Walsh, Lawrence E. Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra
Matters. Volume III: Comments and Materials Submitted by Individuals and
Their Attorneys Responding to Volume I of the Final Report. Washington DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office, December 3, 1993. 1150 pages.
In Volume I of the $60 three-volume set, Lawrence Walsh and his staff
spend 572 pages explaining, as required by law, why it took seven years
and $40 million, and what was accomplished. Walsh concludes that "the
governmental problems presented by Iran/contra are not those of rogue
operations, but rather those of Executive Branch efforts to evade
congressional oversight." Walsh's investigation was undeniably denuded by
grants of immunity from Congress, by the refusal of Attorney General Richard
Thornburgh to declassify information, and of course by the Bush pardons.
Volume II consists "Indictments, Plea Agreements, Interim Reports to the
Congress, and Administrative Matters" in 785 pages. A "brief classified
report" was submitted by Walsh as Volume III, containing references to
material still classified. This is different from the Volume III that we
read, where those named by Walsh are given the right of response. The clerk
of the court published 46 responses in the form that they were received,
complete with cover letters and addresses. Richard R. Miller gets our award
for the most interesting submission: 97 pages that include correspondence
and accounting ledgers from some of the off-shore corporations set up to
support the contras.
ISBN 0-16-043009-7
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