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<h2>scrtgovt</h2>
<p> INTRODUCTION: URGENT!</p>
<p> On July 5, 1987 the front page of the Miami Herald
Newspaper carried a now famous article describing secret
White House plans to:</p>
<p> A.) DECLARE AN UNDEFINED "NATIONAL EMERGENCY,"</p>
<p> B.) RE-OPEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR <span class="EVENT">PREVENTIVE</span>
<p> B.) RE-OPEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR <span class="EVENT" title="EVENT">PREVENTIVE</span>
DETENTION OF LEGAL DISSIDENTS CERTAIN ETHNIC
GROUPS, AND</p>
<p> C.) SUSPEND OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION</p>
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martial law in United States in case of nuclear
war or national rebellion.</p>
<p> 1985 VISIT to Libya by William Wilson, then U.S. ambassador
to Vatican and close Reagan friend, to meet with
to <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Vatican</span> and close Reagan friend, to meet with
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi.</p>
<p> HAVING ROUTES of sophisticated surveillance satellites
altered to follow Soviet ships around world.</p>
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Carter's campaign before Oct. 28, 1980, Carter-Reagan debate.</p>
<p> [photo captions:]</p>
<p> PRINCIPALS:</p>
<p> William Clark: Allowed bigger <span class="PERSON">North</span> role at NSC.
<p> William Clark: Allowed bigger <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> role at NSC.
William Casey: Kept guard on President Carter</p>
<p> What follows is the complete text of the original article as
printed in the Miami Herald for July 5, 1987:</p>
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<p> Investigators believe that the advisers'
activities extended well beyond the secret arms sales to
Iran and aid to the contras now under investigation.</p>
<p> Lt. Col. Oliver <span class="PERSON">North</span>, for example, helped draw up
<p> Lt. Col. Oliver <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>, for example, helped draw up
a controversial plan to suspend the Constitution in the
event of a national crisis, such as nuclear war, violent and
widespread internal dissent or national opposition to a U.S.
military invasion abroad.</p>
<p> When the attorney general at the time, William
French Smith, learned of the proposal, he protested in
writing to North's boss, then-national security adviser
writing to <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s boss, then-national security adviser
Robert McFarlane.</p>
<p> The advisers conducted their activities through
secret contacts throughout the government with persons who
@ -165,10 +164,10 @@ controversial or illegal activities, the officials said.</p>
<p> "It was the ultimate plausible deniability," said
a well-briefed official who has served the Reagan
administration since 1982 and who often collaborated on
covert assistance to the <span class="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> contras.</p>
covert assistance to the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> contras.</p>
<p> The roles of top-level officials and of Reagan
himself are still not clear. But that is expected to be a
primary topic when <span class="PERSON">North</span> appears before the Iran-contra
primary topic when <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> appears before the Iran-contra
committees beginning Tuesday. Special prosecutor Lawrence
Walsh also is believed to be trying to prove in his
investigation of the Iran-contra affair that government
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actions of the secret group, according to previous accounts
by aides, friends and high-ranking foreign officials.</p>
<p> One such case is the 1985 visit to Libya by
William Wilson, then-U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and a
William Wilson, then-U.S. ambassador to the <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Vatican</span> and a
close Reagan friend, to meet with Libyan leader Col. Moammar
Gadhafi, officials said last week. Secretary of State
George Shultz rebuked Wilson, but the officials said Reagan
knew of the trip in advance.</p>
<p> The heart of the secret structure from 1983 to
1986 was North's office in the Old Executive Office Building
1986 was <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s office in the Old Executive Office Building
adjacent to the White House, investigators believe.</p>
<p> North's influence within the secret structure was
<p>
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s influence within the secret structure was
so great, the sources said, that he was able to have the
orbits of sophisticated surveillance satellites altered to
follow Soviet ships around the world, call for the launching
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<p> Many initiatives</p>
<p> Others in the structure included some of Reagan's
closest friends and advisers, including former national
security adviser William Clark, the late CIA Director
security adviser William Clark, the late <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> Director
William Casey and Attorney General Edwin Meese, officials
and investigators said.</p>
<p> Congressional investigators said the Iran deal was
@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ foreign policy positions to the public and has consulted
with the Congress," the official said.</p>
<p> Began in 1980</p>
<p> Congressional investigators and current and former
officials interviewed -- members of the CIA, State
officials interviewed -- members of the <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span>, State
Department and Pentagon -- said they still do not have a
full record of the impact of the the advisers' activities.</p>
<p> But based on investigations and personal
@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ traces its roots to the last weeks of Reagan's 1980
campaign.</p>
<p> Officials say the genesis may have been an October
1980 decision by Casey, Reagan's campaign manager and a
former officer in the World War II precursor of the CIA, to
former officer in the World War II precursor of the <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span>, to
create an October Surprise Group to monitor Jimmy Carter's
feverish negotiations with Iran for the release of 52
American hostages.</p>
@ -273,51 +273,52 @@ to set itself up, officials said. Within months, the
advisers were clashing with officials in the traditional
agencies.</p>
<p> Six weeks after Reagan was sworn in, apparently
over State Department objections, then-CIA director Casey
over State Department objections, then-<span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> director Casey
submitted a proposal to Reagan calling for covert support of
anti-Sandinista groups that had fled Nicaragua after the
1979 revolution.</p>
<p> [THE IRAN-CONTRA CONNECTION:
NORTH HAD BIG ROLE IN INNER CIRCLE, INVESTIGATORS SAY]</p>
<p> It is still unclear whether Casey cleared the plan
with Reagan. But In November 1981 the CIA secretly flew an
with Reagan. But In November 1981 the <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> secretly flew an
Argentine military leader, Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri, to
Washington to devise a secret agreement under which
Argentine military officers trained <span class="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> rebels,
Argentine military officers trained <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> rebels,
according to an administration official familiar with the
agreement.</p>
<p> About the same time, <span class="PERSON">North</span> completed his transfer
<p> About the same time, <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> completed his transfer
to the NSC from the Marine Corps. Those who worked with
<span class="PERSON">North</span> in 1981 remember his first assignments as routine,
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> in 1981 remember his first assignments as routine,
although not unimportant.</p>
<p>
<span class="PERSON">North</span>, they recalled, was briefly assigned to
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>, they recalled, was briefly assigned to
carry the "football," the briefcase containing the secret
contingency plans for fighting a nuclear war, which is taken
everywhere the president goes. <span class="PERSON">North</span> later widened his
everywhere the president goes. <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> later widened his
assignment to cover national crisis contingency planning.
In that capacity he became involved with the controversial
national crisis plan drafted by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.</p>
<p> NATIONAL CRISIS PLAN</p>
<p> From 1982 to 1984, <span class="PERSON">North</span> assisted FEMA, the U.S.
<p> From 1982 to 1984, <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> assisted FEMA, the U.S.
government's chief national crisis-management unit, in
revising contingency plans for dealing with nuclear war,
insurrection or massive military mobilization.</p>
<p> North's involvement with FEMA set off the first
<p>
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s involvement with FEMA set off the first
major clash between the official government and the advisers
and led to the formal letter of protest in 1984 from then-Attorney General Smith.</p>
<p> Smith was in Europe last week and could not be
reached for comment.</p>
<p> But a government official familiar with North's
<p> But a government official familiar with <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s
collaboration with FEMA said then-Director Louis O.
Guiffrida, a close friend of Meese's, mentioned <span class="PERSON">North</span> in
Guiffrida, a close friend of Meese's, mentioned <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> in
meetings during that time as FEMA's NSC contact.</p>
<p> Guiffrida could not be reached for comment, but
FEMA spokesman Bill McAda confirmed the relationship.</p>
<p> "Officials of FEMA met with Col. <span class="PERSON">North</span> during 1982
<p> "Officials of FEMA met with Col. <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> during 1982
to 1984," McAda said. "These meetings were appropriate to
Col. North's duties with the National Security Council and
Col. <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s duties with the National Security Council and
FEMA's responsibilities in certain areas of national
security."</p>
<p> FEMA's clash with Smith occurred over a secret
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<p> ORCHESTRATED NEWS LEAKS</p>
<p> Around the time that issue was producing fireworks
with the administration, McFarlane and Casey reassigned
<span class="PERSON">North</span> from national crisis planning to international covert
management of the contras. The transfer came after <span class="PERSON">North</span>
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> from national crisis planning to international covert
management of the contras. The transfer came after <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>
took a personal interest, realizing that neither the State
Department nor any other government agency wanted to handle
the issue after it became clear early in 1984 that Congress
was moving to bar official aid to the rebels.</p>
<p> The new assignment, plus North's natural
<p> The new assignment, plus <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s natural
organizational ability, creativity and the sheer energy he
dedicated to the issue, gradually led to an expansion of his
power and stature within the covert structure, officials and
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is less clear.</p>
<p> Meese sometimes referred private American citizens
to the NSC so they could be screened and contacted for
soliciting support for the <span class="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> contras.</p>
soliciting support for the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> contras.</p>
<p> One of those supporters, Philip Mabry of Fort
Worth, told The Herald earlier this year that in 1983 he was
told by fellow conservatives in Texas to contact Meese, then
@ -395,19 +396,19 @@ had been given to the "appropriate people."</p>
<p> Shortly thereafter, Mabry said, a woman who
identified herself as Meese's secretary gave him the name
and phone number of another NSC secretary who, in turn, gave
him <span class="PERSON">North</span> and his secretary, Fawn Hall, as contacts.</p>
him <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> and his secretary, Fawn Hall, as contacts.</p>
<p> Meese's Justice Department spokesman, Patrick
Korten, denies that Meese was part of North's secret contra
Korten, denies that Meese was part of <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s secret contra
supply network and notes that Meese does not recall having
referred anyone to <span class="PERSON">North</span> on contra-related matters.</p>
<p> In addition to North's role as contra commander
and fund-raiser, <span class="PERSON">North</span> became secret overseer of the State
referred anyone to <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> on contra-related matters.</p>
<p> In addition to <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s role as contra commander
and fund-raiser, <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> became secret overseer of the State
Department's Office of Public Diplomacy, through which the
Reagan administration disseminated information that cast
Nicaragua as a threat to its neighbors and the United
States.</p>
<p> An intelligence source familiar with North's
relationship with that office said <span class="PERSON">North</span> was directly
<p> An intelligence source familiar with <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s
relationship with that office said <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> was directly
involved in many of the best publicized news leaks,
including the Nov. 4, 1984, Election Day announcement that
Soviet-made MiG jet fighters were on their way to Nicaragua.</p>
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administration official who told reporters that the Soviet
cargo ship Bakuriani, en route to Nicaragua from a Soviet
Black Sea port, was probably carrying MiGs.</p>
<p> The intelligence official said <span class="PERSON">North</span> apparently
<p> The intelligence official said <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> apparently
recommended that the information be leaked to the press on
Election Day so it would reach millions of people watching
election results. <span class="ORG">CBS</span> and NBC broadcast the report that
election results. <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CBS</span> and NBC broadcast the report that
night.</p>
<p> CLARK HAD KEY ROLE</p>
<p> The leak led to a new clash between the regular
@ -426,21 +427,21 @@ bureaucracy and the president's advisers. The official
State Department spokesman, John Hughes, tried hard to play
down the report, pointing out that it was unproven that the
Bakuriani was carrying MiGs. At the same time, employees of
the Office of Public Diplomacy, acting under North's
the Office of Public Diplomacy, acting under <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>'s
direction, insisted that the crates were inside the ship and
that MiGs were still a possibility.</p>
<p> To take a closer look, the source said, <span class="PERSON">North</span>
<p> To take a closer look, the source said, <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>
requested a high-flying SR-71 Blackbird spy aircraft be sent
from Beale Air Force Base near <span class="GPE">Sacramento</span>, Calif., to fly
over the <span class="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> port of Corinto while the Bakuriani
from Beale Air Force Base near <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Sacramento</span>, Calif., to fly
over the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Nicaraguan</span> port of Corinto while the Bakuriani
unloaded its cargo. The pictures showed that the Bakuriani
unloaded helicopters, not MiGs.</p>
<p>
<span class="PERSON">North</span> was not the only adviser who operated
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> was not the only adviser who operated
outside traditional government channels, investigators have
concluded.</p>
<p> Others were known as the RIGLET, a semi-official
unit made up of <span class="PERSON">North</span>; Alan Fiers, a CIA Central American
unit made up of <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>; Alan Fiers, a <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> Central American
affairs officer; and Elliott Abrams, the current assistant
secretary of state for inter-American affairs, according to
Abrams' subordinate Richard Melton. Melton revealed the
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<p> Among the RIGLET's actions was ordering the U.S.
ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, to assist the contras
in setting up a front in southern Nicaragua. Tambs, who
resigned suddenly last year after his links to <span class="PERSON">North</span> were
resigned suddenly last year after his links to <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> were
revealed, testified about the instructions to Iran-contra
investigators.</p>
<p> But perhaps the key to the parallel government was
the role played by Reagan's second national security
adviser, William Clark. It was during Clark's tenure that
<span class="PERSON">North</span> began to gain influence in the NSC.</p>
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span> began to gain influence in the NSC.</p>
<p> Clark also recruited several midlevel officers
from the Pentagon and the CIA to work on a special Central
from the Pentagon and the <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> to work on a special Central
American task force in 1983 to push aid for El Salvador, a
task force member said.</p>
<p> "Judge Clark was the granddaddy of the system," he
@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ my boss said that because of special circumstances, I was to
be reassigned to the task force."</p>
<p> A former administration official familiar with
Clark's activities said Clark also had approved contacts
between Vatican Ambassador Wilson and Libya before Wilson's
between <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Vatican</span> Ambassador Wilson and Libya before Wilson's
November 1985 journey, which came after McFarlane replaced
Clark at the NSC.</p>
<p> The former official said Wilson also had carried