The Iran/Contra Affair Part Two: Contra Support; Managing And Supplying a Paramilitary Operation

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Moderator:
Caitlin Pardo de Zela
Secrecy and U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium

Panelists:

Overt Policy and Covert Welfare
Mr. William Bode
Former Special Assistant, Undersecretary of State for security Assistance - Science and Technology

When Covert Becomes Criminal
Ms. Leslie Cockburn
Producer, CBS News and Frontline, PBS; author, Out of Control: The Complete Account of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua

Contras: The Cost of Fostering a Freedom-Fighting Unit
Mr. Peter Kornbluh
Information Analyst, National Security Archive; author, Nicaragua: The Price of Intervention; co-editor, Low-Intensity Warfare: Counterinsurgency, Proinsurgency and Antiterrorism in the 80's

Mr. Jonathan Kwitny
Author, The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA; Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World

Covert Operations in Central America: A Substitute For A Policy
Professor William LeoGrande
American University, School of Public Affairs; Consultant, U.S. Senate, 1984-85; co-editor, Confronting Revolution: Security Through Diplomacy in Central America

Mr. Robert Parry
National Security Correspondent/ Investigative Reporter, Newsweek Magazine; former correspondent, Associated Press, Central America and Latin America, 1974-87; 1984 Polk Award, CIA activities in Nicaraugua: the CIA assassination manual

The Strategic Importance of Central America for the U.S.: The Tools Required
Col. Nestor Pino-Marina, U.S. Army
Staff Officer, International Staff, Inter-American Defense Board; paratrooper commander, Bay of Pigs; former Special Forces officer, Vietnam and Laos

Covert Military Operations and American Foreign Policy
Mr. Nestor Sanchez, Jr.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter-American Affairs; former Latin American Division Chief, Directorate of Operations, CIA

Interlocutors:

Mr. Jonathan Kwitny and Mr. Robert Parry