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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