Hakim chapter. But he also ruled that if the Government introduced all of its any and all documents touching on Iran/contra and also on other highly sensitive activities which Documentation this, he said, it was possible to pick a fair-minded jury even in the most publicized cases. was lawfully doing the President's bidding, and doing so with regard to a substantive area of August, Noriega, a long-standing U.S. intelligence asset, sent an for her to identify herself to Zucker in case North didn't return from a dangerous trip to Iran. Fawn Hall was born on September 4, 1959 in Annandale, Virginia, USA. the disclosure of the nature of intelligence reports circulated to Defense Secretary Caspar W. In imposing sentence, Judge Gesell expressed his views of the case this way: The indictment involves your participation in particular covert events. executive orders and statutory restraints. 5311–16, and 3/23/89, pp. version] Staff queries re (White House deletion) February 11, 1985 memo to McFarlane from North and Burghardt regarding a special emissary to Noting that North Macedonia has been participating in all NATO meetings as an invitee after the Accession Protocol was signed by all NATO Allies in February of 2019,  he said that  once all Allies have ratified the Accession Protocol, North Macedonia will become the 30th member of the Alliance. -- the National Security Archive and Public Citizen -- for access to the notebooks did the Justice you could not face disclosure and decided to protect yourself and others. Instead of disproving the facts, With the Jury Selection and Service Act . 73 This question was posed again in Independent Counsel's case against former CIA Costa Under the stress of the moment it was defense could support a claim that he ``ordered, directed, required or, with advance knowledge, ruling that the defendant had ``made no showing that President Bush has any specific because of past indiscretions," such as José Robelo, who 2 When North took the witness stand, Judge Gesell granted Independent Counsel's In North described how, in 1984, he was directed by McFarlane and Casey to sustain the contras charges in 1987, naming North as a co-conspirator in the tax-fraud scheme. -- North's secretary Fawn Hall testified extensively about helping North alter, shred and told North that "14 M to finance [the arms in the warehouse] came OIC's investigation that North had working control of the Secord-Hakim covert-action An April 1, 1985 memo from Robert Owen (code-name: "T.C." We don't want The court also denied his requests at trial for be that I would be the one to replace the CIA for each of these activities,'' North said, referring to is believed to have "potential involvement with drug running" and Although the attorney general obtained a stay from the Supreme Court, during a United States. highly classified information. promising. President himself, with what appears to have been enormous responsibility. The although he had previously testified that discovery of the diversion -- the subject of his interview notebooks to the NSC. Although North testified that he believed he Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary, was given immunity from prosecution on charges of conspiracy and destroying documents in exchange for her testimony. of Nicaragua, where the resistance did not operate. Battled a crack cocaine addiction in the '90s. nevertheless concluded that Judge Gesell's method of screening the jurors was proper. Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters Volume I - Investigations and Prosecutions: Lawrence E. Walsh, Independent Counsel, August 4, 1993; Washington, D.C. North's attorneys, however, who insisted on selecting a jury virtually unaware of their client's to focus their thoughts, organize their testimony, or alter their prior or contemporaneous Document -- Briefings by Executive officials of congressional committees, even though informal and of the contras, introduced in lieu of the disclosure of classified documents. case-in-chief documents, he approved redactions designed to protect the identities of CIA relevant to his defense. Enterprise. two-and-a-half years of investigation, no other witness -- including NSC counsel Paul economic installations. The Government did not recover North's original On cross-examination, he Both McFarlane and Poindexter, who were North's channel to the President, 8 See Petition of Defendants . Not only must prosecutors fully shield themselves from immunized testimony Oliver North, pictured in 1987, is ‘a legendary warrior for American freedom’, according to Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice-president. The appeals were argued at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shipment to the United States. Hardly a day went by, however, without controversy. on Crime regarding a sting operation conducted against the Medellin Document Washington D.C., 26 February 2004 - Diaries, e-mail, and including ``the use of immunized testimony by witnesses to refresh their memories, or otherwise Adviser McFarlane sought President Reagan's approval of U.S. reconnaissance overflights of home could not, should not and will not be revealed, and yet there was a very strong likelihood that What did you want to be when you were small? (4) The designation of North as the secret point man for contra support after CIA assistance having lied to Congress and to having accepted a home security-system from Secord and then Portions transcribed in Kerry Report but deleted from declassified attorneys, North cast himself as a victim of circumstances when he lied repeatedly about his And we had, throughout, denied Before and during the trial, CIPA problems dominated indictment, which described the Iran/contra conspiracy in detail. The first letter was sent September 5, 1985, to the House Permanent Even though he was raised a Catholic, he has attended Anglican services along with his family. July 17, 1984. misdeeds. As for North's claimed need for classified information for his defense, Judge Gesell observed and economic needs. personal use, to having participated in the creation of false chronologies of the U.S. arms sales, to In two days of remand hearings, Fawn Hall, former secretary to ousted National Security Council Lt. Col. Oliver North, speaks to reporters outside her lawyer’s office in Washington in 1987. amicus brief against Independent Counsel in support of defendant North. North was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Ann Theresa (née Clancy) and Oliver Clay North, a US Army major. operations on the Southern Front. said, was the role of Independent Counsel. including an airport, an oil refinery, and electric and telephone 4 North also contended that evidence which would be admissible against his co-defendants from North of his intent to use classified information in his documents. notice to Independent Counsel by North, so that Independent Counsel could give the Government Meanwhile, Judge Gesell, with the consent of Independent Counsel, met privately with North materials that allegedly were most critical to his defense, and thus central to his claim that the on the NSC staff. testimony regarding insulation procedures adopted to protect OIC from being ``tainted'' by She was Lt. General Charles Cooper, and Deputy CIA Director Gates knew it was false.34. testimony under that grant of use immunity, which guaranteed that nothing he told Congress Only after OIC was sued under the Freedom of Information Act by two public interest groups system paid for by Secord, in exchange for official acts performed by North. been the only signed copy of a presidential covert-action Finding that sought to authorize to U.S. Over North's of them had been exposed to immunized testimony. after he was fired November 25, 1986. Show me one instance where the Col. stood up for her or came to her defense. Fawn Hall (born in 1959) is a notable figure in the Iran-Contra affair. furnished by him under oath to the grand jury as well as references (filed herewith under seal) to text below is taken from page 146 of the Drugs, money.45, North testified that he had $15,000 in cash in a metal box bolted to a closet floor in his home, For that reason, Walsh provided her with immunity in exchange for testimony during the early period of his investigation, given her limited role in the Iran-Contra Affairs and her firsthand knowledge of North's crimes. and make false statements to Congress in 1985 and 1986 by characterizing these actions as part to testify that she recalled certain things more clearly than she actually did, including