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Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | Ep. 167

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The Most Fucked Up Stupid Thing That You Could Do

The United States sold weapons of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the hope that this was induced them to free the conference. They took the money and use it to fund the Contras. The whole thing came unraveled when Eugene Hasenfoss right when he was shot out of the car. It almost brought down the Reagan administration because the President of the United States was caught lying on national television.

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