John Poindexter
Events (31)
- October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
- July 3, 1985: Israel Offers to Facilitate Hostage Release; Arms-for-Hostage Deal In Place 1985-07-03
- December 4, 1985: National Security Adviser McFarlane Resigns 1985-12-04
- December 7, 1985: Top White House Officials Meet to Discuss Iran Arms Sales 1985-12-07
- January 7, 1986: US Plans Further Arms Sales to Iran 1986-01-07
- January 16, 1986: North: Neoconservative NSC Adviser Should be Polygraphed Regularly 1986-01-16
- January 17, 1986: Reagan Authorizes Clandestine Sale of Antitank Missiles to Iran 1986-01-17
- January 24, 1986: North: Aide May be Profiting from Arms Sales 1986-01-24
- 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
- June 11, 1986: Sultan of Brunei to Donate Money to Contras 1986-06-11
- September 19-20, 1986: Third-Party Sabotage on Behalf of Contras Discussed 1986-09-19
- September 19, 1986: Iranians Seek More US Arms, Take More Hostages 1986-09-19
- November 10, 1986 and After: Reagan, Officials Decide to Deny Iran-Contra Arms Allegations 1986-11-10
- November 21-25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Conducts ‘Investigation’ of Iran Arms Sales; Evidence Destroyed during Investigation 1986-11-21
- November 25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Funding Connection; Poindexter Resigns, North Fired 1986-11-25
- 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
- March 26, 1988: Reagan Says Four Indicted Iran-Contra Figures Not Guilty 1988-03-26
- After September 11, 2001: NSA Begins Huge Data Mining Project Similar to ‘Total Information Awareness’ 2001-09-11
- November 9, 2002: New York Times Reveals Total Information Awareness Program 2002-11-09
- July 17, 2003: Senator Rockefeller Questions NSA Wiretapping Program 2003-07-17
- Mid-January 2002: Poindexter Begins Information Awareness Office
- April 1990 and After: Unrepentant Poindexter Guilty of Five Felonies; Will Have Conviction Overturned
- May-June, 1989: North Convicted of Three Felonies from Iran-Contra; Receives No Jail Time
- July-September 1985: Joint US-Egyptian Military Offensive against Libya Proposed by NSC, Rejected by Pentagon
- July 1986 and After: North Asserts His Control of Contra Project in Interagency Group Meetings
- Mid-March through Early April, 1987: Iran-Contra Committee Wrestles over Logistics
- Late 2002: AT&T Technician Convinced Joint AT&T/NSA Venture Connected to Government Information Collection Program
- September 2002: NSA’s ‘Other’ Data Mining Program Strongly Resembles ‘Total Information Awareness’
- February 2003: Scientist Says Congress Terminated TIA but Kept Massive US Data Mining Alive