The [[CIA]] operated a clandestine gun running operation to supply the Nicaraguan Contras with untraceable weapons using private sources of revenue rather than Federal dollars which would have violated the [[Boland Amendment]] and the Logan act. The US end of the smuggling pipeline was located in Mena, Arkansas under the protection of then-governor Bill Clinton. | The [[CIA]] operated a clandestine gun running operation to supply the Nicaraguan Contras with untraceable weapons using private sources of revenue rather than Federal dollars which would have violated the [[Boland Amendment]] and the Logan act. The US end of the smuggling pipeline was located in Mena, Arkansas under the protection of then-governor Bill Clinton. |