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How does the right justify this guy? He’s Mr. Secret Government!
http://www.warblogging.com/tia/poindexter.php
Mr. Poindexter was indicted on March 16, 1988 on seven federal felony charges
stemming from the Iran-Contra scandal. The counts included participating in a
criminal conspiracy with Colonel Oliver North, Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V.
Secord (Ret.) and Albert Hakim; conspiring to obstruct official inquiries and
proceedings; two counts of obstructing Congress; and two counts of false
statements to Congress. He was prosecuted by Associate Counsel Dan K. Webb,
Christian J. Mixter, Howard M. Pearl and Louise R. Radin, all working in tandem.
Poindexter was convicted of all five counts on April 7, 1990. Mr. Poindexter was
convicted of criminal conspiracy with Colonel Oliver North, Air Force Maj. Gen.
Richard V. Secord (Ret.) and Albert Hakim (obstruction of congressional
inquiries and proceedings, false statements, falsification, destruction and
removal of documents); two counts of obstruction of Congress and two counts of
false statements.
US District Judge Harold H. Greene sentenced Poindexter to six months in prison
on each count, served concurrently. On November 15, 1991, a three judge appeals
panel overturned Poindexter’s convictions on the grounds that his testimony
before Congress -- which was given under immunity -- may have influenced the
testimony of witnesses against him. The US Government appealed the overturning
of his conviction to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court declined to hear
the case.
Mr. Poindexter’s statement about his actions was simple: “I made a very
deliberate decision not to tell the president so that I could insulate him from
the decision and provide some future deniability for the president if it ever
leaked out.”
Chain of command? Accountability? Oh right, this is america -- those things
don’t matter any more...
We see all.
-- Hop-Frog
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