Reply on Probe Counsel Delayed
A decision on the request by Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III for a special prosecutor to probe the Iran arms- contra aid affair probably will not be made until next week, two of three judges considering the request said today.
The judges, Lewis Morgan of Atlanta and Walter Mansfield of New York, indicated they were likely to approve Meese’s request for a special prosecutor, or independent counsel, to investigate the secret White House dealings that saw up to $30 million in profits from Iran arms sales go to Nicaraguan rebels.
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