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...White House, the situation proved even more frustrating for Correspondent Barrett Seaman. "Just about everybody with any connection to Iran-contra matters is no longer working at the White House," he says. "Revisiting events from even six months ago is a bit like playing Where Are They...
Only 22% think North's actions in diverting Iran arms profits to the contras were legal; 58% say he acted illegally. Nevertheless, 69% answered no when asked whether North "should be sent to jail for his role in the Iran-contra matter...
...think President Reagan has told the American people everything he knows about the Iran-contra issue...
...poll also reveals a gain in public support for the contra cause, perhaps owing in part to North's testimony...
...ears of our nation's leaders and businessmen that "anything's okay as long as you can get away with it." This attitude, which pretends that the government and social standards exist only when they 're convenient, is the same attitude that has led to both the Iran-contra and the insider trading scandals. Shocked at such blatant disregard of the law and professional standards of conduct, some of the nation's more liberal educators, such as Bok, have apparently joined Bennett and gang to call for ethical instruction by colleges and universities...