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Using the cia. and without using appropriated funds. >> their solution was the nsc. the national security counsel. they believed a precise reading of the law left the nsc exempt from restrictions. we decided the nsc could take over the contra program. >> the political of military affairs was the hammer. lieutenant colonel oliver north. >> they appointed oliver north to be the ops manager for the entire contra war. >> he believed as passionately as ronald reagan in the cause of the contras. >> olie north and others saw this as a great, great crusade. out of sight, down in the

Using the c.i.a. and without using appropriated funds. >> their solution was -- the nsc. the national security council. they believed the precise reading of the law left the nsc exempt from restrictions. >> we decided that the nsc staff could take over the management of the contra program. >> the nsc's director of political military affairs was -- the hammer. lieutenant colonel oliver north. >> they appointed oliver north to basically be the ops manager for the entire contra war. >> he believed as passionately as ronald reagan in the cause of the contras. >> ollie north as others saw this as a...

And they don't want to investigate everything that happened. in fact, they're trying to whitewash everything. and the faa is not concerned about other air controllers stacking up planes and handing them off in violation of procedures and safety. >> have you brought this allegation to the faa's complaint, even if it isn't in the document relating to your specific litigation with them? >> yes, sir. on december 12, i was called into a meeting with my ops manager at the time and the vice president union rep of our facility and i was told that they could not do anything to ken martin because an err...

As i walked out in the control room, i looked over at the ops manager after previously having to turn him in for sleeping, i did not want to be there when they woke him up. and i heard they literally had to shake him to wake him up. >> now let me drill down on this just a little bit. when he was asleep, was he at that moment responsible for looking at the screen and giving instructions to planes about where to go, when to land or how to move their location? >> i went over, and observed his scope. he had two airplanes that were 30 miles inside his air space, still at high altitude. both of them...