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not literally all of them, groundst.
But many of them.
selected some individuals implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal for high-level posts.[28][29] These include
* Elliott Abrams:[30] under Bush, the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs; in Iran Contra, pleaded guilty on two counts of unlawfully withholding information, pardoned.
* Otto Reich:[31] head of the Office of Public Diplomacy under Reagan.
* John Negroponte:[32] under Bush, the National Intelligence Director.
* Admiral John Poindexter:[33] under Bush, Director of the Information Awareness Office; in Iran Contra found guilty of multiple felony counts for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence, convictions reversed.
* Robert Gates: [34] under Bush, nominated on November 8, 2006 as the new Secretary of Defense to replace the resigning Donald Rumsfeld; he has not yet been confirmed. Served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1991–1993 under George H.W. Bush. In Iran Contra he was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
* Charles E. Allen: [35] under Bush, appointed in August 2005 to be chief intelligence officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Allen's position at DHS was not subject to Senate confirmation. Prior to the DHS appointment, Allen had worked 47 years at the CIA. Director of Central Intelligence William Webster formally reprimanded Allen for failing to fully comply with the DCI's request for full cooperation in the agency's internal Iran-Contra scandal investigation.