A state investment bank was [[capital]]ized by cash transfusions the CIA was taking great pains to hide. This solved the dilemma of funding the Contras, but no legal way to deliver it directly. The agency was barred by Congress with the Boland Amendment from converting the cash into weapons and training the Contras. | A state investment bank was [[capital]]ized by cash transfusions the CIA was taking great pains to hide. This solved the dilemma of funding the Contras, but no legal way to deliver it directly. The agency was barred by Congress with the Boland Amendment from converting the cash into weapons and training the Contras. |