can t have your cake and eat it, too. so there may be a rude awakening now that the special master is on the job. you might have heard me say this if you follow our coverage. there was a procedural step that the trump folks got that did slow things down, and they wanted that. the procedure is not how you win. it s not how you get out of the clear. it just is a step, a process, and now that they have to deal with this actually judge and deal with a special master and deal with what is a fact based court system, now they re having trouble. in florida, you have a chaotic start. bloomberg reported many people who dialed in did not mute their phones. bloomberg calling it a descent into chaos. people screaming at people to mute, and then someone saying, god bless america. today s hearing comes on the heal of trump s attorneys pushing back on the special master they sought and demanded, which is, if you declassify stuff, and that could be a valid defense if true, well, which things
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in
Risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in nicaragua. The reagan ministration was devoted to trying to concern about what they thought would be soviet influence coming in to Central America
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in