#Law

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Lawrence Walsh Lawrence E. Walsh (1912-2014) served as Iran-Contra Independent Counsel from December 1986 to August 1993, producing 14 criminal cases, 11 convictions, and a final report documenting Reagan administration Iran arms sales and Contra funding, before President Bush pardoned six defendants three weeks before Walsh's release of key findings.

Freedom of Information Act The Freedom of Information Act was used by Gary Webb to obtain government documents that revealed the CIA and DEA's knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking.

Foreign Terrorist Organization U.S. designation made by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, added in 1996, which makes material support to the listed foreign organization a federal crime.
Specially Designated Global Terrorist U.S. sanctions designation created by Executive Order 13224 of September 2001, first applied to a white supremacist group with the Russian Imperial Movement in 2020 and to the Terrorgram Collective in 2025.
Terrorism Act 2000 United Kingdom statute defining terrorism, under which the Home Secretary proscribes organisations; since 2016 it has been used against National Action, Sonnenkrieg Division, Atomwaffen, The Base and Terrorgram.