Oliver North
Oliver North is an American radio personality and author, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and as a White House staffer.[1]
North is a veteran of War in Vietnam, where the medals he earned include a Silver Star and 2 Purple Hearts.[2]
North was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps when he served as a military aide to Ronald Reagan's National Security Council.[1]
He would later face trial for the illegal destruction of imporantant classified papers. Other members of the Reagan administration, like Edwin Meese, would acknowledge, during his trial, that they were concerned if these documents became public they would trigger Reagan's impeachment.[3]
In April of 1991 The New York Times reported that, during the Reagan administration, North had blocked investigation into terrorists who were aiding the Reagan administration's secret trade with Iran.[4] Victoria Toensing was reported to have been blocked in pursuing Mohammed Rashid, and was only able to effectively pursue him after North was forced to resign.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oliver North profile". Speaker Line-Up 2002. The Bakersfield Business Conference. http://www.bpcbakbusconf.com/2002-north.htm. mirror
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Greenwald, David Beckwith, David Halevy (1986-11-17). "Washington's Cowboys". Time magazine. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962859,00.html. mirror
- ↑ David Johnston (1989-03-29). "Meese Testifies That Impeachment Was a Worry". The New York Times (Washington DC): p. 17. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/us/meese-testifies-that-impeachment-was-a-worry.html?searchResultPosition=6. "Mr. Meese was not asked today to explain precisely what actions he feared might constitute an impeachable offense. Mr. Meese said Mr. Reagan did not know of the diversion before his brief inquiry. But the documentary record that might confirm that account is incomplete because of the shredding of documents by Mr. North and others. 'That Spelled Touble'." mirror
- ↑ Anthony Lewis (1991-04-22). "ABROAD AT HOME; Gangsters in Charge". New York Times: p. A17. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/22/opinion/abroad-at-home-gangsters-in-charge.html. "'In 1985 and 1986 . . . Washington was not only approving high-technology sales to Iraq but providing it with satellite reconnaissance on Iranian troop movements. . . . At the National Security Council, Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North insisted on keeping total jurisdiction over antiterrorism, blocking out the Justice Department so that nothing could derail the new 'special relationship' with Iraq.'"
