Iran-Contra affair, 1983-
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Coverup, behind the Iran-Contra affair : talks and a panel following a showing of the film.
Speeches and a panel discussion following the showing of the film Coverup : behind the Iran Contra affair. The speakers are: Samori Marksman, African and Caribbean Resource Center; Reverend Lucius Walker, IFCO; Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition; and Vinie Burrows, WREE. They speak on the network of political leaders, drug smugglers, weapons dealers, hostages, assassinations,…
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Daniel Sheehan at N.Y.U. Law School : April 26, 1988.
Chief Counsel for the Cristic Institute talks about contemporary American domestic and foreign politics. Issues covered include: the 1988 elections, the indictments of key Iran-Contra figures by the Christic Institute, as well as other Christic Institute projects.|DANIEL SHEEHAN AT N.Y.U. LAW SCHOOL : APRIL 26, 1988. – Chief Counsel for the Cristic Institute talks about…
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Rex ’84’ and the Iran-Contra scandal / produced by David Emory.
Documentaries in which David Emory argues that the United States national security establishment may have been planning a fascist coup within the United States in response to a mock terrorist provocation. |r.1. Overview of major arms transactions in the Iran-Contra scandal / Al-Kassar, Abn Nidal, Abn Abbas (12:25) ; pt.2. Associations of the Reagan White…
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The Midnight soldiers / Daniel Sheehan.
Sheehan, General Counsel for the Cristic Institute, describes the roots of the Contragate scandal. He traces the activities of a secret team of former CIA agents, retired military officers, and anti-Castro Cubans who ran guns, smuggled drugs, carried out political assassinations, and had connections to the White House. He argues that the “secret team” was…
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The Christic Institute fights on : an update / Bill Davis ; interviewed by Roy Tuckman.
Father Bill Davis discusses the current state of affairs regarding the Christic Institutes highly publicised legal battles with the wake of the Iran-Contra affair. He examines the defeat of HR 1511, a bill to destroy the RICO law retroactively, thus undermining all the Christic Institutes work. He goes on to discuss Senate Bill 2834, a…
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What I know of the Iran-Contra affair : confessions of a journalist / Murray Waas ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Investigative journalist Murray Waas discusses his research into Reagan-Bush covert actions which included arms sales to Iran and support for the Contra rebels. These actions typified the foreign policy of both Presidents, where U.S. laws meant nothing to the political leadership. He discusses policies toward Iraq, our interest in Middle Eastern oil development, the diversion…
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The October surprise and U.S.-Latin American relations / John Mattes and Lanny Sender ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
John Mattes, a public defender, and Larry Sender of the Christic Institute, discuss changes in United States politics since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. They start with a discussion of the October Surprise, which may have resulted in an arms-for hostages deal with Iran to help Reagan get elected. They go on to…
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Scandals of the Reagan-Bush era / Peter Kornbluh ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Peter Kornbluh, author of “The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History,” discusses the many levels of covert activities conducted from 1980-1992. He begins by pointing to the unpopularity of the U.S. support of the Contras, and that the Iran-Contra affair was understood as illegal from first inception. He goes on to trace specific illegalities of George…