The Tower Commission exposed an elaborate network of official deception, private profiteering and White House cover-up in this president?s administration:
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The Tower Commission exposed an elaborate network of official deception, private profiteering and White House cover-up in this president?s administration:
A three-person commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan and headed by former Texas Senator John Tower exposed an elaborate network of official deception, private profiteering and White House cover-up in the Reagan administration. The Tower Commission was created in November 1986, to investigate the Iran-Contra scandal, in which weapons were secretly sold to Iran for the release of American hostages with the proceeds then illegally funneled to the Nicaraguan contras. The commission was sharply critical of the president for failing to control the activities of the National Security Council staff.
William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) led a signal life, from his youthful exploits with the Pony Express and in service as a U.S. Army scout to his globetrotting days as a showman and international icon Buffalo Bill.
Texan Sam Privett, the colorfully nicknamed proprietor of Booger Red’s Wild West, backed up his boast he could ride anything on four legs.
Sue Robinson rose from an itinerant life as a touring child performer to become an acclaimed dramatic actress.
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was no slouch at drawing crowds, critics and cash during his seven-week ramble of the American West in 1882.