William Casey
- 1980 campaign manager
- Head of the CIA
- Called to testify by Congress
- Never testified
- Hostpialized and died
Oliver North
- National Security Council
- Donned uniform when caught and hailed "national hero" by proadministraiton heros
- Claimed full responsibility before national television cameras when testifying before Congress
- Blamed everything on his supreriors, including Reagan, at his trial
- Conviction on minor charges
- Prosecutors used his testimony before Congress as evidence of guilt, so major charges dismissed on technicality
- Currently highly paid lecturer and television figure
John Poindexter
- Admiral and national security advisor
- Testified before Congress that he withheld information from the president, so president was not responsible
- Felony convictions for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, defrauding the government, destruction of evidence, etc.
- All convictions overturned
- Worked
for defense contractor
- Serving
under President George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
- Vice President under Reagan
- Arranged Contra aid through massive military support to Honduras
- Personally delivered the initial equipment and assured Washington that he had made it clear that this was a "quid pro quo" package
- Never charged
- Ran for president saying explicitly that military aid to Honduras was NOT a "quid pro quo" arrangement.
- President of the U.S. 1989-93
John Negroponte
- U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
- Arranged working of the "quid pro quo"
- Served as Deputy Secretary of State, National Security advisor
- Under President George W. Bush, U.S. Ambassator to Iraq
Robert Gates
- Served on NSC staff at time of Iran-Contra policy
- Knew of Iran-Contra policies and accused of helping the coverup
- Nominated to be Director of CIA but withdrew because of Iran-Contra controversy
- Again nominated and became Director of the CIA in 1991 under President George H. W. Bush
- University and corporate boards
- An architect of Iraq policy under President George W. Bush
- First pick to head Homeland Security
- Current Secretary of Defense, replacing Donald Rumsfeld
Elliot Abrams
- National secruity advisor
- A chief architect and apologist for the "secret war" on Nicaragua
- Prosecuted only for minor charges connected with the coverup
- Pardoned by President George H.W. Bush
- Serving under President George W. Bush as NSC advisor for the Near East and North Africa
Charles E. Allen
- CIA official, in charge of hostage situation in the Mideast
- Actual role never fully investigated but the trading of U.S. arms for hostages took place under his watch
- Officially reprimanded for failure to cooperate with the investigation
- CIA Inspector General's Report on 9-11 Attacks
- Curerntly Chief Intelligence Officer, Department of Homeland Security