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<text id=91TT2037>
<title>
Sep. 16, 1991: American Notes:Investigations
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Sep. 16, 1991 Can This Man Save Our Schools?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 31
American Notes
INVESTIGATIONS
Fingering a Master Spy
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<p> Like the Furies of Greek legend, Iran-contra independent
counsel Lawrence Walsh has been slow but relentless in pursuit
of justice. Last week fate caught up with a major figure in the
scandal: Clair George, who ran the CIA's covert-action
directorate from 1984 to '87. Walsh announced that a federal
grand jury had charged George with 10 counts of lying or
obstruction during a series of investigations into the
Iran-contra affair. George allegedly concealed what the CIA knew
about illegal aid to the Nicaraguan contras and the role of U.S.
agents. The indictment increases the political heat on Robert
Gates, George's former boss, whose nomination as the next CIA
director is awaiting confirmation. Nothing in last week's action
implicated Gates, but the scandal seems to be moving closer to
him. "This indictment merely makes me a pawn in a continuing
drama of political exploitation," complained George in an
impromptu press conference at his suburban Maryland home. "My
conscience is clear."
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