The Iran-Contra Scandal
Ledeen was involved in the Reagan administration's Iran-Contra scandal. As a consultant of National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarlane, Ledeen vouched for Iranian intermediary Manucher Ghorbanifar. In addition, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to arrange meetings with high-ranking Iranian officials as well as the much-criticized deal with Iran, whereby moderate Iranians would be given weapons by Israel, and would proceed to negotiate with Hizbollah terrorists for the release of hostages in Lebanon. Ledeen's own version of the events is published in his book, Perilous Statecraft.
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