Oliver North shredding government documents related to these activities at William Casey's suggestion when the Iran-Contra scandal became public. He also testified that Robert McFarlane had asked him to alter official records to delete references to direct assistance to the Contras and that he had helped. North was tried in 1988. He was indicted on 16 felony counts, and on May 4, 1989, he was initially convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents through his secretary, Fawn Hall. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard
Oliver S. Crosby Oliver S. Crosby Oliver Sexsmith "Mike" Crosby (April 27,1920 to October 25, 2014) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Guinea. He was the son of the classicist Henry Lamar Crosby. The son of Henry Lamar Crosby, Oliver S. Crosby was born April 27, 1920, in Philadelphia. He received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1946 and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University 1947. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the United States Navy. Between 1952 and 1953 Crosby studied German at Harvard University and, from 1964 to 1965 took additional courses at