Legal Opinion
Robert C. McFarlane v. Esquire Magazine
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 30, 1996No. 94-7137PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In the late ’80s and early ’90s articles appeared in the American press asserting an “October Surprise” — a scheme by members of the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign team to thwart President Carter’s efforts to negotiate the release of Iran’s American hostages by inducing the Iranians to delay their agreement. Ultimately (in January 1993) a bipartisan task force of the House of Representatives emphatically rejected these claims. See Joint Report of the Task Force to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980, H. Rep.…
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