Point of order:
A crime is not a crime until it is ruled as such in a court of law.
A crime cannot be pardoned until it exists (ruled such in a court of law).
From Wiki:
Iran–Contra affair[edit]
The
Iran–Contra affair concerned the selling of US missiles to Iran. The funds received from Iran were then channeled to guerilla rebels known as
Contras, who were fighting the socialist government of Nicaragua.
[21] Such funding had been specifically denied by the US Congress. Though he claims to have been opposed to the sale on principle, Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States
Hawk and
TOW missiles to
Iran during the
Iran–Contra affair.
This resulted in scandal and several investigations which resulted in fourteen administration officials being indicted, including Caspar Weinberger who resigned before trial.
[22][23][24] Following his resignation as Secretary of Defense, legal proceedings against him were brought by
Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh. A federal grand jury then indicted Weinberger on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992.
[25] He was defended by defense attorney
Carl Rauh.
Prosecutors brought an additional indictment four days before the 1992 presidential election. This was controversial because it cited a Weinberger diary entry contradicting a claim made by President
George H. W. Bush. Republicans claimed that it contributed to President Bush’s defeat. On December 11, 1992, Judge
Thomas F. Hogan threw out the indictment because it violated the five-year statute of limitations and improperly broadened the original charges.
[26]
Before he could be tried on the original charges,
Weinberger received a pardon from President Bush, who was Reagan's Vice President during the scandal, on December 24, 1992.[23]
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As for Wikileaks;
Material gained by illegal means is usually not admissible in a court.
