What is Tower Commission?
The '''Tower Commission''' was created on 26 November 1986 by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] in response to the [[Iran Contra]] scandal. Reagan appointed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and former Senator [[John Tower]] of [[Texas]], former Secretary of State [[Edmund Muskie]], and former National Security Advisor [[Brent Scowcroft]]. The Commission's report, published on 26 February 1987, concluded that CIA Director [[William Casey]], who supported the Iran-Contra arrangement, should have taken over the operation and made the President aware of the risks and notified Congress as legally required.<ref>Fox Butterfield, ''[[New York Times]]'', 28 February 1987, [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/28/world/the-white-house-crisis-tower-commission-feared-analysis-was-compromised.html THE WHITE HOUSE CRISIS; Tower Commission Feared Analysis Was Compromised]</ref> The Commission's work was continued by the [[Congressional Committees Investigating The Iran-Contra Affair]], which were formed in January 1987 and published a report in November 1987; and by Independent Counsel [[Lawrence Walsh]], appointed 1 December 1986 and publishing a final report in 1993. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1986 in the United States]] [[Category:Presidency of Ronald Reagan]] {{US-stub}}