Iran-Contra Hearings Day 18: Fawn Hall Testimony Part 2 (1987)

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Robert Earl was a United States Marine lieutenant colonel and a deputy to Oliver North at the National Security Agency during the early 1980s.

Earl graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967. He was also a Rhodes Scholar.

Earl is most famous for being involved with the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal supply effort and participated in the destruction of records. He was granted immunity for his testimony.

Oliver North had been a professional acquaintance of Robert Earl since their time together at the Naval Academy. After graduation from the Academy, Earl and North often crossed paths during their careers.

During the George W. Bush presidency, Earl was appointed as chief of staff to acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.

Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. (born March 11, 1942, Providence, Rhode Island) is a senior partner of the law firm Williams & Connolly. Sullivan is probably best-known for the role he served, in the late 1980s, as defense counsel for United States Marines Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver North in the wake of the Iran-Contra scandal. He also represented former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Henry Cisneros, Walter A. Forbes, former chairman of Cendant Corporation, and a number of states against Microsoft.

Sullivan is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he earned his B.A. in 1964 and J.D. in 1967. He served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1968 to 1969.

Sullivan received international media attention in his role as defense counsel to Iran-Contra affair figure Oliver North. During the ensuing congressional hearings, chairman Daniel Inouye suggested that North should speak for himself, because he had wearied of Sullivan's constant objections to questions put to North. Sullivan responded, "Well, sir, I'm not a potted plant. I'm here as the lawyer. That's my job." He also sued Microsoft, on behalf of nine state attorneys general who were unhappy with the federal government's decision to drop the Microsoft antitrust case. He also represented the four Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents involved in the controversial 1992 Ruby Ridge shootout. He defended former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros against accusations of making false statements to the FBI during a background check. He is the attorney for billionaire chipmaker Henry T. Nicholas III, the founder of Broadcom, who in June, 2008, was charged with violations of both securities and narcotics law. The Washington Post has described Sullivan as a "world class lawyer." He defended U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, in the federal grand jury and court proceedings on seven counts of failing to properly report gifts, leading to the Attorney General's dismissal of the indictment during the appeal process.

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