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| − | Meese became [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the [[Wedtech scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-09/news/mn-107_1_wedtech-scandal |title=Wallach Found Guilty of Racketeering, Fraud: Meese's Friend, Two Others Convicted in Wedtech Scandal |date=1989-08-09 |first=Robert L. |last=Jackson |author2=John J. Goldman |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The report of special prosecutor James McKay cleared Meese of criminal wrongdoing, but criticized him for ethical lapses, especially regarding bribes to Israel not to attack an Iraqi oil pipeline which benefited associates of the Attorney General. Meese described this as 'full vindication.'<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-05/news/mn-5430_1_meese-resigns Meese Resigns], LA Times, 5 July 1988</ref> It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department. | + | Meese became [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the [[Wedtech scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-09/news/mn-107_1_wedtech-scandal |title=Wallach Found Guilty of Racketeering, Fraud: Meese's Friend, Two Others Convicted in Wedtech Scandal |date=1989-08-09 |first=Robert L. |last=Jackson |author2=John J. Goldman |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The report of special prosecutor James McKay cleared Meese of criminal wrongdoing, but criticized him for ethical lapses, especially regarding bribes to Israel not to attack an Iraqi oil pipeline which benefited associates of the Attorney General. Meese described this as 'full vindication.'<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-05/news/mn-5430_1_meese-resigns Meese Resigns], LA Times, 5 July 1988</ref> It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department. [[Ronald Reagan]] voiced support for Meese as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the [[US Justice Department]].<ref name=Leadership>{{cite web |url=http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/breakfast/bio.cfm?speaker=10964 |title=Speaker Bio: Edwin Meese |publisher=[[The Leadership Institute]] |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> |
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| Member of | Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Mont Pelerin Society |
William C. Duncan, the former Special Operations Coordinator for the Southeast Region of the Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue Service gave a deposition that he had received information that Barry Seal had "directly" given Edwin Meese a "several hundred thousand dollar bribe".[1]
Service as U.S. Attorney General
Meese became Attorney General in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the Wedtech scandal.[2] The report of special prosecutor James McKay cleared Meese of criminal wrongdoing, but criticized him for ethical lapses, especially regarding bribes to Israel not to attack an Iraqi oil pipeline which benefited associates of the Attorney General. Meese described this as 'full vindication.'[3] It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department. Ronald Reagan voiced support for Meese as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the US Justice Department.[4]
Event Witnessed
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
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| Washington Conference on International Terrorism | US Washington DC | A key conference in establishing the "War On Terror", 5 years after the seminal Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism |
- ↑ http://prorev.com/wwduncan.htm
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