Presidential Administration slipping out of control

Supreme power has a tendency to get out of hand, if not democratically controlled.

In the 1980s Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran to fund Nicaraguan Contras, the right-wing guerrilla organization.

• Selling the weapons to Iran was illegal, as Iran was considered an enemy of the US.
• Funding the Contras was illegal, as the Congress had decided against it.
• After the sales were revealed in 1986, President Ronald Reagan denied them on national television.
• Reagan Administration destroyed large volumes of related documents.

For details see Wikipedia