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 Bush, and how the Christic Institute uncovered the whole conspiracy. He argues that the Iran arms-for-hostages project was a U.S. government operation from the start, and that the coverup was made necessary by the unpopularity of the policy.|SCANDALS OF THE REAGAN-BUSH ERA / Peter Kornbuluh| interviewed by Dennis Bernstein. – SERIES: National security – 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 Bush, and how the Christic Institute uncovered the whole conspiracy. He argues that the Iran arms-for-hostages project was a U.S. government opperation from the start, and that the coverup was made necessary by the unpopularity of the policy. – RECORDED: KPFA, 1992.