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created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
title: John Poindexter
aliases:
- John Poindexter
- John M. Poindexter
- John Marlan Poindexter
category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
- Person
- Iran_Contra
- IranContra
- NSC
- Reagan
- Navy
- 1980s
summary: "Vice Admiral John Poindexter served as Reagan's National Security Adviser (December 1985-November 1986), resigned over Iran-Contra, was convicted on five counts before reversal, and later directed DARPA's Total Information Awareness program (2002-2003) before that too collapsed in controversy."
- 1990s
- 2000s
summary: "Vice Admiral John Poindexter served as Reagan's National Security Adviser from December 1985 to November 1986, authorized the Iran-Contra diversion without informing the president, was convicted on five counts before reversal on immunized-testimony grounds, and later directed DARPA's Total Information Awareness program until Congress terminated it in 2003."
born: 1936-08-12
location: "Washington, D.C."
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