Sentences with phrase «contra scandals»

The American public got to know the extent of Presidents Nixon and Reagan's covert operations both domestic and international only after an independent investigator was appointed — Watergate and Iran - Contra scandals.

Lawson describes Nichols as «the Zelig of conspiracy theories» — a mystery man rumoured to be involved in everything from the Iran - Contra scandal to the CIA's MK - Ultra mind control experiments to the JFK assassination.

It was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes were made» when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as some CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.

When Reagan Trumped America: Certain factors allowed President Reagan to avoid political consequences during the Iran - Contra scandal, and they could be the same ones that protect Trump in the Russia investigation.

The Christic Institute lawsuit charged a group of defendants, many of whom were key players in the Iran - contra scandal, with participation in a criminal conspiracy.»

The history of covert operations prior to the Iran - contra scandal includes attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, successful ousters of democratic governments, cooperation with mafia - type figures and efforts to deceive the U.S. people and Congress.

• Behind the Iran - contra scandal there is a «secret team,» operating inside and outside the U.S. government, which has over a period of more than twenty - five years powerfully influenced or controlled U.S. foreign policy.

In writing about the Iran - Contra scandal and the Persian Gulf War, Tesich had said «we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world».

He was later arrested and confined to prison, making him, as satirically noted by Howard Zinn, «the only person to be imprisoned as a result of the Iran — Contra Scandal».

But since then we've seen horrible abuses by the DoD, EPA, FBI, CIA, and NSA, as well as the Office of the President with Nixon's Watergate, Reagan's Iran - Contra scandal, and the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

Seal finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the US, one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House through the Iran Contra scandal.

According to Variety, Colin Farrell will be reuniting with Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos for a new Amazon miniseries about Oliver North and the Iran - Contra scandal.

(Seal was an early pawn in the brewing Iran - Contra scandal, whose dramatis personae, including Oliver North, have minor parts here.)

And then comes the Iran - Contra scandal...

«American Made» is the best - reviewed Tom Cruise movie in ages, a crackling, witty drug trade docudrama about a hot shot pilot who gets himself in the middle of the Iran / Contra Scandal, and Reagan Administration extra-legal shenanigans that flooded the country... Continue reading →

The untitled project will reunite Farrell with his The Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos and focus on the Iran - Contra scandal, according to Variety.

In a hat - tip to the Iran - Contra scandal of the»80s, Peter McAllister (Michael Ryan) is a retired military general who has repurposed his classified knowledge into running a lucrative heroin - smuggling operation.

Mark Lombardi (1951 — 2000) is an American draughtsman whose straight - faced, hand - drawn diagrams chart sociopolitical narratives of influence and contradiction, from the collapse of the Vatican bank to the Iran - Contra scandal.

President Bush, in connection with the Iran - Contra scandal also took the position that he did not have the power to pardon himself.

Not exact matches

Perle narrowly escaped conviction for trading intelligence secrets with Israel in the late 1970s, and Abrams was convicted (and pardoned by Reagan) in the Iran - Israel - contra weapons and financial scandal.

One theory posits that it was to avoid referencing the Iran - Contra affair, a political scandal from the late eighties.