FINAL REPORT OF THE
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL FOR
IRAN/CONTRA MATTERS

Volume I:
Investigations and Prosecutions
Lawrence E. Walsh
Independent Counsel
August 4, 1993
Washington, D.C.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Division for the Purpose of
Appointing Independent Counsel
Division No. 86-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Volume 1

Contributors

Letter of Transmittal iii
Executive Summary xiii
Summary of Prosecutions xxiii

Part I The Underlying Facts 1

Part II History of the Investigation 25

Chronology of Key Public Developments 51

Part III The Operational Conspiracy:
A Legal Analysis 55

Part IV Investigations and Cases:
The National Security Council Staff 77

Chapter 1 U.S. v. Robert C. McFarlane 79
Chapter 2 U.S. v. Oliver L. North 105
Chapter 3 U.S. v. John M. Poindexter 123
Chapter 4 Paul B. Thompson 137
Chapter 5 Fawn Hall 147
Chapter 6 Robert L. Earl 151
Chapter 7 Thomas C. Green 155

Part V Investigations and Cases:
The Flow of Funds and the Private Operatives 157

Chapter 8 The Enterprise and Its Finances 159
Chapter 9 U.S. v. Richard V. Secord 173
Chapter 10 U.S. v. Albert Hakim 179
Chapter 11 U.S. v. Thomas G. Clines 181
Chapter 12 Swiss Funds Recovery Efforts 185
Chapter 13 Private Fundraisers (U.S. v. Carl R. Channell and U.S. v. Richard R. Miller) 187
Chapter 14 Other Money Matters 193

Part VI Investigations and Cases:
Officers of the Central Intelligence Agency 199

Chapter 15 William J. Casey 201
Chapter 16 Robert M. Gates 223
Chapter 17 U.S. v. Clair E. George 233
Chapter 18 U.S. v. Duane R. Clarridge 247
Chapter 19 U.S. v. Alan D. Fiers, Jr. 263
Chapter 20 U.S. v. Joseph F. Fernandez 283
Chapter 21 CIA Subject #1 295
Chapter 22 James L. Adkins 309
Chapter 23 Conduct of CIA Officers in November 1986 311

Part VII Investigations and Cases:
Officers of the Department of State 325

Chapter 24 George P. Shultz, M. Charles Hill and Nicholas Platt 325
Chapter 25 U.S. v. Elliott Abrams 375
Chapter 26 Edwin G. Corr 393

Part VIII Investigations and Cases:
Officers of the Department of Defense (U.S. v. Caspar W. Weinberger and Related Investigations) 405

Part IX Investigations of the White House 443

Chapter 27 President Reagan 445
Chapter 28 George Bush 473
Chapter 29 Donald P. Gregg 485
Chapter 30 Donald T. Regan 505
Chapter 31 Edwin Meese, III 525

Part X Political Oversight and the Rule of Law 555

Part XI Concluding Observations 561

Index 567

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