Reagan Administration
Events (113)
- February 4, 2003: Bush Bans Officials from Discussing Negotiations with North Korea 2003-02-04
- March 18, 2003: Bush Sends Formal Determination of Iraqi WMDs to Congress, but Determination Is Later Criticized as Inadequate 2003-03-18
- June 5, 2004: CNN Hires Conservative Political Analyst with History of Inflammatory Racial Observations 2004-06-05
- October 4, 2005: Congressional Republicans Strongly Backing Renewal of 1965 Voting Rights Act 2005-10-04
- December 20, 2005: Cheney Evokes Iran-Contra to Frame Views of Presidential Powers 2005-12-20
- February 2, 2006: Libby Will Claim Authorization by Cheney, Others for Intelligence Disclosures 2006-02-02
- February 28, 2006: Former Deputy Attorney General Warns that Dire Consequences Will Follow from Bush Usurpation of Executive Power 2006-02-28
- May 1, 2008: Conservative Democratic Congressman Says He No Longer Trusts the Military because of Propaganda Operation 2008-05-01
- March 4, 2009: Former Reagan Official: Bush Administration’s Actions during ‘War on Terror’ ‘Exemplary’ 2009-03-04
- Late January 1981: Former Defense Secretary Warns of ‘Unimaginable’ Results of Nuclear Holocaust
- January 1983-April 1983: Arms Negotiation Panel Recommends Revamped Approach
- January 1985: Reagan Administration Blocks Agency Actions on Ideological Basis
- January 1986: Attorney General Meese Asked to Support Iran Arms Deals with Legal Opinion
- February 1981 and After: Reagan Officials Revive Scheme to Purge Bureaucracy of ‘Dissidents’
- March 1986: Congress Denies Contras $100 Million
- April 1983-December 1983: Reagan Hardliners Continue to Obstruct, Sabotage Arms Negotiation Talks
- April 1990 and After: Unrepentant Poindexter Guilty of Five Felonies; Will Have Conviction Overturned
- May 2001: Public Relations Expert Joins Pentagon
- May-June, 1989: North Convicted of Three Felonies from Iran-Contra; Receives No Jail Time
- May 1986: Air Transport Owner Refuses to Run Supplies to Contras, Informs CIA Director of Program
- June-July 1983: Future Chief Justice Advocates Expanded Presidential Powers
- June 1988: Supreme Court Upholds Independent Counsel Law
- June 1990-March 1993: Details of US Success in Averting Nuclear War between India and Pakistan Remain Secret for Almost Three Years
- June 1991-March 1992: Cheney Attempts to Place JAG Corps under Political Control
- July-September 1985: Joint US-Egyptian Military Offensive against Libya Proposed by NSC, Rejected by Pentagon
- September 1981 through November 1983: Hardliners Block INF Arms Agreement
- September 1985: White House Official Takes 23 Tons of Weapons to Iran
- October 1980: Former President Nixon Indicates Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program May Continue
- October 1983: Future Chief Justice Claims President Has ‘Inherent Authority’ to Deploy US Troops without Congressional Approval
- October 1985: Justice Department Official Advocates Increased Use of Presidential Signing Statements
- December 1982: First Boland Amendment Restricts Government Support for Contras
- December 1986: Iranian Arms Dealer Has ABC Reporter Secretly Give Documents to White House
- 1983: Cheney Blocks Arms Negotiations with Soviet Union
- 1985: FCC Abandons Fairness Doctrine
- 1987: Federal Court Rules Fairness Doctrine Not Needed
- 1984-1985: Reagan Administration Foiled in Attempting to Use Signing Statement to Ignore Law
- 1985: Private Company’s Attempt to Purchase Inslaw Fails
- After August 1985-1990: Reagan and Bush Administrations Fail to Properly Brief Congressmen about Pakistan Nuclear Program
- After Mid-April 1986: CIA Allegedly Sets Up Fake Bomb Plot to Influence European Opinion
- Early 1985: US, Soviets Reopen Arms Negotiations
- Early 1986: NSC Uses BCCI to Illegally Divert US Government Funds to Contras
- Late November, 1976: Team B Breaches Security to Successfully Whip up Fears of Soviet Threat
- Late 1982: Congress Insists START Talks Show Progress
- Mid-September, 1983: Secretary of State Shultz Lambasts Soviet Foreign Minister over Korean Airlines Shootdown
- Mid-October, 1986: Reagan Staffer Abrams and CIA Officials Lie to Congress about Administration Involvement with Contras
- Mid-1980s: Osama Bin Laden’s Brother Is Allegedly Involved in the Iran-Contra Affair
- Spring 1982: Reagan Administration Proposes Massive Civil Defense Program, Says Nuclear War ‘Manageable’
- October 1980: Reagan Advisers Obtain Confidential Documents from Carter Campaign
- 1980s: Reagan Administraion Has NSA Monitor US Congressperson
- Early 1982: Defense Secretary Weinberger’s Attempts to Open Arms Deals with Iraq Unsuccessful