CONTRA FOES SPREAD TALES THAT MEESE HALTED PROBE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000402790008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 14, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/26 :CIA-RDP90-009658000402790008-5
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Contra foes
spread tales
that Meese
halted probe
f By Michael Hedges
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Congressional foes of Contra aid
are targeting Attorney General Ed-
win Meese, probing charges that he
meddled in a potentially embarrass-
ing Miami investigation into alleged
drug running by the Nicaraguan re-
sistance.
The Justice Department has
called the allegations "absurd" and
claims that critical evidence being
explored by congressional commit-
tees actually proves "beyond any
possible doubt" that the administra-
tion backed the Miami probe.
The charges have been circulated
by the staff of Sen. John Kerry and
by former Ambassador to El Salva-
dor Robert White, who now heads an
anti-Contra think tank in Washing-
ton, sources said. -?
The controversy focuses on a de-
tailed prosecutorial memo written
last May by gn assiatant~ US. at-
torney ifn Miami handlEing the Contra
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