Weinberger Dies Before Joining Iran-Contra Convicts in Bush Admin

Cap Weinberger, a central figure in the biggest subversion of Constitutional authority prior to the current Bush administration, has died.

Epictetus loves coincidence, not to mention the opportunity to comment on the mere appearance of impropriety. Other figures central to the Iran Contra scandal include Elliott Abrams, John Negroponte, and John Poindexter, all of whom were appointed to high-level positions in the administration of George W. Bush. Poindexter's conviction on numerous felony counts–including defrauding the federal government–obviously made him uniquely qualified for the position of Bush's Director of the Information Awareness Office. (Epictetus, it must be said, also enjoys sarcasm.)