“A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.” RONALD REAGAN - Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy - March 4, 1987
As the enormity of the scandal became clearer, the House and Senate appointed special Iran-Contra committees. Hearings were scheduled for 1987 and North agreed to appear only after being granted limited immunity.
North admitted he had lied to Congress and destroyed evidence. He said, “I am … not at all ashamed of any of the things that I did. I was given a mission and I tried to carry it out.” North remained adamant that he at no time acted on his own, a “loose cannon” as some in the administration claimed. - Ollie North Visit a Reminder of Lies, Scandal under Reagan - Jan 2004
