Contras

Events (70)

• March 17, 1983: Bush’s Foreign Policy Adviser, Ex-CIA Agent Create Plan to Supply Nicaraguan Contras 1983-03-17
• May 9, 1984: Reagan Publicly Says US Must Help Contra ‘Freedom Fighters’ 1984-05-09
• October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
• December 21, 1984: Bush’s Foreign Policy Adviser Introduces North to Contra Liaison 1984-12-21
• April 19, 1985 and After: Prominent Neoconservative Becomes Influential State Department Official 1985-04-19
• June 6, 1985: Congress Gives Contras $38 Million in Non-Military Aid 1985-06-06
• June 21, 1985: North Loans Secretary Money from Illegal Contra Funds 1985-06-21
• September 4, 1985: State Department Official Learns of North’s Illegal Funding of Contras, Tasked to ‘Monitor’ North 1985-09-04
• November 19, 1985: Retired General Secord Sets up Contra Supply Operation 1985-11-19
• January 9, 1986: North, CIA Official Discuss Possible Connection to Vice President 1986-01-09
• February 7-8, 1986: CIA, State Department Officials Worry about North’s Connections to Humanitarian Funds 1986-02-07
• April 4, 1986: North Diverts $12 Million in Iran Arms Sales Profits to Contras 1986-04-04
• After May 16, 1986: State Department Official Suggests Soliciting Contra Funds from Brunei 1986-05-16
• May 16, 1986: Reagan Asks about Private Funding for Contras 1986-05-16
• May 29, 1986: North Informs National Security Adviser that Money from Iranian Arms Sales is Going to Contras 1986-05-29
• June 16, 1986: Congress Approves $100 Million for Contras 1986-06-16
• June 23-24, 1986: Secretary of State Does Not Ask Sultan of Brunei for Funds 1986-06-23
• August 9-19, 1986: Sultan of Brunei Donates $10 Million to Contras 1986-08-09
• August 12, 1986: Contra Liaison Claims Contras Being Sold Shoddy Goods; Indicates Link between Contras and Bush 1986-08-12
• September 19-20, 1986: Third-Party Sabotage on Behalf of Contras Discussed 1986-09-19
• September 25, 1986: Costa Rica Reveals Illegal Contra Airstrip, Role of US Government Remains Secret 1986-09-25
• October 5, 1986: CIA Transport Plane Shot Down in Nicaragua; Story Reveals Illegal Contra-Arms Program 1986-10-05
• October 9, 1986: Connections between CIA, US Government, and Contras Alleged 1986-10-09
• October 10-14, 1986: State Department, CIA Officials Lie to Congress about Brunei Funding of Contras 1986-10-10
• October 10-15, 1986: State Department, CIA Officials Lie to Congress about Government Support for Contras 1986-10-10
• October 10, 1986: State Department Official Repeats Lies about Contra Knowledge to Conservative Columnist 1986-10-10
• October 10, 1986: Press Alleges Bush, Not CIA, Is Government Link to Contras 1986-10-10
• November 13, 1986: Reagan Denies Iran Arms Deals in Address to Nation 1986-11-13
• November 21-25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Conducts ‘Investigation’ of Iran Arms Sales; Evidence Destroyed during Investigation 1986-11-21
• November 21-23, 1986: North, NSC Officials Destroy Evidence 1986-11-21
• November 25, 1986: State Department Official Lies about Third-Party Funding of Contras 1986-11-25
• November 25, 1986: CIA Officlal Lies to Congress about Diversion of Funds to Contras 1986-11-25
• November 25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Funding Connection; Poindexter Resigns, North Fired 1986-11-25
• December 17, 1986: State Department Official Claims Not to Know Contra Liaison 1986-12-17
• January 6-7, 1987: Congress Names Investigative Committees into Iran-Contra; Both Parties Try to Limit Political Damage to Presidency 1987-01-06
• February 2, 1987: CIA Director Casey Resigns Due to Terminal Illness; Iran-Contra Commitee Unable to Question Him 1987-02-02
• May 5, 1987: Iran-Contra Committee Begins Public Hearings 1987-05-05
• May 5, 1987: Secord Names Casey, CIA and State Department Officials as Co-Conspirators 1987-05-05
• May 6, 1987: Former CIA Director Casey Dies 1987-05-06
• June 2, 1987: Former Assistant Secretary of State Admits to Lying about Foreign Funding of Contras 1987-06-02
• July 7-10, 1987: North Testifies before Iran-Contra Committee 1987-07-07
• July 10, 1987: Last Day of Testimony Orchestrated between Cheney, North 1987-07-10
• July 15, 1987: Former National Security Adviser Poindexter Testifies in Iran-Contra Hearings 1987-07-15
• March 16, 1988: Former National Security Adviser, Three Others Charged with Multiple Felonies 1988-03-16
• November 13, 1990: Defense Department Official Cannot Recall Details of North Meetings in Testimony 1990-11-13
• July 17, 1991: Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress during Investigation 1991-07-17
• July 22, 1991: Iran-Contra Related to BCCI Scandal 1991-07-22
• October 7, 1991: Former State Department Official Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress 1991-10-07
• December 25, 1992: Bush Pardons Six Iran-Contra Figures; May Have Concealed Own Involvement 1992-12-25
• January 8, 2005: Bush Administration Considering ‘Salvador Option’ for Iraq 2005-01-08