 Complete the following phrase:  Halper played a central role in a scandal in the 1980 election. But it was not until several years after Reagans victory over Carter that this scandal emerged. In connection with his position Halpers name came up in the 19834 investigations into the Debategate affair, which was a spying scandal in which Central Intelligence Agency CIA officials passed classified information about Carter administrations foreign policy to Reagan campaign officials in order to ensure the Reagan campaign knew of any foreign policy decisions that Carter was considering 