.
Schema-Root.org logo

 

  cross-referenced news and research resources about

 Oliver North

Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North (born October 7, 1943) is a former United States Marine, White House aide, and radio talk show host. He is most famous for his role in the Iran-Contra Affair.

North was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended the State University of New York Brockport before attending the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1968.

North was a U.S. Vietnam veteran and was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, three Navy Commendation Medals and two Purple Hearts. In 1981 North became a Cold War insider in the cabinet of Ronald Reagan, where he served as an aide to National Security Advisor Admiral John Poindexter. North was an integral player in the Iran-Contra Affair whereby the U.S. government secretly and illegally sold weapons to Iran and used the profits to fund the Contra rebel group in Central America. He is a devout Christian, and a regular conservative pundit on FOX News, CNN, and other networks.

Oliver North became famous when he was summoned to testify before a joint Congressional committee formed to investigate Iran-Contra related matters. Some saw him as the public scapegoat for many other people in the Reagan administration who were involved in the Iran-Contra affair.

North was indicted March 16, 1988, on 16 felony counts. After standing trial on 12, North was convicted May 4, 1989 of three charges: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell on July 5, 1989, to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service.

A three-judge appeals panel on July 20, 1990, vacated North's conviction for further proceedings to determine whether his immunized testimony influenced witnesses in the trial. The Supreme Court declined to review the case. Judge Gesell dismissed the case September 16, 1991, after hearings on the immunity issue, on the motion of the independent counsel.

In 1994 North again stirred controversy this time as a candidate for the United States Senate from Virginia. Although North had the backing of the state Republican Party and many prominent Republican politicians, he failed to gain an endorsement from Virginia's senior senator, John Warner, also a Republican. Warner gave his support to a Republican who campaigned as an independent, J. Marshall Coleman. North lost the election to Charles Robb, one of the few significant Republican defeats in the "Republican Revolution" of 1994. A documentary film (A Perfect Candidate [1 ]) was made about his campaign.

North wrote an autobiography, Under Fire: An American Story, and has authored many military thriller novels, some of which are based on his own adventures.

North is the host of "Common Sense," a conservative radio talk show on many American stations. He has also hosted "War Stories with Oliver North" on Fox News television, and has had a small recurring role on the CBS series JAG.

North also participated as an "embedded" reporter for Fox News during the Iraq war. He was embedded with a Marine unit.

One of the most northern points on the west coast of Costa Rica, "Ollie's Point," was the favorite place for North's shipments to arrive on their way to Nicaragua. It is also considered by some to be a world-class surfing spot.

oliver_north.jpg

Oliver North

images:  google   yahoo

Fri. November 20, 2009

-
Along these lines, Daniels teases class and racial tensions with televised glimpses of Oliver North and Mary's favorite TV show: "The $100000 Pyramid. ...
Oliver North says US service members fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are the next "greatest generation," and he encouraged the nation to embrace them as ...
Oliver North says US service members fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan today "are the next greatest generation" and encouraged America to embrace them as ...

Oliver North will be featured on the Vacation Channel Nov. 22, according to a press release from the Branson-based TV station. The interview will air at 9 ...
By KSFY Staff Retired Lt. Colonel Oliver North is in Sioux Falls tonight speaking at the South Dakota Law Enforcement Dinner and children's Charity. ...
Colonel Oliver North was in town Wednesday speaking at the Law Enforcement Apprecaition Dinner. Colonel Oliver North just wrote his 11th book, ...
Oliver North is using climate change denialism to fundraise for his non-profit group Freedom Alliance. In a six-page stream-of-consciousness fundraising ...
Oliver North will be in Sioux Falls on today as the keynote speaker for the South Dakota Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner and children's Charity. ...
Not since Oliver North showed up for a key congressional hearing in his Marine Corps uniform has the Washington press corps been so spectacularly vexed at ...
Oliver North. North, a decorated combat veteran, speaks at the Wednesday night event. He was in the national spotlight in the 1980s during the Iran-Contra ...
An Ohio firm's restructuring plan for the Pittsburgh public Schools would continue a consolidation begun three years ...
By staff writers After reports that police are investigating alleged voting fraud in the Glasgow North East by-election, a leading democracy group has ...
Oliver North speaks during the Tony Orlando Yellow Ribbon Salute to Veterans on Veterans Day at the Welk Theatre. By Phil Surratt Retired Marine Lt. Col. ...
I also understand why Clicker thinks that Sesame Street is related to The Electric Company-but not why it thinks a show starring Ollie North is (see the ...
Oliver North will serve as keynote speaker. Call 800-268-3643. From 9-10:30 am, the USAF Band of Mid-America will perform at Branson Landing Town Square ...
Oliver North and a number of Branson entertainers will be at Silver Dollar City Wednesday for a Veterans Day celebration and fundraiser. ...
The two teens broke into Oliver's North
A minor accident Friday on Oliver Street in North Tonawanda sent one man to the hospital with possible neck injuries. Another motorist who it appears struck ...
Oliver North and a Cuban exile named Felix Rodríguez [a former CIA agent who executed Che Guevara in Bolivia] were running one of them, and the other one ...
And for some reason, you probably won't hear during his “War Stories,” Oliver North
A consulting firm last night recommended closing 15 city school buildings, a proposal sure to stoke controversy in a ...
Neil Livingstone worked with Oliver North
WASHINGTON -- In what has turned out to be the bloodiest month of the war in Afghanistan, there is a growing chorus of critics who claim ...
North, an aide on Ronald Reagan's National Security Council who is best known for his role in the Iran-Contra ...
Oliver North. Tickets are on sale NOW! Win a FREE ipod Nano by signing up to be a KRMG Insider now. ipod Nano with video camera, larger screen and FM radio, ...
Even so, sites that implement "pay walls” - directly charging consumers for content that's been free for a decade - face a tougher sell than Ollie North ...
Check on Ollie North, G. Gordon Liddy, Karl Rove, Tom DeLay. Here in Alabama, we have two individuals who had no regard for the law and forced to leave ...
Sounds more like the premier of the sequel to Ollie North and the boys Central American Insurgency. According to Colin Powell's former chief of staff during ...
... partaking in the shell-shocked lunacy of Ollie North; of bearing witness to G. Gordon Liddy's "crazy uncle in the basement" shtick; or sitting through ...
George Will, Michelle Malkin, Debra Saunders, Oliver North and Bill O'Reilly (to name a few) are regular contributors who espouse the conservative viewpoint ...
... to bits in a cause they don't understand since I, like so many of my fellow gas-bags (Oliver North being a conspicuous exception), did not do so myself. ...
Oliver North. Tickets are on sale NOW! Win a FREE ipod Nano by signing up to be a KRMG Insider now. ipod Nano with video camera, larger screen and FM radio, ...
In the 1980s, United States President Ronald Reagan authorised Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North to divert funds from the illegal sale of weapons to Iran to ...
Oliver North, Andrew Young and JC Watts. This year the convention center ballroom was set up with 90 tables that each sat 10. Local organizations paid $300 ...
... with ethics was a one way ticket to disbarment, but nowhere has anyone shown that Reagan knew about the Contra diversion, that was Ollie North's baby. ...
Oliver North. Tickets are on sale NOW! Phillies beat Dodgers 10-4, return to World Series. The Yankees lead the Angels 3-1 in the ALCS, which resumes ...
... the Iran-Contra drugging of America, and the establishment of an internment camp for US citizens mindset as spawned by Oliver North's brazen "Rex 84. ...
Here is another thing I wondered: If there was no such thing as the Reagan Era, or Iran-Contra, or Oliver North, or crack cocaine, what would Jay-Z and his ...
In the 1980s, United States President Ronald Reagan authorised Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North to divert funds from the illegal sale of weapons to Iran to ...


 


schema-root.org

    usa
     government
      branches
       executive
        departments
         defense
          marine corps
           officers
             oliver north

Marine Corps officers:
             captains
             corporals
             oliver north
             sergeants

page tools:

short url:
http://schema-root.org/p/788

Send link to a friend

Google cache of page


schemata ©2009 John Tinker