'''Robert Parry''' "broke many of the [[Iran-Contra]] stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and ''Newsweek''. He was among the first reporters to write about Oliver North's covert contra resupply network and the contras' involvement in drug smuggling.
His latest book, ''Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq'', can be ordered at secrecyandprivilege.com. It's also available at Amazon.com, as is his 1999 book, <i>Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'</i>." [http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/011606.html]
*Member of the [[The Real News: International Founding Committee]]