Walsh May Urge No Immunity for North
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WASHINGTON — Independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh will meet today with House and Senate investigating committees, apparently to urge lawmakers not to grant immunity from prosecution to Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, the key figure in the Iran- contra probe.
Walsh in March persuaded the House and Senate panels to delay until June 4 any decision on immunity for North, who has invoked the Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-incrimination and refused to testify about his role in the scandal.
The committees granted the request only grudgingly, indicating that lawmakers believe that getting public testimony from North may be more important than securing his trial or conviction on criminal charges related to the Iran affair.
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