Alan McPherson’s book treats the Iran-Contra affair as a turning point in U.S. history which normalized the erosion of key ...

Before his trial, American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus is led by two Sandinista guards to the place where his plane was shot down. (Claude Urraca/Sygma via Getty Images) On Oct. 5, 1986, a cargo plane ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov.