Raygun/poppy made a deal to release the long held hostages the day after Raygun sworn in to force a Carter election loss.
Then found out a secret deal was made with Iran to sell much needed military hardware and weapons. The money laundered through international banks and then Colonel North secretly and covertly provided funds to the extreme right wing Nicaraguan Contras even though the US Congress specifically forbid American dollars spent/sent to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Black bag covert operations also brought cocaine into the USA from Central America, flooding the big cities. This astounding wad of coke money was used to finance more top secret black bag operations all over the world. This covert source of unlimited funding meant operations could be carried out off the record books and financial radar screens, or more specifically beyond/absent any cumbersome congressional oversight.
Cocaine/crack cocaine floods American streets - story.
Then there is the Afghan poppy/opium/oxy-contin/vicodin/fentanyl/heroin floods American streets - story.
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