A DEFENSE BY KIRKPATRICK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403500003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 10, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE AP NEW YORK TIMES
ON PAGE _ A AJQL 10 May 1987
A Defense by_Kirk,~ck?
ROSLYN HARBOR, May 9 (AP) In a
eulogy, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, the for-
mer chief United States delegate to the
United Nations, defended Mr. Casey's
role in the Iran-contra matter.
"Supporting Nicaragua's freedom
fighters had a special priority for him,
no question about it," Mrs. Kirpatrick
told the mourners. "But they had no
more priority than the law."
A crowd of about 200 people, some
waving American flags, gathered to
meet the Reagans' helicopter from
Kennedy International Airport at a
marina landing zone near here. Other
people lined the road to the church and
waved at the motorcade as it made the
five-minute drive to the church.
The President's visit brought tight
security measures, with only invited
guests allowed. Burial followed at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury.
Closed-circuit television was in-
stalled in the church basement for the
expected crowd.
Mr. Casey, who died at the age of 74,
was described as a "larger than life"
leader of the Central Intelligence
Agency by Senator Patrick J. Leahy,
Democrat of Vermont, Mr. Leahy sug-
gested that Mr. Casey knew more
about the Iran-Nicaragua matter than
anyone with the exception of Lieut. Col.
Oliver L. North of the Martines, who
was dismissed from the National Se-
curity Council for his role in the deal.
Mr. Casey collapsed from a brain sei-
zure in December, just before he was
scheduled to testify before a Congres-
sional committee on the diversion of
money from Iranian arms sales to the
Nicaraguan rebels. He underwent sur-
gery for removal of a cancerous brain
tumor, and resigned as the C.I.A. chief
on Feb. 2.
Mr. Casey, a less than imposing fig-
ure kept out of combat by poor eyesight
in World War II, joined the Office of
Strategic Services in 1943 and became
a spy. He and several secret agents
were sent to enter Nazi Germany near
the end of the war.
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