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It had limited time, and could not question two key agents, north or poindexter. American made is an irancontra movie that gets high on. The irancontra affair of 19841987 was not one affair but two separate covert foreign policy. During his campaign for the white house, reagan had promised to assist. Despite the damage to his image, the president arguably got off easy, escaping the ultimate political sanction of impeachment. Fourteen people were charged with either operational or coverup crimes. To fully understand irancontra, you must know the history behind it. That clash continues under the presidency of george w. The shadow government of assassins, arms dealers, drug smugglers, former cia operatives and top us military personnel who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the reaganbush administrations plan to. The united states was the largest seller of arms to iran under mohammad reza pahlavi. Senate select committee on secret military assistance to iran and the nicaraguan opposition.

North, oliver oliver north testifying at the irancontra. The irancontra affair american experience official. Iran contra affair 1983 1988 the iran contra affair began as an internal u. With elizabeth montgomery, jack brooks, barbara honegger, david macmichael.

Irancontra affair, 19851990, military assistance, american, military assistance, american, political corruption publisher washington. Behind the irancontra affair dvd coverup exposes several of the most disturbing chapters in the history of u. Apdennis cook the irancontra scandal, 25 years later. What we saw in the irancontra hearings, was the exposure of the beginnings of a national security state which believes it has the right to override the constitution of the united states in the name of security. Mcfarlane sought reagans approval, in spite of the embargo against selling arms to iran. The iran contra scandal, as this video illustrates in the beginning, is probably one of the most ignored events of the 1980s. Irancontra summary executive summary in october and november 1986, two secret u. The irancontra affair 20 years on the national security archive.

The irancontra affairs were covert operations managed by a member of the national security council staff. Through the eighties, iraq attempted to sue iran for peace, but it wasnt until 1988 that iran accepted a ceasefire, and in 1990 final terms to end the war were agreed upon. August richard norton, boston globe we would never have known the truth about irancontra without the tenacious sevenyear struggle by the independent counsel in the affair, lawrence walsh, to get to the bottom of itof firstrate historical importance. Behind the irancontra affair 1988 examines reagans alleged deal with iran that delayed the release of american hostages until after his inauguration. The story drew on court testimony in 1990 of fabio ernesto carrasco, a pilot for a major columbian drug smuggler named george morales. Poindexter testifies that he tore up this document a year later. Covered are the allegations of secret governments, drugs, cia involvement, assassinations and even a plan to suspend the constitution. But if fiers is correct, topranking cia officials not only knew about the operation and did nothing to stop it. In the end, norths conviction was overturned on a technicality, and president bush issued six. In 1985, while iran and iraq were at war, iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the united states. Behind the iran contra affair 1988 live leak by lasrever what you saw in the iran contra hearings was the exposure of the beginnings of a national security state which believes it has the right to override the constitution of the united states in the name of national security. Many nationalist and neoconservatives would see the entire irancontra affair not as a coverup but a good use of political power, an end that justifies the means.

The foreignpolicy scandal known as the irancontra affair came to light in november 1986 when president ronald reagan confirmed reports that the united st. Many of these acquisitions are derived from the official bodiesinvestigating the irancontra affair, including the senate intelligence committee, the tower commission, the joint select. Not simply an important public accounting of an egregiously misconceived policy, but a cautionary tale of power. Reagans presidency, came into the open in the fall of 1986 with the disclosure of two intertwined secret operations. President reagan signs a finding retroactively authorizing the iran operation.

Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the. Cover up behind the iran contra affair trailer youtube. Draper explains to us that the iranian revolution of 19781979 brought the. The irancontra coverup marked the restoration of a cold war status quo in which crimes, both domestic and international, could be committed by the executive while the congress and the press. Irancontra affair legal definition of irancontra affair. This documentary of the iran contra affair consolidates the evidence and conspiracy theories of the incident after the week congressional hearings proved inadequate, acting merely as damage control and failing to show any sincere effort to get to the real truth of the matter. The two policies intersected when profits from the arms sales to iran were used to.

It presents a tale of politics, drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, covert operations and the ultimate plan to suspend the u. Irancontra affairpresident ronald reagan in 1985, during the second term of the reagan administration, the u. The irancontra affair the tower commission was named after its chair, former senator john tower, and was established by reagan to investigate the irancontra affair. The irancontra affair popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the irancontra scandal. The irancontra affair the making of a scandal, 19831988. President ronald reagan makes his address to the nation on the iran arms and contra aid controversy nov. You will need to download and install the free adobe acrobat reader to view. Behind the iran contra affair 1988 what you saw in the iran contra hearings was the exposure of the beginnings of a national security state which believes it has the right to override the constitution of the united states in the name of national security. Reagan appoints a commission, led by former senator john town rtx, to investigate the irancontra affairs dec.

The irancontra affair involved a secret foreign policy operation directed by white house officials in the national security council nsc under president ronald reagan. The irancontra affair, also referred to as irangate, contragate or the irancontra scandal, was a political scandal in the united states that came to light in november 1986. Irancontra affair larry gilman in october and november of 1986, it was discovered that for several years, agents of the united states government had been running an illegal operation to sell weapons to iran and funnel the profits to the contras, a military organization dedicated to overthrowing the leftist government of nicaragua. As irancontra special prosecutor lawrence walsh later described in his book, firewall, the coverup took formal shape at a meeting of reagan and his top advisers in the situation room at the.

The tower commission finds that the president had not been told enough about the affair to cover it up michael white in washington thu 27 feb. This documentary video looks inside the irancontra affair. Bush pardons 6 in iran affair, aborting a weinberger trial. Behind the irancontra affair loses force as the movie makers run out of. The film takes an obvious conspiracy theory approach, which, although sometimes entertaining, sometime relies too much on documents and information that arent actually seen. The film reveals a shadow government of former cia operatives, drug smugglers, top us military personnel and others, revealing evidence. It is the only film that puts the entire iran contra affair into a meaningful political and historical context. On october 31, 1996, the washington post ran a follow up story to the san jose mercury news series titled cia, contras and drugs. Cover up behind the irancontra affair is a thorough investigation into information suppressed during the iran contra hearings in 1987 where it was found that senior officials in the united states government secretly facilitated the sale of arms to iran. Reagan announces that profits from arms sales with iran were diverted to support the contras nov.

House of representatives select committee to investigate covert arms transactions with iran. The irancontra affair as seen through american, middle eastern, and soviet news sources in early november 1986 a small local newspaper in lebanon broke a scandal that would cast dark shadows of suspicion on the reagan administration, call into question american global. The 1988 film is updated with information from recent court cases and events. Congress or violated the stated public policy of the government. The iran contra affair, also referred to as irangate, contragate or the iran contra scandal, was a political scandal in the united states that came to light in november 1986. Elizabeth montgomery, jack brooks, barbara honegger, david macmichael, george bush, sam. Iran and israel the extent of iranianisraeli cooperation that came about as a result of the irancontra affair has been seen by some as even more surprising than the u. Behind the irancontra affair 1988 cast and crew examines reagans alleged deal with iran that delayed the release of american hostages until after his inauguration.

Congress established another investigation, which issued its. Each of these termsirancontra affairs, covert operations, the national security council and its socalled staffneeds some explanation, because they are not what they may seem. American made is an irancontra movie that gets high on its own supply the new movie is one that director doug liman has been making for 15. The irancontra affair was a clandestine action not approved of by the united states congress. Irancontra focuses on the period from fall 1983, when congress first put limits on official u. Behind the iran contra affair is the third featurelength documentary produced by the empowerment project. They would both see the coverup as a necessary way to preserve the political and economical structure inside and outside america and a necessary way to maintain, in their opinion. Cover up behind the irancontra affair is a thorough investigation into information suppressed during the irancontra hearings in 1987 where it was found that senior officials in the united states government secretly facilitated the sale of arms to iran. Understanding the irancontra affairs the irancontra. Report of the congressional committees investigating the. Caso iran contra, popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the iran contra scandal, or simply iran contra, was a political scandal in the united states that occurred during the second term of the reagan administration. President ronald reagan shortly after the irancontra scandal engulfed his administration in november 1986.