The Nation - News from Sept. 29, 1988

The House Intelligence Committee, in a straight party line vote, refused a request by Republican members to provide classified information to the Ethics Committee that could clarify whether Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex.) violated House rules in discussing what he said were CIA attempts to destabilize the government of Nicaragua. Wright told reporters last week that he had “clear testimony” from the spy agency that U.S. agents had sought to provoke demonstrations and civil unrest that would lead to harsh crackdowns by the leftist Sandinista government.