You’ve heard jokes about the Iran-Contra affair, but have you heard the actual legal arguments of the defendants? To understand the true scope and purpose of these complicated financial shenanigans, we’ve got to cover a whole lot of history.
Featured image: Ronald Reagan holding the final report of the Tower Commission. (Image source)
Oliver North’s mugshot. (Image source)
A still from Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation in 1986. (Image source)
A protest against the Trident II, a submarine-launched ballistic missile, in 1987. (Image source)
Sources
- Iran Contra: The Final Report
- An Interview with Oliver North
- An Exclusive Interview with Oliver North
- United States v. Oliver L. North
- 1989: Irangate colonel avoids prison
- Oliver North’s ‘time for judgment’ arrived Tuesday
- Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North Opening Statement to Joint Iran Contra Congressional Committee
- NORTH, POINDEXTER AND 2 OTHERS INDICTED ON IRAN-CONTRA FRAUD AND THEFT CHARGES
- The Minority Report
- The Majority Report
- The Tower Commission report : the full text of the President’s Special Review Board
- The Vice President’s Men
- Why Secret 1986 U.S.-Iran “Arms for Hostages” Negotiations Failed
- The Counterrevolutionaries (The Contras)
- Crack, Contras, and the CIA
- A Time for Choosing Speech, October 27, 1964
- A Secret War for Nicaragua
- Case Studies Working Group Report: The Iran-Contra Affair
- The National Security Constitution: Sharing Power After the Iran-Contra Affair