Iran-Contra

Alan McPherson’s book treats the Iran-Contra affair as a turning point in U.S. history, one which normalized the erosion of key democratic principles and helped birth our current (dis)order.

The arrest of Augusto Pinochet at a London hospital on October 17, 1998 — after Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed

Seven years after the scandal broke, the Independent Counsel's final report will offer a comprehensive body of evidence on the

The Iran-Contra cover-up seriously compromised After it did leak, Bush began to feel that his the 1988 U.S. presidential election.

ALTHOUGH THE TAUNT "WHERE WAS George?" became something of a joke during the 1988 presidential campaign, President-elect Bush was not,

MANY OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE REAGAN Administration's war against Nicaragua shared a common desire to consolidate support for right-wing

PATRICK LEAHY, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR from Vermont, ranking member of the Senate In- telligence Oversight Committee, votes against contra aid. In

RICHARD BRENNEKE SAYS HE WORKED AS A contract agent for Mossad and the CIA for two decades. His curriculum vitae