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March 21, 2014

Lawrence Walsh, Prosecutor in Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies at 102 
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Lawrence Walsh, who prosecuted top Reagan administration officials for
the Iran-Contra scandal, has died at the age of 102. Walsh conducted a
six-year investigation of the Reagan administration's covert sale of
weapons to Iran and its use of the proceeds to secretly supply weapons
to contra rebels in Nicaragua despite a congressional ban. Walsh won key
convictions, but President George H.W. Bush later pardoned several
officials involved, including Reagan's defense secretary, Caspar
Weinberger.

 

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