Iran-Contra Investigation Day 24

North answers questions concerning money handling and decision making in the “enterprise,” the network of private companies used to sell arms to Iran and supply the contras. North explains the security fence at his home and his use of traveler’s checks for personal expenses. North admits to misleading Congress in order to protect the operation. Senate committee chairman Daniel Inouye makes a statement in which he points to his own record on the Senate Intelligence Committee and rebuffs North’s suggestion that members of Congress cannot be trusted with the “secrets of the land.” close