Michael Palmer and the $300,000 Paid to a Marijuana Trafficker
A drug-running crew was paid by the U.S. government to ferry supplies to Nicaraguan rebels, a transaction that remained hidden behind the label of humanitarian aid.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Iran-Contra
Oliver North and the Filed-Down Typewriter Ball
North admitted to faking documents for a security gate in northern Virginia, but the effort he spent defacing a retail typewriter suggests he was hiding something far larger.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Dick Cheney and the 1987 Blueprint for Lawless Diplomacy
A report defending the illegal funding of Nicaraguan rebels argued the president could bypass Congress via "designated agents"—a logic that would later fuel the Iraq War.
By Harlan Pryce ·