Iran Contra Scandal?

Question

What was it?
What was it all about?

Answer 1

Try this-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Contra

Answer 2

During the Reagan Pres. a group of people in the Reagon administration, Oliver North being one of them, against congress knowledge and wishes, sold American arms to Iran to fund the conflict in S. America, funding the Contra element in El Salvador. To me what seems to escape most Americans is the fact that this was being done at a secret Govt. air base in the State of Ark. while, get this, Bill Clinton was Governor of the state. Bill surely played ball - this gave him the credentials with the powers that control this country to run for Pres., once elected, the one big job, get NAFTA signed, enjoy the ride, it was also during his Pres. Enron and other corp. crossed legal lines. Many of us feel that that Star investigation was nothing more than keeping the spotlight away from Bill's governorship of Ark and all that went on there. There are powerful connections between, Reagan, Bush & Clinton. We have had the,"son of," now were looking at the ,"wife of."

Answer 3

It was a scheme by the Reaganites to form a "shadow government" by doing whatever they wanted ,without regard for the Constitution or the Law! Arms were sold to the Iranian terrorists that were holding the 52 American hostages,in order to steal the election from Jimmy Carter. Money from those illegal sales were usde to provide arms to the Contras,in total disregard for the law. The empty planes from the gun deliveries were put to use bringing cocaine into the US with amounts never seen before! Lt. Col. North was selling coke from his office in the basement in the Whitehouse! A reporter wrote about the CIA-COKE connection,and was recently found shot to death ,two shotgun blasts to the head.[it was ruled a "suicide"] Are you starting to get an idea of the scope of that still on-going crime?