"In 1987, Robert L. Earl told a grand jury that he had destroyed and stolen national security documents while working for Lt. Col. Oliver L. North [3] during the Iran-Contra scandal," reports John Hendren. "Now, he sits in one of the most coveted offices in the Pentagon as chief of staff to Gordon R. England [4], acting deputy secretary of Defense. Earl has clearance to review the kinds of classified documents he once destroyed."