CIA NOMINEE ACCUSED OF IRANSCAM LIES, BLUNDERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000302030002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 19, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/08: CIA-RDP90-00965R000302030002-5
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NEW YORK POST
19februarv 1987
C/A NOMINEE ACCUSED
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LIES, BLUNDERS
WASHINGTON - Congress turned up the
heat on President Reagan's Iranian scan-
dal yesterday as one committee voted to
cut off aid to the Nicaraguan contras and
another accused Reagan's nominee for
CIA director of lying and incompetence.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
voted 11 to 9 to stop payment of $40 million in
U-S. aid to the contras. The aid has been ap-
proved by Congress, but has not been spent.
Profits from U.S.-
arms sales to Iran~7- B RACHEL FLICK
were illegally di- J y
verted to the contras, scandal broke in
angering the Demo- November.
cratically controlled Sen. Arlen Specter
Committee. (R-Pa.) accused
Congress is expected Gates of "dissem.
to pass the bill and bling" about his role
Reagan is expected to in preparing "unin-
veto it. But yester- formative, and really
day's vote indicated misleading" testi-
Reagan's prospects mony for Casey to
for winning more con- read to Congress.
tra aid next year are Gates defended the
bleak. testimony as "a fair
Meanwhile, Robert statement of what we
Gates, deputy director knew at the time."
of the CIA and Rea- Sen. Bill Bradley (D-
gan's nominee to re- N.J.) blasted Gates for
place the ailing Wil- responding to the first
liam Casey in the hints of Iranscam by
agency's No. 1 slot, telling other officials
concluded nearly nine at the CIA and the Na-
hours of grilling by tional Security Coun.
the Senate Intelli- cii instead of pursuing
gence Committee. them himself.
Gates was attacked "You basically
for his role in the Ira- passed the buck,"
nian scandal, which Bradley said.
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crossing his desk one Gates responded uninformative and misleading" testi-
month before the angrily, saying he many on the Iran arms scandal.
transferred the infor-
mation "into the
hands of those who
are better prepared to
evaluate" it.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/08: CIA-RDP90-00965R000302030002-5