Fawn Hall received a lighter punishment in the aftermath of this event due to her intimate knowledge of her boss's rolodex. This event was exposed in the Ash-Shiraa magazine, and in response, the President hired John Tower to head a group that ultimately cleared his name, while implicating Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter, and Oliver North, who all held roles on the National Security Council. Acting in violation of the Boland Amendment, the motivation for this action was both an exchange of hostages using Israel as an intermediary and an anti-Sandinista sentiment within the US government. For 10 points, name this scandal of the Reagan administration marked by covert exchanges of money and a
Fawn Hall received a lighter punishment in the aftermath of this event due to her intimate knowledge of her boss's rolodex. This event was exposed in the Ash-Shiraa magazine, and in response, the President hired John Tower to head a group that ultimately cleared his name, while implicating Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter, and Oliver North, who all held roles on the National Security Council. Acting in violation of the Boland Amendment, the motivation for this action was both an exchange of hostages using Israel as an intermediary and an anti-Sandinista sentiment within the US government. For 10 points, name this scandal of the Reagan administration marked by covert exchanges of money and arms with both a Middle Eastern country and a Nicaraguan rebel group.
Fawn Hall received a lighter punishment in the aftermath of this event due to her intimate knowledge of her boss's rolodex.
{Iran}-{Contra} Affair