House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran

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The House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran was a special U.S. congressional panel formed in the 1980s to investigate the Iran-Contra affair, specifically the secret sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of proceeds to Nicaraguan rebels.

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instanceOf United States congressional committee ⓘ
select committee ⓘ
special investigative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedAfter completion of Iran–Contra investigation ⓘ
fieldOfWork congressional investigation ⓘ
legislative oversight ⓘ
national security oversight ⓘ
formedFor investigation of Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
investigation of covert arms transactions with Iran ⓘ
investigation of diversion of arms sale proceeds to Nicaraguan rebels ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
covert arms transactions with Iran ⓘ
diversion of funds to Nicaraguan Contras ⓘ
hasOutput congressional investigative report on Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis resolution of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf United States Congress ⓘ
seeAlso Iran–Contra report ⓘ
Joint House–Senate Iran–Contra hearings ⓘ
United States Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
topic Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
Nicaraguan Contras ⓘ
linked to: Contras

United States foreign policy ⓘ
arms sales ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ
executive branch oversight ⓘ
intelligence activities oversight ⓘ
national security policy ⓘ
usedProcedure document review ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ
subpoena power ⓘ
sworn testimony ⓘ

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Louis Stokes → chairpersonOf → House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran ⓘ
Walsh report → follows → Congressional Iran–Contra committees report ⓘ
linked to: House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran