IntroductionThe Iran-Contra Scandal occurred on (insert specific dates) in the middle of the Cold War. Oliver North, a member of the United States National Security Council, was accused of diverting money from arms sales to Iran to support the Contras in Central America. Provide the context of Central America, how it was exposed, what happened to the north, specific elements of the trial, talk about the Cold War/tensions...state the thesis at the end of the sentence, state the arguments , conclude.Main Argument 1The intent of the Boland Amendment was to prohibit the use of U.S. funds to support counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua. The specific wording of the Boland Amendment is as follows: In fiscal year 1985, no funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, or any other agency or entity of the United States involved in intelligence activities may not be incurred or expended for the purpose of or which would have the effect of supporting, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua by any nation, group, organization, movement or individual. This wording is ambiguous and does not explicitly state that the National Security Council (NSC) cannot fund the Contras. The amendment also does not define or identify all agencies involved in intelligence activities and does not identify the National Security Council as an intelligence agency. Therefore, the amendment only applies to U.S. agencies involved in intelligence activities. Thus, the primary goal of the Boland Amendment was to prevent direct CIA interference in the situation in Nicaragua and not NSC interference. Because Oliver North was a member of the NSC, the Boland Amendment never applied to him... middle of article...... published April 14, 2011. http://www.brown. edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents/d-nic-25.pdf. "Rep. Hamilton on Patriotism." Brown University. Accessed April 13, 2011. doi:http://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/v-on21.php.Scharfen, JR Information: The Boland Amendments of 1984. NI02544. Accessed April 13, 2011. http://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents/d-nic-21.pdf.Trager, Oliver. The Iran-Contra Arms Scandal: A Foreign Policy Disaster. New York, NY: Facts on File Publications, 1988.Walsh, Lawrence E. Iran-Contra: The Final Report. New York: Times Books, 1994. Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: the CIA, the Contras and the crack explosion. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998. Wroe, Ann. “Legal orders”. In Lives, Lies and the Iran-Contra Affair, 129. London: IB Tauris &, 1991.