Incrimination?
We applaud President Reagan’s refusal to order Vice Adm. John Poindexter and Lt. Col. Oliver North to waive their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
We wonder, did Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III advise these suspects that their continued silence makes whatever story they ultimately tell less believable?
MARGARET LENNON
RICHARD TOM
Los Angeles
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