Oliver North Questioned During Iran Contra: Rex 84 Exposed — Transcript

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1. 0:00biggin was elected to the presidency he
2. 0:02installed lewis gia Freda as head of
3. 0:04FEMA the Federal Emergency Management
4. 0:07Agency chief rita was an old cold
5. 0:11warrior from Reagan's California days
6. 0:13whose specialty was suppression of
7. 0:15unrest and dissent gia Freda north and
8. 0:19George Bush began to turn FEMA into an
9. 0:23instrument of domestic anti-terrorism
10. 0:26you're dealing with the group of people
11. 0:28in the administration Who equated
12. 0:30political dissent with treason and if
13. 0:32you cannot differentiate between
14. 0:34emergency procedures which I think
15. 0:36everyone agrees are necessary and
16. 0:38suppressing political dissent and with
17. 0:41North and Poindexter and Casey you had a
18. 0:45group of people who saw Americans who
19. 0:47disagree with them there's the enemy
20. 0:49Colonel North in your work at the NSC
21. 0:53were you not assigned at one time to
22. 0:55work on plans for the continuity of
23. 0:57government in the event of a major
24. 0:59disaster mr. Chairman I believe that
25. 1:05question touches upon a highly sensitive
26. 1:08and classified area so may I request
27. 1:11that you not touch upon that sir I was
28. 1:16particularly concerned chairman because
29. 1:20i read in miami papers and several
30. 1:24others that they had been a plan
31. 1:27developed by that same agency a
32. 1:32contingency plan in the event of
33. 1:34emergency that would suspend the
34. 1:36American Constitution and I was deeply
35. 1:38concerned about it and wondering if that
36. 1:40was area in which he had worked really
37. 1:43warm or when I most respectfully request
38. 1:47that that matter not be touched upon at
39. 1:50this stage
40. 1:51if we wish to get into this on certain
41. 1:53arrangements can be made for executive
42. 1:55session and tragically the only member
43. 1:59who got close was Jack Brooks and he was
44. 2:02stopped up