March 29 (Baba), May 4, 1989, the United States formally ruled that the establishment of the central figure of the "Iran-Contra" event Northrop criminal offense. May

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Northrop jury convicted 12 people on charges of: obstruct Congress to investigate the White House secretly sold arms to Iran and the proceeds turned to aid the Nicaraguan rebels event after;, unauthorized destruction of National Security Affairs Committee file; illegal to accept associates to $ 13,800 for residential construction defending device. Prosecutor indicted 12 counts, nine were found not guilty. Which lasted more than two months (l $ j��.c��)
trial total cost over 13 million U.S. dollars. The then 45-year-old Northrop is the former White House National Security Council aide, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. (History. Com)