During this event, Benjamin Weir was released. Manucher Ghorbanifar facilitated it, Edwin Meese tried to justify it, and William Casey died during testimony about it.
During this event, Benjamin Weir was released. Manucher Ghorbanifar facilitated it, Edwin Meese tried to justify it, and William Casey died during testimony about it. Caspar Weinberger was implicated in this event by senators investigating Boland Amendment breaches, the [*] Tower Commission, and by prosecutor Lawrence Walsh. After it, Robert McFarlane was pardoned by George H. W. Bush, and John Poindexter's convictions involving an "arms-for-hostages" deal and a revolt against the Sandinistas were overturned. For 10 points, name this Reagan-era scandal, in which Oliver North helped sell weapons to a Middle Eastern nation to fund a Nicaraguan rebellion.
During this event, Benjamin Weir was released. Manucher Ghorbanifar facilitated it, Edwin Meese tried to justify it, and William Casey died during testimony about it.
{Iran}-{Contra affair} [or {Irangate}; or {Contragate}; or {Iran}-{Contragate}; or {Irangate}-{Contragate}; accept equivalents]