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Crime History: National security advisor

By Scott McCabe
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On this day, June 11, in 1990, former National Security Advisor John M. Poindexter was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to Congress about secretly arming Nicaraguan rebels and shipping missiles to Iran. Poindexter, 53, served as President Reagan’s national security advisor from 1985 until the Iran-contra affair forced his resignation in November 1986.

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