Robert McFarlane person
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Claims (29)
Robert McFarlane member_of
National Security Council host_asserted
“The bombardment lasted for three days and was personally ordered by National Security Council Director none other than Robert McFarlane. Who's Robert McFarlane? Well, he just so happens to be a Marine Corps officer detailed to the White Hou…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 41:52
Robert McFarlane member_of
Iran-Contra affair host_asserted
“Let me just put a little bit more history here. Robert McFarlane was part of Iran-Contra. McFarlane, McCain, Oliver North, John Poindexter all went to the Naval Academy together. And all of them were involved in Iran-Contra. These are the s…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 42:52
Robert McFarlane member_of
United States Marine Corps host_asserted
“The bombardment lasted for three days and was personally ordered by National Security Council Director none other than Robert McFarlane. Who's Robert McFarlane? Well, he just so happens to be a Marine Corps officer detailed to the White Hou…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 41:52
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Robert McFarlane documented
“of those types of things, because they were guilty of them, would actually add teeth to them. In the end, everyone Walsh charged was convicted, with the exception of a single CIA officer whose case was dismissed on national security grounds…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 59:42
Robert McFarlane member_of
National Security Council documented
“Kissinger's NSC staff reviewed the release of every CIA internal history of the church committee. He reviewed everything that they were turning over to the church committee himself. Robert McFarland, then a subordinate on the NSC staff, rul…”
▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 51:03
William Clark appointed_deputy
Robert McFarlane book_quoted
“Robert Bud McFarlane became Clark's deputy and Oliver North, as McFarlane's assistant, was on his way. Now McFarlane, Oliver North, John McCain, and John Poindexter were all at the academy around the same time. So was Webb, the Navy secreta…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 24:27
Robert McFarlane took_under_wing
Oliver North book_quoted
“Bud McFarlane had emerged from the original Marine landing at Da Nang to become Henry Kissinger's military aide in 1973 with the help of his mentor, Nixon, Marine aide, Colonel Jack Brennan. Now McFarlane took North under his wing as Brenna…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 25:27
James J. Brennan took_under_wing
Robert McFarlane book_quoted
“Bud McFarlane had emerged from the original Marine landing at Da Nang to become Henry Kissinger's military aide in 1973 with the help of his mentor, Nixon, Marine aide, Colonel Jack Brennan. Now McFarlane took North under his wing as Brenna…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 25:27
Robert McFarlane member_of
Iran-Contra affair host_asserted
“Brothers and sisters. Yeah, it's amazing. And I mean, Annapolis has the same thing. You got Poindexter, McFarlane, McCain, Oliver North and Webb all out of the same basic couple of years at Annapolis. And they all go on to Iran Contra fame …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Open Mic Friday 2025-06-13 @ 44:23
Robert McFarlane supplied_arms_to
Israel book_quoted
“The 21 million supplemental appropriation had been the first gambit to evade the restrictions. A second, February 84, was National Security Advisors McFarland's approach to the Israelis to see if they could come up with help for the Contra …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 7:23
William Casey ordered_assassination_of
Robert McFarlane book_quoted
“The Israelis were providing weapons and all kinds of other things. At the height of the mining controversy, on March 27, 1984, Director Casey handed McFarland a memo expecting failure to obtain the money, adding, I am in full agreement that…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 7:54
Robert McFarlane funded
Contras book_quoted
“In May came a breakthrough. McFarlane met with Prince Bandar, the ambassador from Saudi Arabia, already enmeshed with the CIA in Afghanistan. Saudis agreed to contribute $1 million a month to the Contras. The first of eight deposits were ma…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 8:50
Robert McFarlane funded
Contras book_quoted
“Robert McFarland wound up by proposing that no one do anything about a third party support until the administration had a legal opinion. Reagan's last words, quote, if such a story gets out, we'll all be hanging by our thumbs in front of th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 11:41
Robert McFarlane funded
Iran-Contra affair book_quoted
“effectively shut down the diplomatic track. McFarland, who contrary to his own proposal at the meeting, had already solicited third-party cash from Saudi Arabia, had laid the basis for what became the Iran-Contra affair. The congressional b…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 12:12
Robert McFarlane appointed
Donald Fortier book_quoted
“Little more than a wish at the time, but the wish was Ronald Reagan's and a president's desire carried a lot of weight. North had called in to see his boss, National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, who told him that Donald Fortier, the d…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 26:04
Robert McFarlane covered_up
Oliver North book_quoted
“Fires would not be the sole victim of his deception. Oliver North exhibited the opinion on plain paper without letterhead whenever anyone questioned the legality of his actions. Robert McFarland protected North from a congressional inquiry …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 47 (49) @ 10:43
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Robert McFarlane book_quoted
“On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 30:00
Robert McFarlane member_of
United States documented
“Even the FDN's normally optimistic handlers in Washington began to despair. Reagan's National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane, told the FDN leader, Aldolfo Calero, in January 1985, that maybe it was time to start thinking about cutting b…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 10 @ 13:07
James Woolsey worked_with
Robert McFarlane host_asserted
“So he was there for other reasons, just FYI. He also worked with Robert McFarlane, the guy running Iran-Contra, to create an Energy Security Council, which seems a bit odd. He's done all kinds of other...…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 4:01
Robert McFarlane recruited
Ghorban Parsa book_quoted
“You can just give us the weapons back. His request led to a national security group meeting at the White House on August 8th, which appears to have been the Israeli go-ahead. Deals with Iran, many deals with Iran followed, related both to o…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 4:41
John Poindexter succeeded
Robert McFarlane book_quoted
“Deputy Director John McMahon agonized over this use of CIA services without a presidential finding. I'm sure he did. Meanwhile, McFarlane resigned in December to be replaced by Admiral John Poindexter. At a Christmastime event, Langley aske…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 6:06
Robert McFarlane member_of
National Security Council book_quoted
“involved open use of force. However, that was considered an act of war. An administration having so much trouble getting CIA funds for the project itself had no chance of getting a declaration of war. They didn't care. Over at least two pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 45 (47) @ 24:36
Robert McFarlane spied_on
Committee of 40 documented
“But of just those programs the CIA selected, the agency would offer only a few documents to amplify oral presentations. Again, that could be read only at Langley. Everything pertaining to the President, 40 Committee, and the like would be r…”
▶ The Colonel's Safe for Democracy Part 37 (39) @ 54:57
Robert McFarlane supplied_arms_to
Iran book_quoted
“Three direct armed shipments were sent to Iran from the U.S. to serve as payments towards the release of hostages. The first shipment went out in February of 1986. This is under the new arrangement because we'd already been doing it. Follow…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Medusa Files Part 13 @ 6:58
Aegis Defense Services recruited
Robert McFarlane documented
“also known for its intelligence work, and it was adding new members to its board and its advisory council, like Robert McFarlane, the Reagan chief advisor on the National Security Council that was responsible for Iran-Contra. More recently,…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 4 @ 28:55
Robert McFarlane member_of
Washington Institute for Near East Policy documented
“Energy Security Forum, as well as the director on the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, which was basically a CIA front. Another influential figure new to Aegis' board of director was the grandson of Winston Churchill, the Honorabl…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 4 @ 29:27
Robert McFarlane worked_for
John Tower documented
“Expected didn't happen. Iran's need for weapons was acute and critical. The Hashemi brothers were not the only ones making overtures. In late September 1980, a bizarre meeting took place at the El Avant Plaza in Washington. Former Marine Co…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 23 @ 1:20:45
Robert McFarlane ordered_assassination_of
Eden Pastora host_asserted
“was surprised when he received a call from Robert McFarlane, the Deputy National Security Advisor. McFarlane said, told him that the arms dealer needed to back off. He said, I could, let's see, the administration did not take Pastora's inde…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 39:59
Robert McFarlane ordered_assassination_of
1983 Beirut barracks bombing host_asserted
“The bombardment lasted for three days and was personally ordered by National Security Council Director none other than Robert McFarlane. Who's Robert McFarlane? Well, he just so happens to be a Marine Corps officer detailed to the White Hou…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 59 - '1983 BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING' - EP.429 @ 41:52
Mentions (66)
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The bombardment lasted for three days and was personally ordered by National Security Council Director none other than Robert McFarlane. Who's Robert McFarlane? Well, he just so happens to be a Marine Corps officer detailed to the White Hou…
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issued the order despite the fact that the Marine commander at the airport, Colonel Timothy McGardy, strenuously argued against it because, in the words of correspondent Robert Friedman, he knew that it would make his soldiers party to what…
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Let me just put a little bit more history here. Robert McFarlane was part of Iran-Contra. McFarlane, McCain, Oliver North, John Poindexter all went to the Naval Academy together. And all of them were involved in Iran-Contra. These are the s…
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On orders from the executive branch, Iran-Contra was the biggest scandal of the Reagan presidency. A messy, complicated affair, it threatened to ruin his legacy and those of several others, including Robert McFarlane, Reagan's national secu…
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CIA agents, Nixon was yet another component to a private intelligence community that Bush was setting up. Many Nixon associates, like Frank Carlucci, Robert McFarlane, also played public roles in the administration. Members of Nixon's forme…
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Even the FDN's normally optimistic handlers in Washington began to despair. Reagan's National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane, told the FDN leader, Aldolfo Calero, in January 1985, that maybe it was time to start thinking about cutting b…
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Brothers and sisters. Yeah, it's amazing. And I mean, Annapolis has the same thing. You got Poindexter, McFarlane, McCain, Oliver North and Webb all out of the same basic couple of years at Annapolis. And they all go on to Iran Contra fame …
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Expected didn't happen. Iran's need for weapons was acute and critical. The Hashemi brothers were not the only ones making overtures. In late September 1980, a bizarre meeting took place at the El Avant Plaza in Washington. Former Marine Co…
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who had claimed that he had helped the Republicans get the hostages relieved. Allen said that he was the first reluctant but finally acquiesced to the meeting because Tower was a close friend of George Bush. Allen also liked McFarlane, who …
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through James Baker. But Lobby was also one of the arms brokers that Edwin Wilson used, along with Richard Secord and von Marbach. Lobby said that what was discussed at the meeting was F4 parts in exchange for the hostages. Lobby agreed tha…
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Lobby said it was because that they were already in touch with the Iranians themselves. Soberman, Allen, and McFarlane insisted that Lobby was not the Middle Easterner who approached them. But after Lobby died, reporter Robert Perry obtaine…
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Robert Bud McFarlane became Clark's deputy and Oliver North, as McFarlane's assistant, was on his way. Now McFarlane, Oliver North, John McCain, and John Poindexter were all at the academy around the same time. So was Webb, the Navy secreta…
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guys and their tenure at the Naval Academy. It is a very interesting book, by the way. On January 2nd, oh, let's see, a small group of Marine officers who had served with distinction in Vietnam, I don't know what kind of distinction, but wh…
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Bud McFarlane had emerged from the original Marine landing at Da Nang to become Henry Kissinger's military aide in 1973 with the help of his mentor, Nixon, Marine aide, Colonel Jack Brennan. Now McFarlane took North under his wing as Brenna…
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was surprised when he received a call from Robert McFarlane, the Deputy National Security Advisor. McFarlane said, told him that the arms dealer needed to back off. He said, I could, let's see, the administration did not take Pastora's inde…
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who once was described to CIA Intelligence Chief Charles Allen as great fun. Because, you know, that's a quality you want in your spies. Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-Contra special prosecutor, wrote in his book, Firewall, quote, Leiden was more…
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McFarland, Poindexter and North, all Navy Academy graduates, along with John McCain. And you know what's interesting about all of this that we just recently found out about that International Republican Institute? During this whole time, Jo…
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of those types of things, because they were guilty of them, would actually add teeth to them. In the end, everyone Walsh charged was convicted, with the exception of a single CIA officer whose case was dismissed on national security grounds…
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Brennan, the ex-Marine who had befriended the young Robert McFarlane, was co-founder with the fellow ex-Marine James Tully of a company called Global Consultants International, GCI. Brennan was a tough guy type who had been Nixon's Marine a…
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After six months, he retired from the Marines and became Nixon's chief of staff. When Brennan and Tully started Global Consultants in the 1970s, they made full use of Nixon's connections. Nixon wrote letters for them to foreign leaders, and…
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If he did not deliver the product to Iraq, he would lose all credibility. But to get the product, he now had to let Brennan and whoever else was in bed with him inside the tent of the weapons deals. McFarlane later confirmed through his law…
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approached National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane two months later to ask if the U.S. might sell weapons to Iran. Huh. When McFarlane replied he thought not, the Israeli asked whether Washington would have any objections if Israel did i…
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The Israelis bungled their shipment, routing it through Portugal without appropriate clearance and appealed to the U.S. for help because they got caught. This compromised the White House. McFarland personally intervened with the Portuguese …
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Deputy Director John McMahon agonized over this use of CIA services without a presidential finding. I'm sure he did. Meanwhile, McFarlane resigned in December to be replaced by Admiral John Poindexter. At a Christmastime event, Langley aske…
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Through 1986, Secord negotiated many deals, organized shipments, and supported operations in progress. McFarlane, and do I need to remind you as a general, he's a retired military officer, which means he's subject to UCMJ authority doing al…
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He is a commissioned military officer, an agent of the government. McFarlane called back to go along on one mission in May, thought that he could talk directly to the Iranians. He didn't. A divergence developed. U.S. officials assumed that …
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bypassing Gorbanifar's link. A second channel was eventually opened and one further arms transaction was arranged. But Gorbanifar learned of it and struck back by blowing the operation's cover. McFarlane's visit to Tehran was revealed in a …
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involved open use of force. However, that was considered an act of war. An administration having so much trouble getting CIA funds for the project itself had no chance of getting a declaration of war. They didn't care. Over at least two pla…
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McFarland says that Casey suggested the mining. Some prep work took place between the meetings, but the analysis was drawn narrowly and did not rise to the level of a real risk-cost study. The obvious reference to mining, what would happen …
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Ronald Reagan approved anyway. McFarland concedes that the scheme was not one of the happiest episodes of the Reagan administration. In the fall of 1983, Casey implemented the plan. The CIA itself carried out the attacks and mining of the p…
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would not be disclosed for five months, while combat action by CIA contract officers in January and March of 84 also went unacknowledged for months. It is not clear that Rudy Ender's direct participation was ever admitted either. Because se…
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Simmons is quoted as observing that these actions can only be described as a domestic disinformation campaign against the U.S. Congress. Robert McFarland capped the effort in his speech at Annapolis where he told the assembled midshipmen th…
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of the United States. The extravagant claims quickly disintegrated after Vice Chairman Moynihan resigned in protest. A slew of leaks revealed many particulars of the CIA limited briefings. Goldwater returned and convinced Moynihan to withdr…
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The intelligence annual report supplied chapter and verse on the deception. In the later Iran-Contra hearings, McFarland testified under oath that the intelligence committees were not, in fact, informed of the mining as required by law. In …
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The 21 million supplemental appropriation had been the first gambit to evade the restrictions. A second, February 84, was National Security Advisors McFarland's approach to the Israelis to see if they could come up with help for the Contra …
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The Israelis were providing weapons and all kinds of other things. At the height of the mining controversy, on March 27, 1984, Director Casey handed McFarland a memo expecting failure to obtain the money, adding, I am in full agreement that…
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In May came a breakthrough. McFarlane met with Prince Bandar, the ambassador from Saudi Arabia, already enmeshed with the CIA in Afghanistan. Saudis agreed to contribute $1 million a month to the Contras. The first of eight deposits were ma…
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Robert McFarland wound up by proposing that no one do anything about a third party support until the administration had a legal opinion. Reagan's last words, quote, if such a story gets out, we'll all be hanging by our thumbs in front of th…
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effectively shut down the diplomatic track. McFarland, who contrary to his own proposal at the meeting, had already solicited third-party cash from Saudi Arabia, had laid the basis for what became the Iran-Contra affair. The congressional b…
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Little more than a wish at the time, but the wish was Ronald Reagan's and a president's desire carried a lot of weight. North had called in to see his boss, National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, who told him that Donald Fortier, the d…
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North marched into the vacuum, soon becoming the focal point on the staff. Another reason for North's longevity was Robert McFarlane. McFarlane had come to the NSC in 82. He had been hired by William Clark as Deputy National Security Adviso…
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Robert McFarlane had a soft spot for North and thought of him almost as a son. He gave North the primary responsibility for Latin arms trading and later for Nicaragua. North remained oddly defensive as if he constantly felt the need to prov…
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North's Shelby ran out of gas on the highway. He spent hours telephoning for emergency assistance. In the end, North's Project Democracy turned out very much like his Quantico trip. North did not work in isolation. McFarlane, responsible to…
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Reagan certainly sustained the Contras in numerous speeches, in his address to Congress, in receiving Contra leaders at the White House, in diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia, and in speaking at fundraising events for the Contras. Just like…
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Fortier, was to do anything necessary to win the next aid vote. Part of that amounted to keeping the Contra Force in B. That task went to North. McFarland himself performed a critical role. In meeting with counterparts from other countries,…
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Casey's office would never be known. In sworn testimony, Robert McFarland could not say whether Oliver North followed his orders or Casey's. North's precise function for Casey remains a mystery. But reports over 1984 and 5, Bill Casey and O…
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who went to Moscow in his designer glasses. In case Managua missed the signal on May 1st, Reagan slapped a total trade embargo on Nicaragua. The overriding question was money to sustain the Contras through the next appropriation, so-called …
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Oliver North and McFarland, sending other NSC staff members Gaston Segor. That brought UNO two donations of a million dollars each. Singlab would have gone for more, save the intervention of Elliott Abrams. The general's highly publicized p…
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Soon after Boland took effect, Fires rejected North's invitation to a meeting with Calero. Bill Casey, however, continued to march to the beat of his own drum. Casey would not discuss the contra aid with friend Joe Kors, but had no hesitati…
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safe for democracy. We are still talking about Nicaragua and Oliver North. Oliver North asked Robert McFarlane for permission to provide intelligence about El Bluff and went to the U.S. Southern Command General Paul Gorman and the CIA's Nat…
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after they received a huge Saudi Arabia donation and warned Calero of the money's appearance. Owen carried another packet of intelligence to Calero in April when Oliver North told Robert McFarlane that Bermudez planned a big FDN offensive i…
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Meanwhile, as quietly as North attempted to play his own role, the press picked up bits of the story and published accounts questioning Oliver North's activities. Some in Congress noted the reports and began raising questions. At the Nation…
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To answer Hamilton, Robert McFarland sent a letter drafted by North which asserted deep personal convictions that no one on the NSC had violated the Boland Amendment. When the Barnes letter arrived, McFarland and the president were at the R…
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Among them was El Bluff plans, the transfer of intelligence, an abortive North scheme to pirate a Nicaraguan merchant vessel. NSC staff pressured to get the State Department to secure a multiple entry visa for Singlib's trips to Honduras an…
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Oliver North managed to convince McFarland that his activities were just defensive in nature. Again, McFarland signed a letter drafted by North, this one to Barnes, declaring, quote, my actions and those of my staff have been in compliance …
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McFarland refused to surrender any papers or allow Barnes' staff access, but he invited the congressman to review documents at the White House if he wished. McFarland then scheduled Barnes for 20 minutes and used much of the time just to ch…
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Fires would not be the sole victim of his deception. Oliver North exhibited the opinion on plain paper without letterhead whenever anyone questioned the legality of his actions. Robert McFarland protected North from a congressional inquiry …
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Poindexter presented options, go to Congress for authorization, seek third country donors, you know, the same old thing. Secretary Shultz initially favored solicitation from third parties. Casey, perfectly aware of what had already been don…
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On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…
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So he was there for other reasons, just FYI. He also worked with Robert McFarlane, the guy running Iran-Contra, to create an Energy Security Council, which seems a bit odd. He's done all kinds of other...…
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also known for its intelligence work, and it was adding new members to its board and its advisory council, like Robert McFarlane, the Reagan chief advisor on the National Security Council that was responsible for Iran-Contra. More recently,…
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Energy Security Forum, as well as the director on the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, which was basically a CIA front. Another influential figure new to Aegis' board of director was the grandson of Winston Churchill, the Honorabl…
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This is only just becoming an industry, and there has been a question mark over how respectable it is. Certainly, the resurgence of the new board members' names offers an endorsement of our company. Yeah, like a criminal Robert McFarlane. I…
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Three direct armed shipments were sent to Iran from the U.S. to serve as payments towards the release of hostages. The first shipment went out in February of 1986. This is under the new arrangement because we'd already been doing it. Follow…
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was now on the National Security Council as a consultant, was trying to persuade Robert McFarlane, the National Security Advisor, to consider a joint U.S.-Israeli initiative regarding Iran. Liden's effort coincided with an evaluation being …
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Kissinger's NSC staff reviewed the release of every CIA internal history of the church committee. He reviewed everything that they were turning over to the church committee himself. Robert McFarland, then a subordinate on the NSC staff, rul…