Oliver North - Memo To History (1987) | Iran Contra Hearings Documentary
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He was convicted in the Iran-Contra affair of the late 1980s, but his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed in 1991.
North is primarily remembered for his term as a National Security Council staff member during the Iran-Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. The scandal involved the illegal sale of weapons to Iran to encourage the release of U.S. hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. North was granted limited immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before Congress about the scheme. - Wikipedia
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A guy at work (60 years old) told me none of this ever happened and that I am a conspiracy theorist. I remember this being all over the news as a little kid. Ignorance is bliss and we have sooo many ignorant people walking amongst us.
Lol, like the whole part? Or he didn’t believe Oliver?
murikkka is based on ignorance
@@lefty4letty You would know
@@alliebamski7620 and u wouldnt
@@lefty4letty I know i can't wait to see commies with their heads cut off.😆
In a nutshell The Oliver North scandal, also known as the Iran-Contra affair, was a political scandal that unfolded in the United States during the 1980s. Oliver North, a United States Marine Corps officer, was a key figure in the scandal. In the mid-1980s, during the Reagan administration, a covert operation was carried out to sell arms to Iran, despite an arms embargo in place. The aim was to gain leverage to secure the release of American hostages held by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The profits from these arms sales were then diverted to support the Contras, a rebel group fighting the socialist Sandinista government in Nicaragua, even though there was a congressional ban on providing aid to the Contras. The scandal came to light in 1986 when a plane, carrying weapons for the Contras, was shot down inside Nicaragua. This event exposed the secret arms sales and the diversion of funds, leading to a public outcry. Congressional hearings were held, revealing the involvement of high-ranking officials, including Oliver North, who was a member of the National Security Council. Oliver North became a central figure due to his role in coordinating and overseeing the operation. He testified before Congress, admitting his involvement but claiming it was necessary for national security. North was later indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstructing Congress, and accepting an illegal gratuity. However, those convictions were ultimately overturned on appeal due to immunity granted for his testimony. The Iran-Contra affair had significant political repercussions, tarnishing the Reagan administration and raising questions about the legality of U.S. foreign policy actions. It also led to a reevaluation of the balance of power between the executive branch and Congress in matters of national security.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 channel owner needs to pin this. This gentleman knows how to explain things.
Meanwhile OBIDEN gives billions to Iran that funds HAMAS and you clowns never made a peep . 😂
AMERICAN MADE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS
Wow! You made easy to understand thx.
The truth is he was pulled out of the Pentagon and put in the White House to be a screen for POTUS 41 who was the VP at the time. Ronnie had nothing really to do with this Criminals In Action scheme. Funny thing is a cokehead from Arkansas who became POTUS 42 was recruited for this shady deal because of his love of snorting blow off of the cleavages of women with legal or financial problems in the Little Rock area. Information heard in the first person from a former Democrat governor of Georgia and several other members of a party I wholly despise.
Barry Seal, Gary Web, Oliver North, George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton, Pablo Escobar, the Ochoas, Noreaga and many more.... this event linked so many people together
Biodz of-da-featha!! The featha! Boydz a- da feathaaaaaa
This is outstanding to watch! The entire story is sooo otherworldly almost impossible to believe and even though its here clear as day some still refuse to see what pur government is truly about.
Exactly like how can people just ignore this and still believe Raegan had nothing to do with it. It’s like they tried so hard to protect they own asses as much as they could. It’s just sad to know so many lives are affected by this still today.
reagan made the crack epidemic to pay for another fascist war. killed black people and communists, a double whammy to him. lost another fascist war but ruined black communities.
@@lefty4letty not just Black communities but poor communities.
@@nickguerrera2928 nobody was hit harder than black families by far
And same old same old, I bet some CIA guys had been involved in shipping drugs from Vietnam. High-functioning psychopaths
The LA newspaper reporter who began to investigate about the c-130 landing in the LA airport, and followed the vans that carried the black plastic boxes to a warehouse was killed after he wrote three articles. The black neighborhoods were flooded with cocaine a crack epidemic was spread in LA ghettos . The story about the LA reporter is on the internet.
Gary Webb of The San Jose Mercury newspaper.
Shalom CCS This is the story we must repeat over and over to our children and grandchildren. The LA newspaper stumbled go g up on a big government scheme, and people had to die to maintain the secret. But only the US government could have created and disseminated a drug like crack cocaine to black and brown communities throughout this country in the manner it did and as fast as it did. Essentially the US government robbed young people of color of their livelihoods, voting rights, families, as well as their freedom and future. There are millions of people still trying to put their lives back together. And the gun violence is just another by-product of the crack culture.
there's a movie with Jeremy Renner
Yeah Gary Webb he committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the BACK of the head point blank. LMAO this government is a trip
Everyone else danced around it. You typed it point blank. Cheers.
I once got Mr North's autograph in a bar that my mom worked at when I was 9,at the time I didn't understand, now I see 😂 WOW what a fantastic performance!
You post very significant and amazing things. I feel privileged and grateful as subscriber .
Что такое «Баласт» обозначает? По-моему что-то неприличное? 😂😂😂
Good one. Thanks. All of this, operating around Mena airport, Arkansas is the greatest story never told. Three successive presidents ran the largest drugs and weapon smuggling operation the world has ever known.
Yep
True
fact
@@lefty4lettyah
Who were the other two presidents?
The biggest bunch of dignified liars ever assembled, hard to believe.
It's 😂funny. Dems overreaching with mellow drama, ollie being the absolute stooooge for Ronnie 😅😅. They all suk!
Nope that would the democrat party of today
Oh, American politics, you don't wanna know what I think about it. Here, corporations cannot give hundreds of thousands to buy candidates, it's called bribery and the candidates are not chosen by the elites at conventions, and there are no scams like the big electors where the results can be manipulated PLUS the ridiculous voting machines hackable to death and now the crazy hatred between the two parties... How you guys can tolerate so much obvious corruption is hard to understand.
Your library of films is fantastic. I’m frankly surprised KZhead hasn’t censored many of them....
I remember always seeing him on the t.v. as a kid, Ollie North. I never knew what he was about and still don't.
I googled 1980s army man over and over again. Me too, I was talking with my husband and said I remember always seeing this guy, he was in trouble for something. Described him, ten minutes later finally Oliver North.
That’s kinda pathetic. This was required reading and my high school history class when I graduated in 2002. (Thank you Mr. Quinlan) It amazes me what people choose to remain ignorant on
This is US Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Oliver North. He is a Vietnam war veteran and worked for President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush Sr. on the National Security Council in the 1980s. The National Security Council is one of the most secretive US government organizations that advises the President on national security and military affairs . Its a small group of people,generals directors of the CIA, etc that meet with the President and Vice President to do clandestine secretive work in the US and all over the world. Oliver North was the commander of the Operational Sub Groups or "OSG" that did illegal cocaine production and smuggling in Central America, arming the anti communist "Contra" rebels in Honduras, selling arms to Iran.This is him testifying in Congress after these illegal operations were discovered by a newspaper reporter named Gary Webb in the 1980s. Oliver North is basically lying his ass off here for 2 hours misleading Congress and the public. By the way Gary Webb was found dead in a hotel with two gun shot wounds to the head. The police called it a suicide . I dont believe that
he lost 2 fascist wars 😂 did ruin black communities with crack epidemic to pay for fascist war tho 😕
@@lefty4letty but people claim blacks aren’t persecuted in this country! In RECENT HISTORY
thank you for this... you are doing god's work through your channel.
Каждый из нас это делает и проявляет в своих действиях не зависимо от профессии или простого Гражданина. ❤🎉
I remember my mom and I watching this while residing in Ft Riley Kansas…..Riveting… …..This video is gold! I love rewatching this!!!!!!!!!
7 million dollars 40 years ago is equivalent of 1 billion $ today.............
At 11 minutes no one can keep a straight face anymore. Curious reaction to the information being conveyed.
"They were working on their own projects, I was working on mine" I knew about his NSC colleague Michael Ledeen having his own network with General Bar-Am of LAKAM, but what were the others working on?
One thing that stands out is the crowded room and the click click click of all the camera's. Now these hearings are empty and only one or two photographers. Its like at that time the scandals were NEW and now the scandals are just yah oh well same ole same ole.
Classic 80s documentary 👌 👏
I thank you for being busy.
Definition of woke vs awake- Woke says bad white man- Awake realizes all of humanity is on the plantation
SPOILER ALERT nothing happened to any of them
at least they lost to commies AGAIN 😀
Professional liar !!!!!
Yeah.. Oliver was on the political chopping block but protected through back door deals.. Your taking one for the team soldier..
I'm a Nicaraguan born citizen of the US now, who is graceful of Mr. North and President Reagan for trying to liberate Nicaragua. We need people like him to defend us. Communist are here now.
lol gusano loser
Nicaragua is off the 😅news cycle 😅😅
North should have done prison time.
There was no way he was going to do prison time he let the beans out of the bag. He told on them and how they plotted to destroy black neighborhoods and they did but it ended up backfiring because you know what a lot of other kids other than black were or fell victim to the drug epidemics it wasn't until white kids were hooked on drugs. Kensington PA, Seattle I can go on and on. The face of drugs are no longer just black. You know what white folks in Kensington PA and certain parts in Philadelphia or doing drugs right in front of the cops and nothing is being done about it but when blackheads and black people were on drugs they were stopping and arresting them frisking them. Now they only stopped black people to see if they can get drugs off of me because you know what I believe a lot of them are on drugs. Are they required to take drug test like surprise drug test like bus drivers like truck drivers?
By the way this isn’t a documentary it’s a video of the actual hearings of the Iran-contra senate hearings with the main culprit oli North..I’d think a documentary has narrations..
Pablo Escobars Men in the "North"!
Everybody forgets Reagan was the man who funded the drug cartels and Bin Laden.
I worked in an office at the State Dept in the 80's that was set up by Reagan to get support for the contras in Nicaragua. We had people from USIA, DOD, and AID to help. It was a noble cause. We were fighting communism. The Dems in DC didn't think we should be meddling in other countries and voted no to this much needed funding. I was a secretary who copied all the cables stating Sandanista atrocities and typed up many things to try to get support including publications we'd send to congress. I would read the Pentagon's daily foreign broadcasts and media stories to compose a one-page summary every morning that was distributed thru the dept and to WH speechwriters. I often answered the phone and there would be "Ollie". The office was put under the under-secy of Inter-American Affairs, Elliott Abrams. Sandinistas are bad and the dictator is still in charge there. Thanks to the Democrats who don't like to meddle??????
Can you imagine this hearing today? With the internet and social media
I would be angry if you were found abandoned while resting or otherwise. I would say "Seek Your Vengeance." I needed to get that out. Thank you for your time.
I remember this hearing when they happened! Wow
This guy deadass got away with treason
He is an American patriot.
@@r0ckstar666 That doesn’t change the fact what he did was awful
@@toasterbread507 saving American lives is never awful
He was following order's
@@deanbucknell9909 That's what the Nazis said!
The CIA wanted to used him as a escape goat in the cover ops .He did what he was told to do by the highest ranks , but when things went wrong in Nicaragua and a CIA contractor aircraft was taken down loaded with weapons by Ortega’s soldiers the press made it public.
scapegoat*
That was back in the day when we actually had a pretty free press
ah yes Southern Air N4410F
Like southern air.
Daniel Inouye is 100 percent class
Drug dealer 👂
According to North, Iran-Contra was Israeli intelligence operative AmiramNir's idea. Ollie thought it was "a neat idea". Unfortunately Nir died before North's trial...and his personal papers and computers were stolen by Yaacov Nimrodi.
I only ask, because I would have liked you to rephrase it. However, I sincerely thank you for your service.
Oliver North's wife wrote a letter of appeal to Nancy Reagan asking for the president to publicly support the work that North did for the Reagan Administration in Iran-Contra Affair. That North obeyed his commanders in the administration. The letter was never opened by Nancy so that she could deny that she ever knew anything about the Iran-Contra Affair activities and so could Ronald Reagan.
Supporting the Monroe doctrine.
Criminal
He has no criminal convictions.
What was the point of the Fawn Hall segment. She ss just trying to make North look good. He is an obvious smooth talking narcissist who thinks he is in a action movie. Absolutely insane.
what pissed off the CORPS was that he left the green machine to get a job at the NSC as a military liaison officer and when the shit hit the fan instead of falling on his sword like the old water gate plumbers ( g Gordon Liddy andthe boys went to prison) , he goes to court in full uniform and talks like a yellow canary
Oliver North actually was an OSG commander at the National Security Council not just a liason officer. OSG stands for "operational sub groups". These are small groups of operatives that do illegal operations for the NSC all over the world such as assassinations, blackmail, arms dealing, drug smuggling, influencing foreign governments. North was their commander and a civilian but wore his old uniform for these hearings.
@@rbeck3200tb40 , who cares in my 22' months of running & gunning with the nica contras i didn't see him at any of the A & T camps he was nothing to me
@@sonnysantana5454 He funded and built the camps
@@sonnysantana5454 whatup loser 😁
@@lefty4letty , w o w another lame trying to be bad on the internet , but as everyone knows you don't come across bad only lame
So when do they start talking about the "death trains"?
Whatever happened to Fawn Hall?
'Miss Hall, are you the one who chose to name Col. North's Swiss bank account "B. Button?" '...What I would:ve asked ...
Maury vOice "Ollie north...YOU ARE...THE FALL GUY"🤣😂🤣😂
I remember all of this, especially Ltc North's attempts to hide behind the flag and his appeals to the public's patriotism. He is the opposite of a hero.
Truth
You are correct. Just like what is being done to American privacy rights, all in the name of fighting terr.
He was the sacrifice and scapegoat of a far larger problem. He was a puppet and obliged
This is all Republicans.
@@java4653 really you didn’t pay attention democrats were in control of the investigation and nobody but Oliver North went to jail, let that sink in, a Republican lol
Would you have rephrased what you were there to do?
I remember watching this in US history class
I remember watching this live on tv (CSPAN) in the 1990s. It was a huge story in the media . SNL even did skits making fun of Oliver North who was lying here
snaky didn't learn 🤷🏿♀️
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(WHITE HOUE COUNCIL)(MR.OILLIE)(ALSO)(EXPLAINED) THERE WAS.)(3.STATE.)( THAT WAS A.PART OF THIS (PLOT)(TO)(KILL AMERICA PRESIDENT)
OMG I lived thru this. I was just 27 yrs old having my first son married to a man that was a great provider but a not good husband. And I didn't really pay attention to this. My bad
I took cards and photos. I wanted to make a memory book of a beautiful legacy. I wanted to surprise you. I read one card I remember. I want to say it is important to have people who sometimes offend truthfully. Simply because too many people are eager to join an entourage.
This is when shit hit the fan.................
nah 🤔 go back to 1983
@@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974 CANT RECALL WAS IT IRANGATE?......SO MUCH CRAP HAPPENED FOR DECADES ....
Because the eyes are jealous. Because the eyes are greedy. Because I have found them to be these things, I won't look at you all.
For a fella that was THROWN IN THE MEAT GRINDER for this, he sure was a stand-up officer in his testimony. That's more than I can say for today's top brass.
His testimony was unctuous and self serving.
the last refuge of the scoudrel....North did nothing but pander to a people's patriotism. His testimony disgusts me.
Women and children were thrown into an actual meat grinder in central and south America by this guy actions. Your ignorance is unbelievable. This guy should have been convicted of drug trafficking and arms dealing. Also funneling money to foreign militias attempting to overthrow a democratically elected government, which Congress passed the Boland amendment specifically to restrict this horrible human from doing what he did.
He was convicted, of crimes and pardoned by possibly the largest drug trafficker in history George HW Bush.
It doesn't change the fact that he's a freaking liar operating outside the law. He's gaslighted the nation ever since.
The way to Montgomery, Alabama Heart is to sue them straight
fast forward to the present, this crook is still living his best life! what a joke!
Get the book Project Hammer, which it explains on this topic and leads up into 9/11
Thats why they gave me a shredder!
Ollie isn’t the criminal, his superiors from Reagan on down. I wonder when the actual files pertaining to this tribunal will come to light. Hopefully at the same time the Kennedy files become declassified.
No one's going to do that the only thing they're going to release his b******* that doesn't have any value in it
Oliver North is the co-ring leader. He and Reagan, along with the CIA funded Al Queada and Bin Laden. They also funded the cartels.
Oliver North was in charge of the drug smuggling operations in Honduras. He was the commander of the OSGs (Operational Sub Groups) that does these activities all over the world for the NSC. The local Honduran Contra rebels even named their jungle camps near Rus Rus Honduras "North Camps" after him. This is where Oliver North flew in the chemicals to manufacture cocaine from coca leaves then smuggled it to the US
@@rbeck3200tb40 under orders. Find the public inquiry and listen to what’s all being said. Ollie is a patsy.
@@georgeprice5625 I know a man who worked directly under Oliver North at the NSC .His name is Gene Tatum. Find his interviews here on youtube and listen to whats being said
How did he and the EX California governor avoid 20 years at Leavenworth?
2 minutes in and Oliver North admits to 'documents that would put americans in (harm's way)'. well, Oliver u r the reason Barry Seal was killed two movies post RIP Barry Seal. // at the time of this brew haha i was on a high school student council and wanted to Use the same blueprint of all the way up the chain to Reagan in a theater (off drama dept's chain of control (shout out to how Oliver by passed the normal Dept chain)) of the LIFE routine. // i was Secretary (former Jr VP) at the time and there would be a 'Story that the Student Council used cash from activities to afford LUNCHES at Wendy's (this was back when dave was still alive)' and IT would come out that the Current JR Vp and Sr Vp (different dude) had been seen at wendy's and having 'wendy's classics' no one could tell if these two Vps had used their own coins. // one by one, each of the Vps would have to explain under some 'way' to the students/teachers IF they had and then there be Me and i would have to secretary out every note at every meeting i was at and if there had been Wendy's classics in attendance too // of course the President (i tried to sell the whole idea to Mike P during one of his early evening jogs around the block (nice block,, Varadi Ave in Brantford, Mr Walter G used to Live there (6 houses down from me, 15 down from Mike) RIP Walter ) Squashed the Whole Idea so it never happened the classics did happen but no one would know how much the NEXT council spent LOL // it was a show and tell, with Casey dying with the secret that kept Alzheimer's patient reagan from a SEC 8 response to a Criminal charge / the old man never would have went to any Jail he could NOT even remember his name by '87 IT happens. Barry Seal is the real victim // that should NOT be forgotten Nor 4 given May bee a Minute Man will Tell Time 4 Oliver and a North of the Lights type by using that WMD known as the Hoax God Bless the Minute Men that do endure and risk their lives to Purge them that would defy Article 1 S 8 P1 during war time, as per President Andrew Jackson. thanks for the upload i actually jogged for 40 minutes to sell that Crazy way out of WHY would U wanrt to do that ? i was bored being a paper pushed and wanted some Conspiracy and Public Trials and Hearings Consumption had Taken Place at Wendy's (or at least at Dave's) ass 4 oliver he is anti NRA now go figure
They were untouchable...
I was in Sand Dog in navy 86 to 88 and crystal meth was rampant and lots of white skin powder toot dealers.
There was lots of black skin powder toot dealers to as there was of every race whats your point ???
I wonder if he was the real voice inspiration behind Christian Bale’s American Psycho 🤔
Jajajja lies
According to American Dad Reagan should have been in jail too
I watched this, i was 16 years old.
I was 18 and watched it over night on tv after work
Truth
We don't negotiate
When the Robert Mcfarlane group went to Tehran, they all took presents. Mcfarlane had the Bible signed and dedicated by Reagan for the Ayatollah. Amiram Nir brought a kosher cake shaped like a key. North brought 8 nickel plated Colt revolvers. Ghorbanifar was the escort, so no gift needed. But what did Howard Teicher bring?
Oliver North , thats how I roll around 😮. *drizzy*
/ some claim he is actually Peter north’s cousin
@11:10
There is a lie being told but few will know what that lie is. Gary Web new and it cost him his life,
That council’s comb over is distracting
that comb over is a threat to national security 40 years later!!!
It lead to a new style of tank camouflage from the air.
SEMPER FI
"Trading powder back and forth Black goes south and white comes north"
Damn that Asian guy has a deep voice. What’s his name
He was involved
Gary Webb exposed them all in dark alliance
Get the book Project Hammer, which it explains on this topic and leads up into 9/11
He is my best friends grandpa
My friends name is caperton but he prefers cap and he’s twins with a brother that goes by max and I’m forgetting his real name and they have older brothers but I don’t know they’re names. I’m in 7th grade at the heights with them
Mac not max
I thought that this was actual video footage of the trial only not your opinion or facts that you feel irrelevant. Thank you for your video post
Watched it live. Who wants to watch this show again. Not me
Some ppl were too young when this came out or had no interest/unaware etc. I just finished reading Gary Webb Dark Alliance , he goes into detail on the lies this guy is spewing. Thanks for posting #donttrustanyone #nobenifitsnovote
i am almost 70 years old,,,i watched it live also and i want to watch it again to make sure they tell the truth
Yeah you do😊
You can't handle the truth.
damnnn ✊️ 😞
War criminal crook
Sounds like what you guys call price gouging
STILL GOING ON TODAY?? PICKUP FROM WHERE HE LEFT OFF
C.I.A HAS NEVER HATE ANY(POLITICAL SCAND).
Opinions
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ollie is overselling it
Is supposed to be teddy ?
He was an oswald.
Traitor
I was 8 years old back here. Grandfather had just retired and would watch me and my sister cuz Mom was back in school getting her masters and I remember him telling me what a hero Ollie was. He was a WW2 vet, former POW and 32nd degree Mason
The chickens have come home to roost 2021
North is a criminal; pardoned... but still a criminal. Snowden is a hero.
His convictions were vacated and reversed. North did not get a fair trial.
@@r0ckstar666 Even so, the morals of the U.S. are supposed to be better than they are and we need to recognize the difference between covert actions done in secrecy for the "good" of the Republic and the exposure of criminal behavior by those charged w/ keeping us safe and, more importantly, free. As for the fairness of his trial, he pretty much copped to everything... w/ pride.
@@dr.johnpaladinshow9747 What he did was good for the republic. He saved American hostages in North Africa, he sold weapons to Iran which he used part of the money to send the contras money to defeat communism. Communism and socialism are evil. Oliver North for president 2024
@@r0ckstar666His conviction was overturned by Judge Laurence Silberman, who happens to have been probably the first Reagan campaign official to contact representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 1980. So the whole story came full circle. Isn't it wonderful?
@@johngeren1053 save it for your klan rally redneck. Ollie North is an American patriot. Who are you again? A jealous nobody on KZhead
The tour 🎉
*You wood think due was a private🙄* a good actor
Ollie is GREAT. He handled the investigation perfectly.
Whaaat, well I guess liars know how to lie he's a professional
He's also a peice of shiat and a disgrace to the uniform and country far from great.
Youre a dumbass if you call that greatness.
So explain to a lame why he is an as good or bad please. He sold weapons to Iran? Like we do currently? And it wasn't like his idea but a order from his superiors? And they got rich off it? Is the hate or love him a left or right thing or could someone elaborate
@David Wang lol only fascist president it's a godam fascist nation
he's a good liar
They threw him under the entire fleet of buses.