Volume 41, Number 5 · March 3, 1994
Walsh's Last Stand
By Theodore H. Draper
Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters—United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Vol. I, Investigations and Prosecutions
by Lawrence E. Walsh Independent Counsel
Government Printing Office, 572 pp., three volumes, $60.00 (paper)
Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters—United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Vol. II, Indictments, Plea Agreements, Interim Reports to Congress, and Administrative Matters
by Lawrence E. Walsh Independent Counsel
Government Printing Office, 785 pp., three volumes, $60.00 (paper)
Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters—United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Vol. III, Comments and Materials Submitted by Individuals and Their Attorneys Responding to Volume I of the Final Report
by Lawrence E. Walsh Independent Counsel
Government Printing Office, 1,150 pp., three volumes, $60.00 (paper)
Iran-Contra: The Final Report
by Lawrence E. Walsh
Times Books, 592 pp., $15.00 (paper)
The confusion with which Lawrence E. Walsh's final Iran-contra report was received was strikingly reflected in The New York Times of January 19, 1994. A news report by David Johnston emphasized that the report 'presented few fresh facts,' and that Walsh had 'persevered on a trail that seemed to be growing cold.' A news analysis by David E. Rosenbaum said that the report 'added nothing but small details to what was already known about the case.' An editorial was somewhat warmer—the report vindicates 'the law's requirement for a full report of his investigation.' On the op-ed page, Peter Kornbluh and Malcolm Byrne of the National Security Archive in Washington were much the warmest: the report 'set the record straight on the major players in the scandal.' Thus the Times provided its readers with two negative news reports, one moderate editorial, and one totally uncritical op-ed piece.
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