jesus christ can i just go and add the sentences cannistraro ran the agency's 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 inter agency 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 iran contra scandal the declassified history new york the new press p xviii president reagan transferred the contra program from the cia to the nsc after congressional authorization for the cia s 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 it's from director of nsc intelligence from to vincent cannistraro went on to serve as chief of operations for the cia's counterterrorism center from the pbs interview ok talk