George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography

subjects were under discussion. Since that time, many once- classified documents have
come to light, which suggest that Bush organized and supervised many, or most, of the
criminal aspects of the Iran-Contra adventures. The most significant events relevant to
George Bush's role are presented here in the format of a chronology. At the end of the
chronology, parts of the testimony of George Bush's loyal assistant Donald Gregg will be
provided, to allow for a comparison of the documented events with the Bush camp's
account of things. Over the time period covered, the reader will observe the emergence of
new structures in the U.S. government:

• The Special Situation Group, '' together with its subordinate Standing Crisis Pre-
  Planning Group '' (May 14, 1982).


• The `` Crisis Management Center '' (February 1983).


• The `` Terrorist Incident Working Group '' (April 3, 1984).


• The `` Task Force on Combatting Terrorism '' (or simply Terrorism Task Force) (July
  1985).

The `` Operations Sub-Group '' (January 20, 1986). These were among the official, secret
structures of the U.S. government created from 1982 through 1986. Other structures,
whose existence has not yet come to light, may also have been created--or may have
persisted from an earlier time. Nothing of this is to be found in the United States
Constitution. All of these structures revolved around the secret command role of the then-
Vice President, George Bush. The propaganda given out to justify these changes in
government has stressed the need for secrecy to carry out necessary covert acts against
enemies of the nation (or of its leaders). Certainly, a military command will act secretly
in war, and will protect secrets of its vulnerable capabilities. But the Bush apparatus,
within and behind the government, was formed to carry out covert policies: to make war
when the constitutional government had decided not to make war; to support enemies of
the nation (terrorists and drug-runners) who are the friends or agents of the secret
government. In the period of the chronology, there are a number of meetings of public
officials-- secret meetings. Who really made the policies, which were then well or poorly
executed by the covert action structure? By looking at the scant information that has
come to light on these meetings, we may reach some conclusions about who advocated
certain policy choices; but we have not then learned much about the actual origin of the
policies that were being carried out. This is the rule of an oligarchy whose members are
unknown to the public, an oligarchy which is bound by no known laws.

January 20, 1981:

Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as U.S. President.

March 25, 1981:

Vice President George Bush was named the leader of the United States crisis management '' staff, as a part of the National Security Council system. ''

March 30, 1981: