December 8, 2002
Oliver North Lying? Imagine That
BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
You probably have heard radio talk show host Randi Rhodes shellacking of Oliver North. Here are some of North's statements compared with reality.
(See the radio show transcript at http://www.takebackthemedia.com/north.html)
Oliver North: "No-one even charged me of lying to Congress"
Report of the Independent Counsel:
"Count One: The indictment charged that North and McFarlane obstructed Congress by falsely denying in three letters North's contra-assistance efforts.
"Counts Two, Three, and Four: False statements to Congress, charging specific misrepresentations in the three letters described in Count One."
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Oliver North: "Lawrence Walsh had every record from my office, he had absolutely everything"
Report of the Independent Counsel:
"North helped draft a false chronology of the Iran arms sales and altered and destroyed documents in response to congressional inquiries into the Iran initiative"
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Oliver North: "No-one ever convicted of me of lying to Congress"
Randi Rhodes: "You were convicted in a court of law"
Oliver North: "I am denying it"
Report of the Independent Counsel:
"On May 4, 1989, he was found guilty of three counts, including aiding and abetting obstruction of Congress, shredding and altering official documents, and accepting an illegal gratuity from Secord."
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Links to Randi Rhodes and the Independent Counsel's report
http://www.wjno.com/randi.html
http://www.wjno.com/randi_audio/mp3olivernorth.mpg
http://fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/
BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
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