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I'm having a bit of trouble keeping things straight, but Tranny are you saying that no one associated with Reagan could have negotiated with the terrorists before the election?
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Before the election...no not without facing treason charges. After the election and before he took office(2 month window)? You bet he could, and did.
In fact William Casey who was appointed CIA director the day after Reagan took office was widely suspected of doing just that during the 2 months after the Reagan landslide. Somebody sure did something that Carter had tried for well over a year to do but had failed.
It may have been as simple as agreeing to lift the oil embargo and releasing the billions of frozen assets in American banks, or it could of been a threat of military response which Carter steadfastly refused to do, or it could of been a combination of all of those things....who knows for sure? One thing that is undeniable even though there are those that continue to do so, is that the deal was made after reagan won the Presidency and after he took office.
Maybe Carter was just helping his successor out?
