In 1991, retired CIA covert operations chief, Claire E. George was indicted on 10 felony counts of perjury, giving false statements and obstruction in his 1986 testimony to congressional panels and a federal grand jury investigating the so-called Iran-Contra Affair. George pleaded not guilty and, after a mistrial, was convicted of two counts of lying to Congress. He faced a possible five-year prison sentence and $250,000 in fines but, on Chistmas Eve, 1992, outgoing President George H.W. Bush pardoned him - as well as Caspar W. Weinberger, Robert C. McFarlane and three other Iran-Contra figures. George died of cardiac arrest Aug. 11.
Friday, August 19, 2011
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