WHITE HOUSE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 6 AND 7, 1997 Serial No. 105–61 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 45–405 CC WASHINGTON : 1998 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Jan 31 2003 08:13 May 28, 2003 Jkt 085679 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\HEARINGS\45405 45405 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois TOM LANTOS, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut MAJOR R. OWENS, New York STEVEN SCHIFF, New Mexico EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York CHRISTOPHER COX, California PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida GARY A. CONDIT, California JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York STEPHEN HORN, California THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin JOHN L. MICA, Florida ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia DC DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois MARSHALL ‘‘MARK’’ SANFORD, South JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts Carolina JIM TURNER, Texas JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine PETE SESSIONS, Texas HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey ——— VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont BOB BARR, Georgia (Independent) ROB PORTMAN, Ohio KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director RICHARD D. BENNETT, Chief Counsel WILLIAM MOSCHELLA, Deputy Counsel and Parliamentarian JUDITH MCCOY, Chief Clerk PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Jan 31 2003 08:13 May 28, 2003 Jkt 085679 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HEARINGS\45405 45405 C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on: November 6, 1997 ............................................................................................. 1 November 7, 1997 ............................................................................................. 151 Statement of: Ruff, Charles F.C., Counsel to the President ................................................. 44 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Apperson, Jay, special counsel, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs: Exhibits 155 and C–64 .............................................................................. 99 Exhibits C–65 and 147 .............................................................................. 105 Exhibits 166, 162, and C–66 .................................................................... 109 Barr, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia: Exhibit 147 ................................................................................................. 168 Memorandum dated June 28, 1994 ......................................................... 171 Bennett, Richard, chief counsel, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Exhibits 135, 136, and 137 ....................................................................... 52 Exhibit 138 ................................................................................................. 61 Exhibit 139 ................................................................................................. 67 Exhibit 140 ................................................................................................. 76 Exhibit 141 ................................................................................................. 81 Exhibit 141–A ............................................................................................ 85 Exhibit 142 ................................................................................................. 90 Exhibit 146 ................................................................................................. 94 Exhibit 147 ................................................................................................. 256 Exhibit 155 ................................................................................................. 259 Breuer, Lanny: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 633 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 701 Burton, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indi- ana: Washington Post article, ‘‘The Last Prosecutor’’ dated June 19, 1977, 210 Minority consultant contract .................................................................... 2 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 36 Fattah, Hon. Chaka, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania: National Journal article ‘‘Troubled Times for the Triad Group’’ ........... 251 News clippings relative to investigation .................................................. 21 Horn, Hon. Stephen, a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Memoranda dated April 8, 1996, and August 23, 1996 ......................... 190 Letter dated November 26, 1996; letter dated January 15, 1997, reply dated January 15, 1997; reply letter dated January 21, 1997, and letter dated February 25, 1997 ..................................................... 182 Imbroscio, Michael: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 454 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 509 Lantos, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, Final Report of the Iran-Contra Committees ................................. 123 McIntosh, Hon. David M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana: Letter dated May 22, 1997 ....................................................................... 135 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 138 (III) VerDate Jan 31 2003 08:13 May 28, 2003 Jkt 085679 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HEARINGS\45405 45405 IV Page Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by—Continued Mills, Cheryl: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 268 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 323 Nionakis, Dimitri: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 547 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 595 Quinn, Jack: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 767 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 805 Ruff, Charles F.C., Counsel to the President: Letter dated August 19, 1997 ................................................................... 145 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 47 Shadagg, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona, exhibit 168 ...................................................................................... 238 Simmons, Colonel Joseph: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 936 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 984 Smith, Steven: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 881 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 913 Sullivan, Alan: Deposition of .............................................................................................. 1005 Exhibits to deposition ............................................................................... 1043 Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, letter dated September 23, 1997 .......................................... 18 VerDate Jan 31 2003 08:13 May 28, 2003 Jkt 085679 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HEARINGS\45405 45405 WHITE HOUSE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1997 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:25 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Dan Burton (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Burton, Morella, Shays, Cox, McHugh, Davis of Virginia, McIntosh, Souder, Sununu, Sessions, Pappas, Snowbarger, Barr, Waxman, Lantos, Owens, Kanjorski, Condit, Sanders, Barrett, Norton, Fattah, Cummings, Kucinich, Blagojevich, Davis of Illinois, Tierney, Allen, and Ford. Staff present: Kevin Binger, staff director; Richard Bennett, chief counsel; Barbara Comstock, chief investigative counsel; Judith McCoy, chief clerk; Teresa Austin, assistant