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	Oliver North

HansWobbe

11-6-2009 2:39 AM

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HansWobbe says:

Reference was made to this well known situation as a result of some "Minutes" and "Governance" discussions that took place during the Year End meetings of one of the Boards on which I serve.

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North was a <A title="United States National Security Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">National Security Council</A> member involved in the <A title="Clandestine operation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_operation" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">clandestine</A> sale of <A class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">weapons</A> to <A title="Iran" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Iran</A>, which served to encourage the release of U.S. <A class="mw-redirect" title="Hostages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostages" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">hostages</A> from <A title="Lebanon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Lebanon</A>. North formulated the second part of the plan: diverting proceeds from the arms sales to support the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Contra (guerrillas)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(guerrillas)" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Contra rebel group</A> in <A title="Nicaragua" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Nicaragua</A>. North was charged with several <A class="mw-redirect" title="Felonies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felonies" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">felonies</A>, but the charges were later dismissed in <A title="1991" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">1991</A>. North is married to Betsy North (<A class="mw-redirect" title="Née" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9e" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">née</A> Stuart), whom he met while attending the <A title="United States Naval Academy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">United States Naval Academy</A>. They married on <A title="November" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">November</A> 13, <A title="1968" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">1968</A> (after North was commissioned and finished the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Basic School" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_School" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Basic School</A> at <A title="Quantico, Virginia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Quantico, Virginia</A>) and have four children.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6965854C-8214-4FC5-BCAB-B88D8C405718/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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