North Says Casey Used Secret Fund
HanrhratrrManchester — A City of Village Charm limlh Saturday, July 11, 1987 30 Cents NORTH SAYS CASEY USED SECRET FUND By Harry F. Rosenthal rebels, “ This had better never come The Associated Press out.” “ I took steps to ensure that it didn’t WASHINGTON - Lt. Col. Oliver and they fa iM ,” North said. North testified Friday that the late CIA For the first time since the bearings director, Williani J. Casey, welcomed began, members of the House and the fund created by secret arms sales to Senate committees squabbled publicly Iran because he could use it for with each other, arguing over the operations other than supplying the questioning of North by Senate commit Nicaraguan contras with weapons. tee counsel Arthur Liman. However, in his fourth day of There were complaints of unfairness testimony before the congressional from House Republicans, including Iran-contra committees. North denied Florida Rep. Bill Bif,cCollum, Who said that using the fund meant "a CIA Liman was “ acting like a pirosecutor... outside of the CIA” was being created, instead of a fact-finder.” as a committee lawyer suggested. Senators of both parties disagreed, Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, a and Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., re member of the panel, said the testimony torted that he thought Liman’s question about the fund was "perhaps one of the ing was “ clearly within proper bounds,” most serious revelations” of the hear citing McCollum’s previous words as ings because it showed a plan to supporting the need for close circumvent Congress for secret interrogation. operations. McCollum, he said, had declared in Senate committee chairman Daniel regard to earlier testimony about secret I^u ye, D-Hawaii, saw the plan as “ the activities by North and others, ” I think creation and maintenance of a secret that that in itself may well be a crime.
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