Undue Process

Abrams served the Reagan administration in Central America and was part of the operation to topple the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Since 1991, however, he has been relentlessly pursued by Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-Contra Independent Counsel, for his actions in Nicaragua. Here, he claims that the Office of the Independent Counsel has a created a separate legal system with its own rules, and is dedicated to finding victims rather than doing justice. Abrams recounts the effect these investigations have had on him and his family.