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THEY MADE HISTORY
NOVEMBER 21, 1986
Cover-up, Iran-Contra edition: The day before a scheduled Justice Department review of Oliver North's files, his secretary, Fawn Hall, shreds documents related to Col. North's possible involvement in illegal arms sales to Iran.
1973: Cover-up, Watergate edition: Fred Buzhardt, a lawyer for President Nixon, confirms that an 18-minute gap on a White House tape obscured a conversation between the president and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman.
North and Hall testify at Iran-Contra hearings.
Oliver photo by Chris Wilkins/AFP/Getty Images
Hall photo by Terry Ashe/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
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