The charges of cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking were revived in 1996, when a newspaper series by reporter gary webb in the san jose mercury news claimed that the trafficking had played an important role in the creation of the crack cocaine drug problem in the united states Central intelligence agency (cia) in 1981 to overthrow the leftist sandinista. Webb's series led to three federal investigations, all of.
A review of the justice department's investigations and prosecutions The contras were an irregular military formation put together by the u.s The san jose mercury news articles
In 1985, while iran and iraq were at war, iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the united states Mcfarlane sought reagan's approval, in spite of the embargo against selling arms to iran. Thus began the iran contra scandal