Iran Contra Cocaine Scandal - USA Involvement - The Secret Government

On April 17, 1986, the Reagan Administration released a three page report acknowledging that there were some Contra-cocaine connections in 1984 and 1985, arguing that these connections occurred at a time when the rebels were "particularly hard pressed for financial support" because U.S. aid had been cut off. The report admitted that "We have evidence of a limited number of incidents in which known drug traffickers have tried to establish connections with Nicaraguan resistance groups." The report tried to downplay the drug activity, claiming that it took place "without the authorization of resistance leaders."

President Reagan, "So I guess in a way they are counter revolutionary, and God bless them for being that way. And I guess that makes them contras, and so it makes me a contra too."