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Respond to this Article September 200,.
Iran-Contra II?
Fresh scrutiny on a rogue Pentagon operation.
By JosbuaMicab Marsball, Laura Rozen,·and Paul Glastris
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mole intlie Department ofDefeiise wlio allegedlY passed to Israel, yilt apro-ISraeli
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iIive~tigiUiofi, according to u.s. government 6fficiiUs, is Larry VtanIdhi, aveteran
Oe&"s~ Int~mg~n~ A&e~¢y Itati ~~IY$t tiQW wotk!t\g bi Ui¢ olli\:e. b.fthe
Pentagon's nuiiiber tliree civilian official, UlidersecreWf ofDefeiiSe for PoJic~
Douglas Feith. ..
The investigation ofFranklin is now shininB. a bript lig,ht on a shadowy struggle
within the Bush adminislration over the direction ofU.S. policy toward Iran. In
partic~J1ar, the FBI is lookin~ with renewed interest at an unauthorized back-chann~l
between Iranian dissidents and advisers in Feith's office, which more senior
administration . officials first tried in vain to shut down.
and then later attempted to
cover up.
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expert name(f Harold Rhode, were tlie two offichils involved in tfie back-cliiiiiiiel,
wJii~h ifivolv¢d on-going m~~tjng~ iUl4 ~6fi~c~ \YUh h1lmaii ijnn~ d¢aler Manucher
Glioi'biiiiifar and other Itaiiian eXiles, dissidentS and government officials.
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