If anyone is interested, a private group called The National Security Archive is posting on its Internet site some of the hundreds of thousands of government documents it has collected on the scandal, including some about Gates.
After his role in Iran/Contra became known in 1987, his nomination to become CIA director was derailed, but Gates stayed on in government, survived the political bloodletting, was renominated by President George H.W. Bush four years later and confirmed by the Senate.
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_19068.shtml
(yes that is an Iranian news source but sometimes to find a story, I have to go to foreign presses)
I don't have the link yet for the archives but will get my hands on them soon.
2006-12-08 05:07:44 · 11 answers · asked by BeachBum 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Here is the link
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm
And here is a quote from it:
"Pentagon Nominee Robert Gates Among Many
Prominent Figures Involved in the Scandal"
2006-12-08 06:54:29 · update #1
Interesting. I did not know about this and am not the least bit surprised.
Oh and Gates is only speaking against the war and changing strategy and what not because it soun ds good and will get him confirmed. Wait till he is in the position and see how fast he touts the party line.
2006-12-08 05:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by Perplexed 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do some reading first before you ask a question. I could teach a semester on the subject before I would allow a student to even ask a question. Do a lot of research before opening your mouth. Yours is not an Intelligent well thought out question. It is just an insult to a very great man Ronald Reagan. Your parents had very low priced gas during the Reagan years for many years and a good 15 year suppression of communism in south and central America because of Mr. Casey. And you don't even know who he is! That is why you should educate yourself a lot more before you ask a question designed to insult a great man. You can tell your commie professor I said so. Go get your worthless A from him.
2016-05-23 06:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some forgot, others ignored many never were aware.
George W. Bush selected other individuals implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal for high-level posts in his presidential administration They include:
Elliott Abrams, Otto Reich, John Negroponte, Admiral John Poindexter, Charles E. Allen
2006-12-08 05:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has everyone forgotten why Iran/Contra happened? The arms deal saved the lives of Americans in Iran.
Also, Al Gore laughed at Oliver North during those hearings when Mr. North said that Osama Bin Laden was a threat to our security. Does anyone remember that?
2006-12-08 05:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by Colette B 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
OH Come-On Bum, that never happened. Next your going to say GHW Bush and Oliver North were doing secret deals while Raygun was delusional with Alzheimer's.
Has the CIA conquered American Politics?
Go big Red Go
2006-12-08 05:12:37 · answer #5 · answered by 43 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The next thing ya know Oliver North will be running for president.
2006-12-08 05:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore
2006-12-08 05:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
those that are old enough to remember are mostly die hard Republicans those that are too young to know about it are to lazy to do the homework to find out on their own so they watch Fox news so they can see some legs and cleavage with their propaganda
2006-12-08 05:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Unfrozen Caveman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
how much worse could he be than Rumsfeld?
And I think his open criticism of the Iraq conflict gained him his election.
2006-12-08 05:09:20 · answer #9 · answered by Modus Operandi 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
2006-12-08 05:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋