Michael A. Ledeen, 83, Reagan adviser amid Iran-Contra

Michael A. Ledeen, 83, Reagan adviser amid Iran-Contra

Michael A. Ledeen, a provocative neoconservative who advised Washington policymakers to crush Islamic terrorists, disparaged a free press and helped instigate the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages scandal during the Reagan administration, died Saturday in Austin, Texas. He was 83.

Michael Ledeen: How He Helped the FBI and Our Nation › American Greatness

Michael Ledeen passed away this week, a sadder event than most might realize. Anyone can claim to be a red-blooded American—and he certainly was one—but […] Source

Ledeen - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I had completely forgotten Michael Ledeen existed, but he’s dead and we should not mourn. That guy never found a situation where some killing wasn’t the answer, whether it was Sandinistas or Muslims. “He insisted that the right, not the left, should be the true heir to the radical, revolutionary tradition of upending dictatorships,” Mr. Heilbrun wrote. “This was neoconservatism on steroids.” Mr. Ledeen fervently supported opponents of the Islam…

Beyond the Law: The Reagan Administration and Nicaragua

It has been the tradition of criminological research to attempt to explain the etiological and enactment patterns of crime. More often than not, the focus