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When President George H.W. Bush finally put an end to Walsh's probe by pardoning six Iran-Contra defendants on Christmas Eve 1992, official Washington breathed a collective sigh of relief. The national news media barely took note that Bush's pardons also had protected him from possible indictment for his own withholding of documents. [For details, see Parry's Secrecy & Privilege.]

So history suggests that whatever Fitzgerald's investigation concludes about Libby, Rove and the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity, there will be strong resistance from official Washington if the prosecutor tries to track the criminality up the chain of command.


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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, can be ordered at secrecyandprivilege.com. It's also available at Amazon.com, as is his 1999 book, Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth.'
Editor's note; Bob Parry is one of the great investigative journalists of our time. His website is ConsortiumNews.com

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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, can be ordered at secrecyandprivilege.com. It's also available at
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