Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Oct 02, 1991


Title: Nightline Investigation

Abstract:

  • An investigative report re: the Iran-US arms scandal with Ted Koppel (ABC), excerpts of audio taped conversations from 1986 of Oliver North, arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar, businessman Albert Hakim, National Security Council official Howard Teicher, Israeli counterterrorism expert Amiram Nir, CIA agent George Cave, NSC Chairman Robert McFarlane, and several Iranian officials.
  • Excerpts of interviews between Koppel and retired Major General Richard Secord and between Koppel and Teicher.
  • Excerpts of 1/27/88 statement by George Bush, 11/13/86 Ronald Reagan speech, and 11/25/86 press conference by then Attorney General Edwin Meese.
  • Excerpts of testimony today at Robert Gates CIA Director confirmation hearings by former CIA analysts Melvin Goodman and Jennifer Glaudemans.

  • Begin Time:11:33:00 pm
    End Time:12:32:00 am
    TVN Record Number:646871
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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