 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1989, pakutanga kwehurumende yake, Mutungamiri George H. W. Bush akagadza Barr muU.S. Department of Justice kuti ave Mutevedzeri woMuchuchisi Mukuru weHofisi yeChipangamazano Wezvemitemo OLC, hofisi inoshanda somupi wezano wezvemitemo weMutungamiri wenyika nemasangano ehurumende. Barr aizivikanwa somudziviriri akasimba wesimba rapurezidhendi. Akanyora mashoko okurumbidza achiruramisa kupindirwa kweU.S.Panama uye kusungwa kwaManuel Noriega. Akanyora zvikonzero zviri pamutemo zvomuitiro wokudzorera, zvokuti FBI yaigona kupinda munharaunda yokumwe pasina kubvumirwa nehurumende inogamuchira kuti isunge vapoteri vaitsvakwa nehurumende yeUnited States nokuda kwougandanga kana kuti kutengesa zvinodhaka. Barr akaramba chikumbiro checongress chokupa pfungwa yakazara ya1989, asi panzvimbo pezvo akapa gwaro iro rinopfupikisa mhedziso huru. Dare reCongress rakamhanarira chirevo chacho, uye kubudiswa kwacho pachena pashure pokunge Barr abva muDhipatimendi reRuramisiro kwakaratidza kuti akanga asiya zvimwe zvinhu zvinokosha zvaiva muchirevo chacho kubva mugwaro rake rokupfupikisa. 