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In reply to the discussion: Oregon Senator uncovers Epstein financial records [View all]UpInArms
(53,148 posts)47. Parry broke the story in 1985
https://clippermedia.org/obituary-robert-parry-reporter-broke-the-iran-contra-story-68-2018/
In 1985, Mr. Parry broke news of the involvement of Lt. Col. Oliver L. North and the covert operation to support the contras with proceeds from clandestine arms sales to Iran.
Photo: The investigative reporter Robert Parry in an undated photograph. His work on the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s brought him a George Polk Award.Credit Diane Duston, via Associated Press
Mr. Parry won the George Polk Award for national reporting in 1984 for his disclosures that the Central Intelligence Agency had provided an assassination manual to the so-called contras, the right-wing insurgents who were seeking to topple the socialist government in Nicaragua. Mr. Parry was part of an Associated Press investigative team based in Washington when he broke the story.
For that reporting, he was also named a finalist for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
In 1985, Mr. Parry broke news of the involvement of Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, a deputy director of the National Security Council, in a covert operation to support the contras with proceeds from clandestine arms sales to Iran. Congress had banned such support. The weapons had been sold to Iran to speed the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
Photo: The investigative reporter Robert Parry in an undated photograph. His work on the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s brought him a George Polk Award.Credit Diane Duston, via Associated Press
Mr. Parry won the George Polk Award for national reporting in 1984 for his disclosures that the Central Intelligence Agency had provided an assassination manual to the so-called contras, the right-wing insurgents who were seeking to topple the socialist government in Nicaragua. Mr. Parry was part of an Associated Press investigative team based in Washington when he broke the story.
For that reporting, he was also named a finalist for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
In 1985, Mr. Parry broke news of the involvement of Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, a deputy director of the National Security Council, in a covert operation to support the contras with proceeds from clandestine arms sales to Iran. Congress had banned such support. The weapons had been sold to Iran to speed the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
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Epstein never had a trial; he was unalived before that could happen. I wonder why.
OMGWTF
Friday
#19
He was tried with regard to one girl early 2000s. A deal was cut and he walked.
Dave says
Friday
#21
Sheldon Whitehouse, who knows Wyden's work, revealed that yesterday on Lawrence. Whitehouse says that 'following the
ancianita
Friday
#3
It's always been my belief that the reason AG Garland took so long to appoint a SC was because once he reviewed the
in2herbs
Friday
#5
Even the possibility that the stolen documents are a minor part of a conspiracy..,
harumph
Friday
#9
So let's hear from all the AG's (state and Fed) involved at every step. Transparency y'know...
Evolve Dammit
Friday
#40
Blackmail money? High class brothels seem to always have been used for blackmail.
LiberalArkie
Friday
#11
JP Morgan Bank settled a lawsuit re: Epstein's operation with the US Virgin Islands...
AntiFascist
Friday
#32
The Soviet Union had amassed enormous wealth prior to its breakup, probably due to its oil and other deposits...
AntiFascist
Friday
#35
It is probably useful to recall how things were when Epstein was putting this together
Bluetus
Saturday
#58
I have daughters and granddaughters, not to mention a precious little great grandniece.
PatrickforB
Friday
#45