He Didn't Give at the Office

Defending the CIA officials who were embroiled in the Iran-contra affair is an expensive business (the ongoing trial of former senior spook Clair George will cost more than $1 million). Which is why a privately sponsored legal-defense fund has been asking CIA employees -- past and present -- to give generously. So far, former directors William Webster, Richard Helms, Stansfield Turner, William Colby and James Schlesinger have all chipped in. The exception: ex-CIA director GEORGE BUSH. While putting the bite on Bush would be crass, agency loyalists may reason that he just might be called upon to help Clair George with...

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