European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. December 22,1987 Meese faces arms probes for 6th time quizzed about Iran Contra affair Washington a attorney general Edwin Meese 111 made his sixth appearance monday before the grand jury investigating the Sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to the nicaraguan rebels. The attorney general has testified 11 times before Federal grand juries this year including five appear ances before a panel that is investigating his role in helping the scandal plagued wed tech corp. Get a Lucra Tive army contract. Grand jury proceedings arc secret but it is believed that Meese has been questioned extensively about the weekend investigation he conducted in november w86 that led to the announcement that arms Sale prof its had been diverted to the contras. Meuse s Public disclosure of the diversion led to the resignation of rear adm. John m. Poindexter As presi Dent Reagan s National Security adviser and the firing of i. Col. Oliver North a National Security Council aide. Hold Poindexter and North Are targets of the investigation into the Iran Contra affair according to their attorneys. Various members of Congress have charged that Meese conducted a bungled probe that enabled poin Dexler North and others to destroy key documents about the Iran Contra affair before they could be obtained by investigators. The investigation was also criticized by the recent report by the House and Senate committees that con ducted hearings on the Iran Contra affair last summer. The joint report noted that a Csc stopped having notes taken during interviews once he Learned of the Diu Tsion. It also faulted him for not including experienced criminal investigators on the team of mostly political appointees he assembled for the weekend probe. Another possible area of inquiry was a Csc s acquiescence to an october 1986 request by Poindexter to delay an Fri investigation of Southern air trans port inc., that would reveal the existence of the private Contra resupply network. The Justice department has refused to comment on a Csc s appearances before the grand jury. But the attorney general has said he is not a target of the investigation being conducted by Independent counsel Law rence e. Walsh. Meese who is not represented by private attorneys says he is cooperating with wish s investigation. In a related development attorneys for former North associate Robert Owen said in court papers filed Here that Owen is a possible target of a Miami Federal grand jury probe of illegal gun running to the contras. Federal prosecutors in Miami Are investigating pos sible violations of the neutrality act in connection with the july 21, 1985, shipment of a plan Load of weapons from it. Laud Crdal Fla. To the Nicaragua rebels. Owen s attorneys sought unsuccessfully last week in . District court to prevent their client from being deposed in Public by the plaintiffs in a $22 million civil suit that names him As one of 29 defendants. The plaintiffs free Lance reporters Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. Claim hat ihc1 defendants conspired to commit illegal acts to help the Ondras including an unsuccessful assassination plot against for Mer Contra Eden Pas Lora. The May 30, 1984, bombing of a news conference called by Pastora killed one journalist and injured Sev eral others the defendants have denied the allegations. The Case is scheduled to go to trial june 27 in Federal court in Miami. In court papers unsealed Here last week Owen s lawyers said Federal prosecutors in Miami have indicated their Strong desire to interview or. Owen and or have him testify before the grand jury investigating the arms shipment. But the prosecutors have not offered to give Owen immunity in Exchange for his testimony. They have made it Clear that any statements made by or. Owen May be used against him in connection with their investigation and any indictments that might flow from Owen s attorneys Leonard Gruenebaum and Thomas Hylden said in the court papers. Owen s lawyers say any statements he makes in the deposition could be used against him by prosecutors. Owen who told Congress he carried Money and intelligence information from North to the contras is cooperating with Walsh s investigation under a Gran of limited use immunity from prosecution. But his attorneys contended that any statements he makes in the deposition arc not covered by that immunity agreement. Askew formally enters Florida senatorial race Orlando Fla. A former gov. Rubin Askew monday declared his candidacy for the . Senate saying i know Florida and 1 know the needs of Askew called on former supporters and floridians who put him in the Gover nor s mansion in 1970 and 1974 to join me. Our work has just to All those who May not know me i say join me. I need your helping hand. To All those who love Florida join me. Ours is a crusade for to Morrow said Askew. The 59-year-old former governor announced his candidacy at a news con Ference Here with his wife. Donna Lou next to him. Aides said last week he would make a bid for the seat held by sen. Lawton Chiles who said he would t seek a fourth term. Chiles 57, surprised the Florida Polit ical Community with his announcement two weeks ago. Chiles said he was burned out and was not looking Forward to returning to Washington. Also attending monday s news Confer ence was Bob Squier an Atlanta Campaign consultant. Squier who Success Asl Tew fully managed former gov. Bob Graham s Senate Campaign in 1986, will run Askew s Campaign. Askew has not faced the state s voter since his 1974 re election As governor but the Orlando attorney is considered a formidable politician. He and Chiles both emerged from relative obscurity in 1970, coming out of the state Senate to be elected to the . Senate and governor s office respectively. Dubbed by the Media As Walkin Lawton and Reubin who both scored impressive victories in the Runoff election after finishing second in the Pri Mary. And both became enormously popular with the electorate winning More than 60 percent of the vote in their re election bids. Askew swamped incumbent Republican gov. Claude Kirk in the 1970 Gener Al election and racked up 61.2 percent of the vote in his re election four years later. In 1984, Askew made an aborted at tempt at capturing the democratic presidential nomination leaving the Fie Dafter finishing last in the new Hamp Shire primary. . Rep. Dan Mica has also filed for the democratic primary race. Although rep. Connie Mack is the Only announced Republican contender rep. Bill Mccollum has said he is inter ested in the position. Taking a Bow at 8 Julian Erquiza 8-year-old violinist from the metropolitan school for the arts Syracuse performs at the state capital in Albany during a ceremony honouring recipients of the Eleanor Roosevelt con Muiry Sirice award. Listening in b. Ground Are Matilda Cuomo rights wife of new York got. Mario Cuomo and Joyce Black director of the office for voluntary service. Editor denies Hart senator plagiarized novel Washington up1 the editor of a spy thriller written by Gary Hart and sen. William Cohen monday said a report that the Book May have been based on somebody else s novel was the guardian newspaper in London re ported that the double Man by Han and Cohen bears an uncanny resemblance to a novel published nine years ago. The Glendower t legacy b Thomas Gilford. Both Are lab Ruthine tales of intrigue whose leading characters share the name Chandler. Han s Chandler is a . Sen Ator a tall dark haired handsome Man who becomes a Pawn Between the cd and the Kab when he threatens to reopen the assassination files on president Kenned. A bust of Juk his hero sits in his office. Gift Ord s Chandler is a tall dark haired handsome Harvard professor who is similarly harassed by the Cia and the Kab when he tries 10 authenticate documents showing that George Washington was a British agent during the War of Independence. A bust of Washington his hero sits in his the guardian said. Maria Guam Schulli. Han s and co Hen s editor at William Morrow and co. In new York City told of the guardian Arti Cle said. I made them Han and Cohen do about 18 rentes. They can t Rune Pov silly copied its she said. The worked a Long time on it. I heard from sen Ator Cohen the character s name is the me. The name of their character changed i rom Bret Thompson to Chandler because 1 said it did t sound real gel lord told the guardian i Haven t read Hart s Book but it makes Vou wonder How something like this can happen. On one level it s irritating when someone pilfer an idea if that is what has happened. On another level. It s kind Nam Cohen Tou the Iuar Dun he had never heard of Cut lords b x a adding. If there Ore similarities Thev Aro Guarav Chelli said the store mentioned a number of spa novels. 1 Don t see How it turd can make such irresponsible comments Uii Hout Reading Han s Book. 1 really must Sav it s very
