>>>>>Lack of prosecution doesn't prove anything, except that there was no prosecution. By that logic, robber barons weren't robbing, because they weren't imprisoned and their loot repossessed.
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>>>>Accessory to kidnapping and/or terrorist events that involve US citizens would bring down any US president.
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>>>But he didn't help in getting them there, nor did he help any terrorist event. He only timed the release to suit his agenda. Not a major crime, just slime.
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>>Bill, I wouldn't dismiss it so easily:
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>>http://www.aiipowmia.com/other/iranhstgcrss80.html
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>>At least consider his credentials:
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>>Sick is a retired captain in the U.S. Navy. He received a B.A. from Kansas University in 1957, and later earned a Master of Science degree at George Washington University (1970), followed by a PhD in political science at Columbia University (1973).
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>>Sick served on the staff of the National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, and was the principal White House aide for Persian Gulf affairs from 1976 to 1981, a period which included the Iranian revolution and the Hostage Crisis.
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>>After leaving government service, Sick served as Deputy Director for International Affairs at the Ford Foundation from 1982 to 1987, and is the executive director of the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University (1993-present). He is currently an adjunct professor of International Affairs at Columbia's School of International & Public Affairs, and a senior research scholar at SIPA's Middle East Institute. In addition to his professional duties, he sits on the board of directors of Human Rights Watch, and serves as founding chair of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Middle East.
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>>From:
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Sick
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>Looking at his credentials leads me to dismiss him immediately.
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>Iran/contra investigations dragged on ad infinitum. If there was even the slightest hint that he actually conspired to delay getting US citizens home, he would have been shredded on his way to jail.

Or so you would think. A Senate investigatory committee found no substantial evidence, or incomplete evidence, to satisfy the allegation. I will agree there was not enough evidence to take it further, so in essence, Reagan is completely innocent. That doesn't mean proof positive it didn't happen though.