Veteran Investigative Journalist Bob Parry on the Iran-Contra Scandal and the Perils of Re

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 8:19AM

Investigative journalist Robert Parry helped expose the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s while working as a reporter for the Associated Press and Newsweek. He joins us from Washington.

As we continue over coverage of Nicaragua, investigative journalist Robert Parry joins us now from Washington, D.C. In the 1980s he helped expose the Iran-Contra scandal while working as a reporter for the Associated Press and Newsweek. Robert Parry now runs the website http://www.consortiumnews.com/ConsortiumNews>Consortium News.

* Robert Parry. Veteran investigative journalist and editor of the online ezine ConsortiumNews.com. For years he worked as an investigative reporter for both the Associated Press and Newsweek magazine. His reporting led to the exposure of the ‘Iran-Contra’ scandal. His books include “Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’” and “Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq.”

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