Part 81 – SEPTEMBER 21 1988
"The Central Intelligence Agency had deliberately provoked opposition activities in Nicaragua in hopes of prompting an overreaction by Nicaragua's Sandinista Government." - Jim Wright, the Speaker of the House, Sept. 21 1988
''We had received clear testimony from C.I.A. people that they have deliberately done things to provoke an overreaction on the part of the Government in Nicaragua,'' Senator Jim Wright, a Texas Democrat, said today in response to a question at his daily news briefing.