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<text id=91TT2386>
<title>
Oct. 28, 1991: American Notes:Intelligence
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Oct. 28, 1991 Ollie North:"Reagan Knew Everything"
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 35
American Notes
INTELLIGENCE
Step One For Gates
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<p> They may not have had the high drama of the Clarence
Thomas-Anita Hill confrontation, but the Senate hearings on
Robert Gates' nomination to head the CIA offered a similar menu
of shocking allegations and wildly divergent recollections. Last
week the intelligence committee voted 11-4 to recommend his
appointment.
</p>
<p> The panel had heard allegations that as deputy director of
the agency under William Casey, Gates ignored intelligence
reports that did not conform to the political aims of the Reagan
Administration. Also, some witnesses claimed that he may have
misled Congress about his knowledge of the Iran-contra affair,
a charge that Gates denied. Although some Senators shared
Democrat Howard Metzenbaum's skepticism about the nominee's
"uncanny ability to forget key events," those doubts were not
enough to sink him. The full Senate, seeking to avoid another
bruising fight over a presidential appointment, is expected to
confirm Gates.
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</body></article>
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