The Empowered President : George Bush / Daniel Sheehan ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein and Jude Tillman.

Program Title:
The Empowered President : George Bush / Daniel Sheehan ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein and Jude Tillman.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ1751
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Daniel Sheehan, attorney for the Christic Institute, discribes how President Bush empowers himself as an acting President. Under Reagan, Bush headed a variety of anti-terroist and drug task forces which set up a hierarchy of power for the CIA to follow thorugh. He goes one to discuss the new CIA Chief, Robert Gates, who committed perjury three times in his confirmation hearings. He denied knowing about Iran-Contra arms funding. Sheehan concludes with a discussion of Oliver North: that the overturned conviction only dealt with petty charges, but that the upcoming Christic Institute law suit against North will be more substantial.|THE EMPOWERED PRESIDENT : GEORGE BUSH / Daniel Sheehan| interviewed by Dennis Bernstein and Jude Tillman. - Daniel Sheehan, attorney for the Christic Institute, discribes how President Bush empowers himself as an acting President. Under Reagan, Bush headed a variety of anti-terroist and drug task forces which set up a hierarchy of power for the CIA to follow thorugh. He goes one to discuss the new CIA Chief, Robert Gates, who committed perjury three times in his confirmation hearings. He denied knowing about Iran-Contra arms funding. Sheehan concludes with a discussion of Oliver North: that the overturned conviction only dealt with petty charges, but that the upcoming Christic Institute law suit against North will be more substantial. - RECORDED: KPFK, 29 May 1991.

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Date Recorded on: 
KPFK, 29 May 1991.
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Item duration: 
1 reel (30 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|30:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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