JoeB131
Diamond Member
So you are saying that Weinberger was innocent?
Hey, this is going to surprise you, but yes.
When Reagan was conceiving his brain-dead, idiotic policy of trading weapons to Iran for hostages, Cap Weinberger was one of the few people on his cabinet who said, "This is a really stupid idea!" And it was a stupid idea. But it wasn't illegal. Diverting money to the Contras was illegal.
But when the convictions of Poindexter and North were thrown out, because they were smart enough to get immunity deals before they said anything, Lawrence Walsh had to try someone for something so show he hadn't just pissed away 43 million in taxpayers money.
So what he charged Cap with was lying to Congress, because Congress asked him if he had kept a diary, which Cap said, "No, diaries are for girly-men" [citation needed] . He did however, take meeting notes, that were turned over to the national archive. Notes that supported his testimony. Trading weapons for hostages was discussed, he thought it was a bad idea, Bush and Poindexter were for it.
Well, shit man, that was good enough for a perjury charge. Doesn't he know meeting notes are a diary. And so what if a judge threw it out. We'll just refile 5 days before the 1992 election to make Bush look bad. October Surprise, baby.
I also think Scooter Libby got a bad deal.