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The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 to 1986, facilitated by senior officials of the Ronald Reagan administration.
The charges of CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking were revived in 1996, when a newspaper series by reporter Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News claimed that the trafficking had played an important role in the creation of the crack cocaine drug problem in the United States. Webb's series led to three federal investigations, all of ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. American investigative journalist (1955–2004) For other people named Gary Webb, see Gary Webb (disambiguation). Gary Webb Born Gary Stephen Webb August 31, 1955 Corona, California, U.S. Died December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10) (aged 49) Carmichael, California, U.S. Cause of death Suicide ...
His articles asserted that the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and the large shipments of drugs into the U.S. by the Contra personnel and directly aided drug dealers to raise money for the Contras. The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post launched their own investigations and rejected Webb's allegations. [32]
Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) [1] was an American investigative journalist.He was known for his role in covering the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S ...
During Congress' initial hearings in late 1986, before the committees were constituted, North assisted in preparation of a misleading chronology of the Iran-Contra affair. Another member of the NSC presented the chronology to Congress. A jury convicted North of aiding and abetting obstruction of Congress.
After the Iran–Contra affair broke, Hall briefly went back to work for the Navy in 1987 for less than 6 months. ... She developed a crack cocaine addiction and ...
Later that year, a series of articles by journalist Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News revealed a connection between one of Ross's cocaine sources, Danilo Blandón, and the CIA as part of the Iran–Contra affair. [10] Having learned to read at the age of 28, during his first stint in prison, Ross spent much of his time behind bars studying ...