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Category Archives: IranContra
Two Years Ago — Alan Dershowitz Confirms “October Surprise Conspiracy Theory”
“Mr Karrubi agreed in the second Madrid meeting to cooperate with the Reagan campaign about the timing of any hostage release. In return, he was promised that the Reagan Administration, once in office, would return Iran’s frozen assets and help … Continue reading
On This Day — CIA Director William Casey Resigns (January 29 1987)
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” William Casey — CIA Director (1981-1987) “It is now very clear that there were two separate agreements, one the official agreement with Carter in Algeria, … Continue reading
On This Day — CBS Dan Rather and Vice President George Bush Clash Over Iran-contra Affair (January 25 1988)
”I want to talk about why I want to be President. It’s not fair to judge my whole career by a rehash on Iran. How would you like it if I judged your career by those seven minutes when you … Continue reading
On This Day — Reagan Approves Covert Arms Sales to Iran (January 17, 1986)
“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between [the U.S. and Iran] with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must … Continue reading
Posted in IranContra
Tagged Ayatollah Montazeri, Boland Amendment, Iran-Contra affair, Mehdi Hashemi, Ronald Reagan
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Remembering “DARK ALLIANCE” : Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) [2018]
“Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn’t want them to know.” Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) “Dark Alliance, the San Jose Mercury News’s bombshell investigation into links between the cocaine trade, Nicaragua’s Contra … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, CIA Drug, IranContra
Tagged CIA Drug, Dark Alliances, FBI Ted Gunderson, Gary Webb, Iran-Contra, San Jose Mercury News
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Two Years Ago — Julian Assange : “1979 Is Year Zero of Our Modern Era”
“Today, 28 November 2016, marking the six-year anniversary of Cablegate, WikiLeaks expands its Public Library of US Diplomacy (PLUSD) with more than half a million (531,525) diplomatic cables from 1979. If any year could be said to be the ‘year … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, IranContra, ISIL, ISIS, Ray McGovern, Wikileaks
Tagged 1979, 9/11 terror strikes, Afghanistan, Assange, GOSINT, Iran, Iranian hostage crisis, Iranian revolution, IS, ISIL alQaeda, ISIS, Osama bin Laden, Ray McGovern, Wikileaks
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On This Day — The Iran-Contra Scandal (November 3, 1986)
“My purpose was… to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between [the U.S. and Iran] with a new relationship… At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must … Continue reading
On This Day — UN Resolution 670 (Sept. 25 1990) – The Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein (Documentary)
“In a now famous interview with the Iraqi leader, U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam, ‘[W]e have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait.’ The U.S. State Department had earlier told Saddam that Washington had … Continue reading
