Question for Discussion: Why are Americans so angry and 
cynical about politicians and their government?

Assigned Reading: Iran-Contra handout

Video: High Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Iran-Contra Scandal and the Threat to American Democracy

• Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra
  
  
• Summary of Independent Council's 
  investigation into Iran-Contra
  
  
• The Sorrid Details A Chronology of the Iran-Contra Scandal
  
  
• Coverup- Behind the Iran-Contra Affair
  
  
• The Iran-Contra Affair- The Making of a 
  Scandal, 1983-1988
  
  
• The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations
  
  
  
• Iran-Contra Pardon Cast
  
  
• CIA, Crack, and Drugs
  
  
• The Contras and Cocaine