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 Oliver North labels CIA-drug allegations 'garbage'

 Published: Sept. 22, 1996

 Associated Press

 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Oliver North, a central figure in   [Other stories]
 the Iran-Contra scandal, dismissed as ''absolute garbage''
 reports that the CIA funneled profits from a cocaine ring    Two probes
 to anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua.                       start into
                                                              possible
 ''It's an effort to distract the American people from the    CIA-drug
 Clinton administration's appalling record of dealing with    ring ties
 drugs,'' the former Marine lieutenant colonel said Friday    Published:
 before a speech at Saddleback College.                       Sept. 21,
                                                              1996
 ''It is typical of the most liberal elements of our
 political spectrum to find somebody else to blame for        Previously
 everything,'' North said.                                    published
                                                              postscript
 The drug allegations were first reported last month by the   stories
 Mercury News. It detailed how a San Francisco Bay Area       Last
 drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the street gangs of        updated:
 south-central Los Angeles in the 1980s and funneled          Sept. 22,
 millions in drug profits to a CIA-run guerrilla army in      1996
 Nicaragua.
                                                              Gary Webb
 Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday that the Justice           radio and TV
 Department will launch an independent investigation into     appearances
 the allegations.                                             Last
                                                              updated:
 CIA Director John Deutch, insisting that he has found no     Sept. 22,
 evidence of wrongdoing, has already ordered his inspector    1996
 general to investigate the allegations.
                                                              The original
 North, who was a national security aide in the Reagan        series
 White House, was convicted in 1989 of three felony counts    Published:
 in connection with the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages         Aug 18-20,
 scandal. The convictions were overturned on appeal.          1996

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