[mburbank]

I think Iran Contra was a far greater series of crimes than Watergate, which was Burglary, improper use of funds and cover ups with perjury.

Iran Contra had all that but the burglary and in addition added allowing individuals to design and implement private foreign policy, deliberate action by the executive branch to break laws on weapons sales and military financing. In addition, it involved negotiating with terrorists. It was a violemnt abuse of our system of government, and Reagan called it's principal agent a "great American Hero." It DWARFED Watergate.