Iran-contra

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/29/2022
  

  Libs Baffled Why Trump Supporters Aren't Swayed by Bombshells? Look to Iran-Contra

  by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

  One group—Evangelicals—stood strong behind Oliver North long after his public profile faded. For them, his willingness to break the law in service of his idea of the greater good was the essence of his heroism. 

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• SOURCE: Teen Vogue
  11/18/2021
  

  We're Still Living with the Consequences of Letting Iran-Contra Perpetrators Get Away with It

  by Zeb Larson

  An explainer on the Iran-Contra affair, and why the failure to hold wrongdoers accountable shapes our politics today. 

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• 12/20/2020
  

  Worst Pardon Ever? You'll Be Surprised

  by Michael Genovese

  The prospect of Trump issuing pardons to his family (and even trying to pardon himself) and the contentious history of pardons should be cause to limit the pardon power by providing for Congressional oversight. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/12/2020
  

  Regrets? Even Brent Scowcroft Had a Few

  In an oral history released after his death, the former national security adviser revealed a few key moments in which his ideas failed in the war against Saddam Hussein.    

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  3/19/19
  

  Road to Mueller report paved by Watergate, Iran-Contra, Lewinsky, Waco

  Here is an explanation of some past investigations and how their findings were made public.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  11-25-16
  

  The Iran-Contra Affair 30 Years Later: A Milestone in Post-Truth Politics

  Declassified records recall official deception in the name of protecting a presidency.

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• 10-24-14
  

  Why Iran-Contra Proves We Were All Wrong to Think that Ronald Reagan Was Disengaged

  by James Graham Wilson

  In his valuable new book, Malcolm Byrne takes aim at Meese’s version of the story. “In fact,” he argues, “the driving force behind both sides of the scandal was President Reagan himself.”

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 483
  9-5-14
  

  New Book Places Reagan at Center of 1980s Scandal

  Lack of Legal or Legislative Closure to Affair Opened Path to Future Presidential Abuses

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  3-26-14
  

  Iran-contra prosecutor left a major legacy despite claims he'd been outmaneuvered

  Lawrence Walsh's final defeat came at the hands of Reagan's successor in the White House, George H. W. Bush, who granted surprise pardons to six prior and would-be Iran-Contra defendants on Christmas eve 1992.