“REAGAN: ‘Boys, they’ll have us strung up by our thumbs with piano wire on the White House lawn if the public ever hears of this.’ President Reagan reportedly predicted would result [to him and his Cabinet] during Situation Room meeting after authorizing the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s covert cocaine trafficking operations during the 1980s Nicaraguan civil war in efforts to finance the Contra group that was trying to topple the Sandinista National Liberation Front (during the 1980s Nicaraguan civil war) -- after Congress terminated their initial funding.” Just Say NoDrug TraffickingPresident QuotesRonald ReaganCovert OperationsCentral Intelligence AgencyContrasCrack Cocaine QuotesCia CrackIran Contra Hearings Book:Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Source: Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion