| Iran-Contra Hearings - Testimony of Colonel Oliver North. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 10845 |
| Catalog #: | 493378 | |
| Clip Number: | 493378-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 91-4491 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1987 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Iran - Contra Affair | |
| Description: | Iran-Contra Hearings - Testimony of Colonel Oliver North. 14.54.56.- Colonel Oliver North responds to Henry Hyde's statement, "you've been accused of shredding the Constitution" by saying "I don't believe that's one of the documents that I shredded". 14.55.47.- During questioning Oliver North, Henry Hyde displays paranoia about a "Soviet state" on "the land bridge between Texas and the Panama Canal" and the threat posed by the Sandinistas to "national security"; MS's of North listening to Hyde's monologue; Hyde then blames Congress for forcing Reagan and his administration to break the law. 15.00.28.- Henry Hyde "questioning" Oliver North, really a monologue of Hyde's unique [and some might say opportunistic] views of the law and the Administration's Constitutional obligations to obey the law; essentially condones presidentially-executed covert action on the grounds that a liberal Democrat-dominated Congress was creating political gridlock on the subject of Contra policy. | |
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