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This documentary video looks inside the irancontra affair. Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum. Mar 28, 2018 learn about the iran contra affair under president reagan who secretly supported an anticommunist group in nicaragua and funneled weapons to iranian terrorists in exchange for american hostages. American made is an irancontra movie that gets high on its. Tom cruise, domhnall gleeson, sarah wright, jesse plemons. The irancontra affair american experience official. The reporter who broke the iran contra story by january 29, 2018 february 1, 2018 written by jefferson morley alternet january 29, 2018 february 1, 2018. In october 1998, the inspector general released another report. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the. United states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit division for the purpose of appointing independent counsel division no.

Sep 29, 2017 besides seal, the reallife character who gets the most screen time is oliver north robert farrior, the former national security council staff member who was convicted in the 1980s iran contra. American made is an irancontra movie that gets high on. Besides seal, the reallife character who gets the most screen time is oliver north robert farrior, the former national security council staff member who was convicted in the 1980s irancontra. The story of barry seal, an american pilot who became a drugrunner for the cia in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the iran contra affair. How iran and contra came to be said in the same breath was the result of complicated covert activities, all carried out, the players said, in the name of democracy. Castillo believes that north and the contras resupply operation at ilopango were running drugs for the contras, mike foster, an fbi agent who worked for the irancontra independent counsel lawrence walsh, reported in 1991 after meeting with castillo, who later wrote the book powderburns about his efforts to expose the drugrunning. Covered are the allegations of secret governments, drugs, cia involvement, assassinations and even a plan to suspend the constitution. The office of independent counsel oic focused its inquiry on possible criminal activity ranging. He had book offers, a movie offer, but he told me it seemed like the paper. Tom cruises american made nixed scene with bill clinton getting. American made, opening today, was poised to be the rare movie that could. Irancontra proves a muddled milieu for movie the last thing. Knowledge of drug trafficking and the contras the national security archive obtained the handwritten notebooks of oliver north, the national security council aide who helped run the contra war and other reagan administration covert operations, through a freedom of information act lawsuit filed in 1989. In july 1995, san jose mercurynews reporter gary webb found the big onethe blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams aboutwithout even looking for it.

The new movie is one that director doug liman has been making for 15 years and tom cruise has been making for almost 35. Kill the messenger recalls a reporter wrongly disgraced. Aug 24, 2017 hollywood screenwriters toil their lives away trying to come up with the next crazy, catchy story to pitch. Hired by the san jose mercury news, webb contributed to the papers pulitzer prize winning. Investigative journalist robert parry helped expose the iran contra scandal in the 1980s while working as a reporter for the associated press and newsweek. Learn about the irancontra affair under president reagan who secretly supported an anticommunist group in nicaragua and funneled weapons to iranian terrorists in. And liman, perhaps taking his cue from the times reporter, moved on. Irancontra proves a muddled milieu for movie the last thing he wanted anne hathaway in the last thing he wanted, directed by dee rees. Walsh independent counsel august 4, 1993 washington, d. Robert parry june 24, 1949 january 27, 2018 was an american investigative journalist. C in the case of nicaragua, the focus was on destabilizing the government and engineering the. Colin farrell is returning to the small screen to play oliver north in an amazon tv show about the irancontra affair.

Feb, 2020 the movie is a twisty, mosaiclike thriller thats also a tense, absorbing tale of an innocent woman upended by the worst kind of political duplicity. Will hollywood tell the truth about irancontra, gary webb. Aug 27, 2017 these are the levels of nuance present in doug limans basedonatrue story action romp of seals involvement in the irancontra scandal. In dee rees adaptation of the last thing he wanted, anne hathaway plays a veteran journalist who finds herself in the thick of the irancontra scandal.

Gary webb, the pulitzer prizewinning reporter who broke the story of the cias involvement in the importation of cocaine into the u. Mar 21, 2015 dark alliance was a series written by californiabased reporter webb and published in the san jose mercury news in 1996. Apr 25, 2018 oliver stone spoke out forcefully against president donald trump and u. Oct 11, 2014 nearly two decades after a us reporter was humiliated for connecting the cia to a drugtrafficking trade that funded the nicaraguan contras, important players in the scandal which led to the journalists suicide are coming forward to back his claims. Investigative journalist robert parry helped expose the irancontra scandal in the 1980s while working as a reporter for the associated press and newsweek.

Oct 07, 2014 the movie kill the messenger opens this week. The underlying facts the contras independent counsels investigation produced a vast record of u. It is based on the book of the same name by nick schou and the book dark alliance by gary webb, which focuses on cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking. New york wabc tom cruise is back on the big screen this weekend in a new film about the irancontra affair and the drug trade of the 1980s. Since it was published in 1985, later elements of the story specifically the iran contra scandal, and the fall of the sandinista regime in 1990 are missing. And, 30 years ago, he convinced me to take on two unknown and dangerous brothers. Caso iran contra, popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the iran contra scandal, or simply iran contra, was a political scandal in the united states that occurred during the second term of the reagan administration. With hollywood set to release a movie about the contra cocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist gary webb, an internal cia report has surfaced showing how the spy agency. He was best known for his role in covering the irancontra affair for the associated press ap and newsweek, including breaking the psychological operations in guerrilla warfare cia manual provided to the nicaraguan contras and the cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking in the u.

Dark alliance was a series written by californiabased reporter webb and published in the san jose mercury news in 1996. The movie is a twisty, mosaiclike thriller thats also a tense, absorbing tale of an innocent woman upended by the worst kind of political duplicity. New tom cruise movie slammed for abusing facts to attack. Freeway ricky on his role in the reagan irancontra drugs. Argo makes the iran hostage crisis, one of the most cataclysmic episodes in u. In 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between nicaraguas drugrunning contra rebels and the cia. This is what takes us back to the irancontra hearings and the appearance of oliver north. Gary stephen webb august 31, 1955 december 10, 2004 was an american investigative journalist. The film opens as san jose mercury news reporter gary webb interviews.

It is about how san jose mercury reporter gary webb was first congratulated then demonized for writing a story claiming the nicaraguan contras were generating money from cocaine smuggling to fund their revolution, with the cia being in. Kill the messenger recounts the life of gary webb, who reported on links between the c. American made is an iran contra movie that gets high on its own supply. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia.

American made sheds light on shady arkansas airfield deals. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the nicaraguan contra rebels, l. Michael cuesta and production designer john paino on the look of the movie. Veteran investigative journalist bob parry on the iran.

Before arthur liman, the chief counsel of the senate irancontra committee, could reply, a reporter from the new york times loudly sneered, cmon, ask a serious question. Jan 30, 2020 hathaway is playing a reporter, rosie perez a photographer. In 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between. In virginia, his campaign cloaked itself in family values and was the instrument of the christian right wing. Hollywood screenwriters toil their lives away trying to come up with the next crazy, catchy story to pitch. Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum rt. Despite its cluttered narrative, the film, scripted by director dee rees pariah. Oct 05, 2014 kill the messenger recounts the life of gary webb, who reported on links between the c. American made is an irancontra movie that gets high on its own supply the new movie is one that director doug liman has been making for 15. Since it was published in 1985, later elements of the story specifically the irancontra scandal, and the fall of the sandinista regime in 1990 are missing. Irancontra affair president ronald reagan receiving the tower commission report, following the irancontra affair, february 26, 1987. Oct 10, 2014 kill the messenger, a movie starring jeremy renner, just opened, about the life and death of pulitzer prizewinning journalist gary webb, who committed suicide in 2004. The reporter who broke the irancontra story by january 29, 2018 february 1, 2018 written by jefferson morley alternet january 29, 2018 february 1, 2018. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia in.

Key figures in ciacrack cocaine scandal begin to come forward. Kill the messenger recalls a reporter wrongly disgraced the. The film takes place in the mid1990s, when webb uncovered the cias past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the u. Iran contra unfolded shortly after the midterm elections of 1986, when democrats retook control of the senate, and news reports started to reveal a secret shadow operation that had been conducted. Most popular iran contra affair movies and tv shows imdb. Caso irancontra, popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the irancontra scandal, or simply irancontra, was a political scandal in the united states that occurred during the second term of the reagan administration. Hathaway is playing a reporter, rosie perez a photographer. Final report of the independent counsel for irancontra matters volume i. This article was edited by lowell bergman, series reporter for drug wars. Back in 1996, gary webb of the san jose mercury news broke a story stating not only that the nicaraguan contras supported by the united states in a rebellion against their leftleaning government were involved in the us crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, but also that the cia knew and turned a blind eye to the operation. I n a scene from the new movie kill the messenger, investigative reporter gary webb played by jeremy renner says that he doesnt believe in conspiracy theories. Kill the messenger, a movie starring jeremy renner due oct.

Later perezs character isnt taking photos and is a. Why the russia investigation could be more like irancontra. Few recall much of norths multiple days of testimony. Aug 06, 2018 gary webb, the pulitzer prizewinning reporter who broke the story of the cias involvement in the importation of cocaine into the u. The cia, the contras, and the crack cocaine explosion, seven stories press, 1999, isbn. Then fired by bloomberg and newsweek for more reports. The story of barry seal, an american pilot who became a drugrunner for the cia in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the irancontra affair. The two just finished working on the a24 movie the killing of a sacred. New york wabc tom cruise is back on the big screen this weekend in a new film about the iran contra affair and the drug trade of the 1980s. Oliver stone spoke out forcefully against president donald trump and u. The hollywood reporter, which says the film was based on one conspiracy theory, recently wrote that bill was supposed to get more of a mention in the movie. These are the levels of nuance present in doug limans basedonatrue story action romp of seals involvement in the irancontra scandal. Wow, the new anne hathaway movie is bad and more barstool.

The last thing he wanted is a twisty, mosaiclike thriller set in the early days of the irancontra affair. Government involvement with the nicaraguan contras during a prohibition on military aid from october 1984 to october 1986. Oct 10, 2017 before arthur liman, the chief counsel of the senate irancontra committee, could reply, a reporter from the new york times loudly sneered, cmon, ask a serious question. Feb 25, 20 argo makes the iran hostage crisis, one of the most cataclysmic episodes in u. A hardcharging investigative reporter renner, stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he uncovers a link between us government. Veteran investigative journalist bob parry on the irancontra. In it, he claimed the contra rebels in nicaragua were shipping cocaine into. The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb. With hollywood set to release a movie about the contracocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist gary webb, an internal cia report has surfaced showing how the spy agency. Analog photos are snapped of charred bodies in a central american village. Ollie norths fame rests on his role in the irancontra affair, during which he lied to congress about his role in illegally selling arms in the middle east to finance rightwing forces in south america. He began his career working for newspapers in kentucky and ohio, winning numerous awards, and building a strong reputation for investigative writing. For readers interested in a thorough examination of the subject, i recommend these exhaustive yet this is a fairly brief account of the early stages in the sandinista contra war. Feb, 2020 the last thing he wanted is a twisty, mosaiclike thriller set in the early days of the irancontra affair.