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A report by the staff of Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, charges that a member of the White House staff helped set up a private network that delivers arms to the Nicaraguan rebels.
The report says Lieut. Col. Oliver North, a staff member of the National Security Council, set up the network.
The report, based on a yearlong inquiry and interviews with 50 unnamed sources, is said to raise ''serious questions about whether the United States has abided by the law in its handling of the contras over the past three years.''