William Casey became ill hours before he was to testify about it, and the commission formed to investigate this event was composed of Edmund Muskie, Brent Snowcroft, and John Tower.
Fawn Hall helped one man involved in this event destroy evidence, and Mehdi Hashemi was probably executed for bringing it to light. William Casey became ill hours before he was to testify about it, and the commission formed to investigate this event was composed of Edmund Muskie, Brent Snowcroft, and John Tower. Though he violated the Boland Amendment, (*) Oliver North was not convicted, unlike National Security Advisor John Poindexter. During this event, the U.S. government assisted the Contras in their war against the Sandinistas. For ten points, identify this Reagan-era scandal, in which funds from Middle Eastern arms sales were diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
Fawn Hall helped one man involved in this event destroy evidence, and Mehdi Hashemi was probably executed for bringing it to light.
{Iran-Contra} Scandal