1980: Robert Gates Prevented Iran Hostage Release

[razors edge]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/8/161940/682

Were you or were you not among the group of Bush I associates who met with representatives of the Iranian Mullahs in 1980 in order to make sure that Americans kept hostage weren't released until after Jimmy Carter was defeated?

* bink's diary :: ::
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What's the deal with you and the Iranians, Mr. Gates?

What are your connections to the Mullahs?

Who did you know over there?

Who do you know over there?

This stinks.

I'm talking about this:

With little more than a month to go before the U.S. election, Republicans and Iranian representatives continued to meet in Washington. Indeed, one of the first public references to secret Republican-Iranian contacts was to a meeting at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel supposedly in late September or early October.

Three Republicans - Allen, Silberman and Robert McFarlane, an aide to Sen. John Tower - have acknowledged a session with an Iranian emissary at the hotel. But none of them claimed to remember the person's name, his nationality or his position - not even McFarlane who purportedly arranged the meeting.

KOS has been on this guy like stink on...

[Avalux]

1. I'm beginning to wish Rummy wouldn't leave.

Not really - but what I've been reading about Gates - he might be even worse. x(

[gfnrob]

2. Not to mention,Ortega is back as well! coincident?

[Mythsaje]

3. Oh, really?

One of the major reasons for the Reagan defeat of Carter? Oh, I remember this all too well. I heard a story on NPR about it, back in the day, and it vanished into the ether. Not about Gates, specifically, but about the meeting and the purpose behind it.

Nice catch for KOS.

[williesgirl]

4. Gates should NOT be confirmed - recommended

[applegrove]

5. Oh my gosh. He is just another myth-maker . Oh my gosh. This is bad.

[grasswire]

6. was that "the" Silberman?

Of Federalist Society fame?

[Webster Green]

7. That was the original "October Surprise", wasn't it?

That, and Poppy Bush foiling Carter's attempt to send in a team to rescue the hostages.

[shrdlu]

8. This assertion needs more evidence...

...to justify such a stark headline. Granted that Gates is smooth and slippery and has a dubious memory. What he needs is a good cross examination.

[Actionman]

9. cross does not stop a lie... and when your CIA your trained to do it well

oversight and very tight controls... call it micro manage, however, his job is to clean and get jr out without being completely skinned. Bush is raw now and very exposed, Gates must balance appearing to manage war problems and cover administration crimes.