Aug 26, 1988
72 min
Full-HD

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project. The shadow government of assassins, arms dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US military personnel who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the Reagan/Bush administration's plan to use FEMA to institute martial law and ultimately suspend the Constitution. Strikingly relevant to current events.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Empowerment Project

Elizabeth Montgomery

Narrator

Jonathan Kwitny

Self - Author/Journalist

Peter Dale Scott

Self - Professor/Author

Jack Brooks

Self - Congressman

Edén Pastora

Self - Former Contra Leader

David MacMichael

Self - Former CIA Analyst

Daniel Sheehan

Self - Christic Institute

Barbara Honegger

Self - Former White House Policy Analyst

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