Colossus is revealed as a mutant during an illegal arms transaction gone wrong.

He had no reason to believe that any cops would be along this morning to disturb the arms transaction.

Moreover, some of the middlemen involved in the arms transactions are foreigners who cannot be served with subpoenas and most likely will not appear.

Much of it is said to be used in illegal drug and arms transactions, often winding up in foreign banks and markets.

The newspaper mentioned several arms transactions said to involve the bank.

Mr. Shultz, in his public testimony, asserted that he did not intentionally avoid learning the facts about the arms transactions.

The Vice President has explained that he went along with arms transactions not realizing they were hostage ransom.

Mr. Krantz said the four defendants "were caught red-handed in a series of illegal arms transactions" from 1982 through 1984.

Bush has said that he had missed key meetings involving the arms transactions, but repeated an earlier contention that "I expressed reservations" about the sales.

Most of the day was spent in a detailed recounting of the various arms transactions with Iran.