Jesus Christ Can I just go and add the sentences  Cannistraro ran the agencys task force on the contras while at the CIA the first article  When the Contra program was transferred by Reagan to the NSC Cannistraro was made director of Intelligence  While at the NSC Cannistraro coordinated interagency meetings on aid for the Contras the second article  these are all almost word for word what the articles you just read say The point  is from  Kornbluh P and M Byrne  The IranContra Scandal The declassified history New York The New Press pxviii President Reagan transferred the Contra program from the CIA to the NSC after congressional authorization for the CIAs Contra program expired in mid   and we already know that Cannistraro was made director of Intel at NSC from before but just to make sure its from  Director of NSC Intelligence from  to  Vincent Cannistraro went on to serve as chief of operations for the CIAs Counterterrorism Center  From the PBS interview httpwwwpbsorgwgbhpagesfrontlineshowstargetinterviews  ok