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November 6, 1986: When Covert Operations Became Public Scandal
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November 6, 1986: A Lebanese magazine reveals the U.S. is secretly selling weapons to Iran. The scandal expands; profits were illegally funding Nicaraguan Contras. Oliver North testifies in uniform before Congress. Reagan claims ignorance. Discover how the Iran-Contra affair exposed covert operations, raised constitutional questions about executive power, and established patterns of government secrecy that persist today.
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