2. Also "what he saw as the spread of communism in Central America" is quite a touch. (Column also curiously omits a more recent example of brazening through scandal. But you know that one.)
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3. Anyway, the legal fight in Iran-Contra was at bottom a separation of powers fight over control of foreign policy. A very, very different setting from the current controversy. You can't separate the outcome from the contest for public support for Reagan foreign policy.
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