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In reply to the discussion: Why was Reagan not impeached for Iran Contra? [View all]Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)touch. I believe the answer is that it would have led straight to Bush. Clinton wanted those Black Op $$$ coming into Arkansas. Another interesting story I've heard about Iran-Contra was about the downing of Pam Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The NYT reported that there were 5 CIA operatives on board who were on their way home from Beirut with specific knowledge of where the 7 hostages were being held. There were 2 operations regarding the hostages going on, one from Langley, the other from the White House with VP Bush in charge. The WH operation was undermining the "official" CIA op because the WH op was being funded by drug smuggling by Syrian terrorists out of the Frankfurt airport. That's why they had to pin it on Libya. The NYT only ran the story about the agents being on board once, and then dropped the story...why?