Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 10, 1994 TAG: 9409120069
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
October 1983-December 1985
CONVICTIONS: In 1988, McFarlane pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges of withholding information from Congress. Three of the charges stem from false written responses that McFarlane provided in 1985 to congressional committees seeking information about North's efforts to aid Nicaraguan rebels at a time when such assistance was forbidden by law. A fourth count stems from a misleading statement that McFarlane gave to a congressional panel in December 1986 - after the Iran-Contra scheme became public.
DISPOSITION: McFarlane agreed to serve two years of probation, donate 200 hours to community service, pay a $20,000 fine and provide prosecution testimony in the trials of other Reagan administration officials.
OLIVER NORTH
National Security Council aide
January 1981-November 1986
CONVICTIONS: In 1989, North was found guilty of three felonies stemming from his role as operations officer for the Iran-Contra scandal. He was found guilty of obstructing Congress by drafting a false chronology of the Iran arms sales after the scandal became public in November 1986; destroying and falsifying government documents; and receiving an illegal gratuity by accepting a home security system paid for by a middleman who profited from the Iran-Contra arms deals.
DISPOSITION: In 1990, the U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to set aside North's convictions on the grounds that the trial judge had failed to take all steps necessary to ensure that prosecution witnesses made no use of immunized testimony North provided to a congressional panel in 1987.
JOHN POINDEXTER
National security adviser to President Reagan
December 1985-November 1986
CONVICTIONS: In 1990, Poindexter was found guilty of five felonies stemming from the Iran-Contra scandal. The charges include one count of conspiring to obstruct Congress, two counts of obstructing Congress and two counts of lying to Congress.
DISPOSITION: In 1991, the U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to set aside Poindexter's convictions on the grounds that his trial was tainted by his immunized congressional testimony.
- Staff
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