Under Fire

For the nonfiction unit, the book I have selected to read outside of our common reads is "Under Fire: An American Story" by Oliver L. North. The book deals with Oliver North's experience during the Reagan administration during the mid-1980s. Oliver North was a Lieutenant Colonel, and was fired over the "Iran-Contra Affair" as part of the cover-up.
I'm finding the book very interesting and fascinating, and I'm having to read the book with a grain of salt. Simply because Ronald Reagan is one of my favorite presidents, next to George Washington.
There's a valid point which Oliver North makes over the scandal and cover-up, which was interestingly brought back memories of Richard Nixon's cover-up. North states in the first chapter of his book: "...the [Reagan] administration's strategy had been unspoken but unmistakable: this must not become another Watergate. Although Watergate had involved several violations of the law, most Americans believed that the most serious offense of all--and the one that eventually led to President Nixon's resignation--was not the burglary itself, but the cover-up." (p.7)
I think his statement's valid, because the point in which Oliver North makes here was that there was a problem - a scandal of all things - and all the American People want is for politicians to hold themselves accountable for whatever happened, and not just sweep it under the rug.