scandal was bigger than previously believed. this was reported at the workings institution in 2014. it is about 90 minutes. good morning. welcome to the brookings institution. this is an event sponsored by the brookings intelligence project. our guest today is mr. malcolm byrne. i m extremely pleased to have him here today. not only is he a great scholar put a great friend. his official title is deputy director of the national security archive. nsa. of course it is not that an that nsa he works for. the nsa york store is one of washington s greatest gems. it is a place where classified america needs this maker and is hopefully declassified. it seeks to shine a light on what goes on behind the scenes inside of washington. he is the co-author of the becoming enemies. he now has a new book, iran-contra, which is based on an extraordinary amounts of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals with a truly a mountain of material and documents the tunne