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- Person
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- Politics
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[[Gary Sick]] is a former [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] administration adviser on [[Iran]]. He is the author of *October Surprise*, a book that systematically examines the evidence suggesting a secret deal between the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] campaign and [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] to delay the release of [[USA|American]] hostages in [[Iran]] until after the 1980 presidential election.[^1]
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[[Gary Sick|Sick's]] allegations, along with those of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], were investigated by the [[October Surprise Task Force]] and the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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