But the Iranian arms-for-hostage deal that leaked out later that year blew such claims to smithereens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warring as Lying Throughout American History] Reference

The behavior of Powell and Weinberger in the following days also suggested that they knew an arms-for-hostage swap was under way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Colin Powell Being Colin Powell] Reference

Reagan, however, was reeling from disclosures about the reckless arms-for-hostage scheme with Iran and diversion of money to the Nicaraguan contras.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colin Powell Being Colin Powell] Reference

In early September 1985, Weinberger dispatched a Pentagon emissary to meet with Iranians in Europe, another step that would seem to make little sense if Weinberger and Powell were indeed in the dark about the details of the arms-for-hostage operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Colin Powell Being Colin Powell] Reference

The officials said at least two Pentagon officials working for Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith have held "several" meetings with Manucher Ghorbanifar, the Iranian middleman in U.S. arms-for-hostage shipments to Iran in the mid-1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference

Administration officials said at least two Pentagon officials working for the Undersecretary of Defence for Policy, Douglas Feith, have held "several" meetings with Manucher Ghorbanifar, the Iranian middleman in United States arms-for-hostage shipments to Iran in the mid-1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh also came to suspect that the arms-for-hostage trail led back to 1980, since it was the only way to make sense of why the Reagan-Bush team continued selling arms to Iran in 1985-86 when there was so little progress in reducing the number of American hostages in Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bushes & the Truth About Iran] Reference

Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh also came to suspect that that later arms-for-hostage case traced back to 1980, since it was the only way to make sense of why the Reagan-Bush team continued selling arms to Iran in 1985-86 when there was so little progress in reducing the number of American hostages then held by Iranian allies in Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: How Two Elections Changed America] Reference

However, if the timing actually resulted from a clandestine arms-for-hostage deal, it would mean that Reagan's presidency began with an act of deception, as well as an act of treachery.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference

Indeed, your neo-con buddy, Elliott Abrams, was convicted in 1991 for lying to Congress about Reagan’s arms-for-hostage swap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naked neo-cons: Perjury and the Big, Bad Wolfowitz] Reference

The Devil Wears Prada startled many people with its fictionalized portrayal of all the editorial freeloading at women’s magazines, the fashion-and-beauty industry equivalent of a permanent Iran-Contra affair with regular arms-for-hostage negotiations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Kuczynski Lowers the Boom on the Cosmetic Surgery Boom « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

The behavior of Powell and Weinberger in the following days also suggested that they knew an arms-for-hostage swap was under way. http://www. consortiumnews.com.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth about Colin Powell] Reference