[[Richard Secord]] was a General and a co-conspirator of [[Oliver North]] in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. The [[United States]] Tower Commission probe into Iran-gate revealed that [[Monzer Al-Kassar]], a Syrian kingpin and arms dealer, had been paid $1.2 million by Secord to move weapons from [[Israel]] to the Nicaraguan [[Contras]].[^1] --- ### Footnotes [^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.