How George H.W. Bush ended Iran-Contra.

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How Hollywood tried to capitalize on Iran-Contra -- and why the story didn’t take.

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How the Iran-Contra hearings made Oliver North an icon, and got Ronald Reagan off the hook.

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How the Reagan administration tried to prevent the Iran scandal from becoming a second Watergate.

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A bonus interview with journalists Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. Honey and Avirgan tell Leon about their time reporting on the Contra war from the southern front in Costa Rica.

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How Oliver North decided to do a little multitasking -- and ended up on a plane to Tehran.

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How the United States got involved in a not-so-secret secret war in Nicaragua.

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How the Reagan administration landed in a hostage crisis…and extended a hand to one of America’s sworn enemies.

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