The Agency: A History of the CIA

Reagan, Casey, and the Iran-Contra Scandal (1x19)

Air date: Mar 01, 2019

The start of the Reagan presidency saw a return to the unchecked freedom of the CIA’s golden age. Then came the Iran-Contra Scandal, which culminated in criminal charges, convictions, pardons, and dismissals. As you’ll learn, the potential for 1970s-style conflict between Congress and the CIA remained.