Stick this in AltaVista: "oliver north" ~ FEMA; North could have been the military ruler of the US, had the Reagan Administration's Central American terrorism gone domestically awry. Later became a convicted felon, via his role(s) in Iran-Contra - he got out on a technicality related to his Congressional testimony, IIRC. Went from there to successful radio and TV talk shows (Ollie rocks the mic, I'll admit) and a failed Christian Coalition-sponsored bid for Senate.