This event was a violation of the Boland Amendment, and the scope of the entire operation was changed by Oliver North.
One commission investigating this event concluded that the President should listen to his National Security Advisor more and was composed of Brent Snowcroft, Edmund Muskie, and John Tower. One part of this event aimed to free hostages in Lebanon, and the other half hoped to topple the (*) FSLN. This event was a violation of the Boland Amendment, and the scope of the entire operation was changed by Oliver North. For ten points, what was this Reagan Administration scandal, where funds from selling arms to a certain Middle East country were sent to aid Nicaraguan rebels?
One commission investigating this event concluded that the President should listen to his National Security Advisor more and was composed of Brent Snowcroft, Edmund Muskie, and John Tower.
{Iran-Contra} Affair