In the 1980s, US National Security consultant Gary G. Sick accused then-Candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] and his [[Vice-President]]ial running mate, [[George H. W. Bush]], of deliberately provoking (or somehow bribing) the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] to delay releasing the 52 hostages that sympathetic militant [[university]] students had taken at the former United States Embassy in [[Teheran]]. Sick coined the phrase ''October Surprise'' in the book he wrote setting forth his allegations. | In the 1980s, US National Security consultant Gary G. Sick accused then-Candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] and his [[Vice-President]]ial running mate, [[George H. W. Bush]], of deliberately provoking (or somehow bribing) the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] to delay releasing the 52 hostages that sympathetic militant [[university]] students had taken at the former United States Embassy in [[Teheran]]. Sick coined the phrase ''October Surprise'' in the book he wrote setting forth his allegations. |