It Started Over Lunch and Led to the Exposure of One of the Greatest Scandals ...
(WorldNews Iran)

Remarks at the memorial for Bob Parry delivered on Saturday by Brian Barger, who shared many bylines with Bob (and a drink or two) at the Associated Press, uncovering the Iran-Contra scandal -- and provoking the ire of AP editors I remember it was a pleasure to meet Bob in 1984. The CIA was ramping up its covert war in Nicaragua. News reports from the region documented atrocities committed by President Reagan´s `freedom fighters` and their CIA handlers. Congress was starting to take notice, and was threatening to cut off US aid. I got a call from Betsy Cohn, a Latin America scholar from Georgetown University, saying I should meet this guy from the AP. Over lunch we shared notes. I´d done...