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L. Coyote

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3. Oliver North took the hit for Reagan like a good soldier.

Reply to Herman4747 (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:12 AM

Aug 2015

This is the date I would call the beginning of Iran-Contra.

The Ronald Reagan Iran Contra Press Conference With Edwin Meese

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"Because somebody didn't tell him" is why Reagan did not know. How could Ed Meese know that at that point in his "investigation"? Blatant cover-up from the first sentence ouy of the AG's mouth.

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30th ANNIVERSARY OF IRAN-CONTRA. Aug. 20, 2015 [View all] Herman4747 Aug 2015 OP

Iran-Contra was a sideshow to Bush's BCCI-Safari Club deal with Prince al-Turki leveymg Aug 2015 #1

Thanks for this OP. mylye2222 Aug 2015 #2

Oliver North took the hit for Reagan like a good soldier. L. Coyote Aug 2015 #3

Well, Wikipedia gives the start date as Aug. 20... Herman4747 Aug 2015 #7

It's possible that a moron like ronald reagan wasn't informed about any of it. Why would they bother The_Casual_Observer Aug 2015 #4

There may well be evidence that REAGAN KNEW. Herman4747 Aug 2015 #14

The pleasant yet bewitching Elizabeth Montgomery... Herman4747 Aug 2015 #5

covert operations are talked about as if they're aberrations nashville_brook Aug 2015 #9

According to a lot of people that responded to a recent OP of mine. hifiguy Aug 2015 #10

that's adorable. i hope their parents keep them away from sharp objects. nashville_brook Aug 2015 #11

Ain't it the truth? hifiguy Aug 2015 #12

The late great Elizabeth Montgomery MinM Aug 2015 #16

R Big#5 & K n/t UTUSN Aug 2015 #6

and none of them ended up at the hague! niyad Aug 2015 #8

Nixon should have been impeachment and jailed, Ford gave him a free ticket. Rex Aug 2015 #13

I might go further back to the Dulles Bros. nashville_brook Aug 2015 #15

Sadly, no one under 40 knows what we're talking about-much less care about the truth. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #17

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2015 #18