to National Security Advisor John Poindexter:
When asked by CBS anchorman Dan Rather about the Iran-Contra scandal:. Bush was referring to an incident in which Rather walked off the news set when a tennis match ran over into the time slot for his broadcast.
After Henry VIII changed England to a Protestant nation and left the Roman Catholic Church, the Catholic countries of Europe, England’s traditional trading partners, were not as available as before. The English Economy was in great danger. Queen Elisabeth I however initiated policies to turn East for new markets and trading partners and found munitions a great export area. Since the Catholic Church was boycotting England, she seized their property and used much of it to capitalize and provide raw martial for her new industry.
Abrams had been convicted of "withholding information from Congress" in his Congressional testimony.
In an ironic precursor to the Iran-Contra scandal to come a decade later:
It was the Iran-Contra scandal. Unfortunately, the CIA director and Oliver North kept the program secret from the vice president who, as an ex-CIA director, would have realized that the proposed scheme was illegal as well as foolish and useless.
