William Casey
Events (43)
- February 11, 1982: CIA Is Given Green Light to Take Part in Illegal Drug Trade in Afghanistan 1982-02-11
- December 14, 1984: Deputy Intelligence Director Recommends US Air Strikes against Nicaraguan Military Targets 1984-12-14
- January 7, 1986: US Plans Further Arms Sales to Iran 1986-01-07
- May 16, 1986: Reagan Asks about Private Funding for Contras 1986-05-16
- July 23, 1986: CIA Director Casey Plots to Break Stalled Arms-for-Hostages Deal 1986-07-23
- July 23, 1986: CIA Director: Vice President Should Ask Hussein to Increase Bombing of Iran 1986-07-23
- Before July 28, 1986: Vice President Briefed on Arms-for-Hostages Scheme 1986-07-28
- July 28-August 3, 1986: Vice President Bush Secretly Pressures Hussein to Escalate Air Strikes Into Iran 1986-08-03
- 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
- December 15, 1986: CIA Director Casey Has Seizures, Misses Senate Testimony on Iran-Contra 1986-12-15
- December 18, 1986: CIA Director Casey Has Brain Cancer Surgery 1986-12-18
- February 2, 1987: CIA Director Casey Resigns Due to Terminal Illness; Iran-Contra Commitee Unable to Question Him 1987-02-02
- April 7, 1987: Cheney Lauds Former CIA Director Casey 1987-04-07
- 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
- July 7-10, 1987: North Testifies before Iran-Contra Committee 1987-07-07
- May 12, 2012: Investigative Journalist Traces Rise of ‘Orchestrated’ Conservative Media Construct in Wake of 1970s Investigative Reporting Successes 2012-05-12
- 1984-March 1985: US and Pakistan Begin Training Afghans to Attack Inside Soviet Union
- March 1985: Reagan Sharply Increases Covert Support to Afghan Rebels
- May 1986: Air Transport Owner Refuses to Run Supplies to Contras, Informs CIA Director of Program
- July-September 1985: Joint US-Egyptian Military Offensive against Libya Proposed by NSC, Rejected by Pentagon
- October 1984: CIA Director Secretly Visits Afghan Training Camps; He Urges Spread of Violence into Soviet Union
- 1976: Neoconservatives, Cold Warriors Revive Committee on the Present Danger; Group Heralds Ideological Split in GOP
- Mid-1981 through Late 1981: Neoconservative Attempts to Make Cold War Connection to Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II
- 1981 and Beyond: CPD Members in Reagan Administration Wildly Exaggerate Soviet Threat, Politicize Intelligence
- 1982-1989: US Turns Blind Eye to BCCI and Pakistani Government Involvement in Heroin Trade
- 1984-1986: CIA Director Repeatedly Meets with Head of Criminal BCCI Bank, Funding of Afghan War Is Discussed
- 1985-1987: US Helps Afghan Allies Launch Attacks into Soviet Union
- 1986-1992: CIA and British Recruit and Train Militants Worldwide to Help Fight Afghan War
- 1992-January 1993: Future Democratic 9/11 Commission Co-Chair Leads Cover-up of Republican Plot
- Summer 1980: CIA Agent: Republicans Open Secret Channel to Iran in Preparation for ‘October Surprise,’ Arms Deals
- October 1980: Reagan Advisers Obtain Confidential Documents from Carter Campaign
- 1980s: Reagan Administraion Has NSA Monitor US Congressperson
- January 1980-July 1987: Reagan Advisers Run Parallel Government
- May 1985: ’Fuller Memo’ Codifies US Policy Towards Arming Iran
- Early October-November, 1986: Iran-US Arms-for-Hostages Deals Unravel; US Begins Providing Extensive Military Aid to Iraq
- 1982: US Supplies Iraq with Military Intelligence
- October 1986: CIA’s Casey Meets With Iraqi Officials to Confirm Satellite Intelligence Is Helping Iraqi Military Efforts
- Late November 1986: Iran-Contra Scandal Will Not Affect US-Iraq Intelligence Link, Says CIA Director
- 1983: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Emerges as Most Powerful ISI Client
- October 1984: CIA Afghan Covert Operations Budget Increases
- 1985-1986: CIA Becomes Unhappy with Afghan Fighters, Begins Supporting Islamist Volunteers from Other Countries