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The Man Who Wasn't There
Parry, Robert | February 22, 1993 issue

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The article reports that Washington breathed a palpable sigh of relief on January 13 when a bipartisan U.S. Congress House task force concluded that there was no credible evidence that in 1980 Ronald Wilson Reagan's presidential campaign had cut a deal with Iran to prevent the release of American hostages until after the election--the so-called October Surprise conspiracy. But putting a national security scandal, even a potential one, to rest is a difficult matter. Representative Lee Hamilton's task force did unearth material that undercuts the case for an October Surprise conspiracy, but in striving for a neat conclusion it also misrepresented facts and discounted contradictory evidence leaving open the window of suspicion.

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POLITICAL campaigns; NATIONAL security -- United States; HAMILTON, Lee; ARMED Forces; ELECTIONS; UNITED States
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