Iran-Contra Hearings Day 23 Part 2: Oliver North Testimony Part 2 (1987)

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In 1990, North founded the Freedom Alliance, a 501(c)(3) foundation "...to advance the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense." The foundation's primary activities include providing support for wounded combat soldiers, and scholarships for the sons and daughters of service members killed in action. Beginning in 2003, Sean Hannity has raised over $10 million for the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund through Freedom Concerts and donations from the Sean Hannity Show and its listeners. Hannity, North, and other charity spokesperson claim that all of the net proceeds from the Freedom Concerts are donated to the fund. The charity has recently been criticized by Daily Kos and conservative-leaning blogger Debbie Schlussel for distributing too little of its funds for charitable purposes. In response to accusations that money collected by the charity was inappropriately spent, the non-profit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed formal complaints with the FTC and IRS against North, Hannity, and the Freedom Concerts and Freedom Alliance charities.

Pictures of North in the NSA buildings with former British Intelligence Officer John P. Lawrence were flashed around the world, when the two former colleagues were asked to help the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Although raised a Roman Catholic, he has long attended Protestant evangelical services with his family.

North is a board member in the National Rifle Association, and appeared at their national conventions in 2007 and 2008.

In 1995, Sliders, a Fox channel produced television show (rights were later bought by Sci-Fi Channel), aired three episodes exploring alternate dimensions where Oliver North had been elected President of the United States. The episodes were: Summer of Love (S1E03), and Exodus parts 1 and 2 (S3E17, S3E18).

North's role in the Contra scandal was echoed in the story of "Colonel Oliver Southern," in the 2005 film about Soviet arms dealer Yuri Orlov entitled Lord of War.

In 2008, American Dad!, an animated TV show produced by Seth McFarlane, aired an episode that had the Iran-Contra affair as the main storyline called "Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold" in which the main character, Stan Smith, looks for a crate full of gold that Ollie North had to hide when the Iran-Contra affair blew up.

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[JohnBoy918]

Wow, these committe members were assholes.