consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com =========================== ListBot Sponsor ========================== Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ====================================================================== Colin Powell emerged from the Iran-contra scandal with his reputation intact. But a review of the secret evidence shows that the scandal might never have happened but for Powell circumventing Pentagon rules -- and flouting the law barring shipments of weapons to a terrorist state. Powell -- tapped as the next secretary of state by "President-elect" George W. Bush -- also was bailed out by President George H.W. Bush who pardoned Powell's boss, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, in 1992. The pardon spared Powell from having to testify in federal court -- and confronting a choice between embarrassing admissions and possible perjury. For part two of the investigative report -- Behind Colin Powell's Legend -- go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
