The Iran-Contra Affair: In the 1980s, senior U.S. officials secretly sold arms to Iran—despite an embargo—to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, violating a congressional ban. When exposed in 1986, the Reagan administration initially denied involvement. Investigations revealed a complex network of covert operations, falsified records, and high-level deception. Key figures were convicted, though some were later pardoned. The cover-up involved classified intelligence, off-the-books funding, and misleading Congress. It exposed flaws in executive oversight and remains a landmark case of government secrecy undermining democratic accountability during the Cold War.
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