We found the smoking gun in the Roberts nomination - the Iran-Contra scandal. PentaPost reports:

One file withheld, regarding the Iran-contra affair, was a draft memo from Roberts to his bosses with the heading "re: establishment of NHAO" -- referring to the Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office.

The office was one of the ways the Reagan administration got around what were known as the Boland amendments, which prohibited U.S. intelligence agencies from spending money to overthrow the Sandinistas. The office was a way the administration could get funds to the contras for nonmilitary purposes, but once there the money was used for all sorts of things.

In other words, John Roberts "lawyered" the Iran-Contra Scandal - one of the worst scandals in American history.

Now we know why Karl Rove is scrubbing Roberts' files!!!

In the 1990's, Senate Democrats let the architects of the Iran-Contra scandal escape without punishment. Oliver North became a media celebrity (and nearly a U.S. Senator), John Poindexter got hired by George Bush to create the Big Brother ("Total Information Awareness") office at the Pentagon. And Elliot Abrams took over Middle East policy at the National Security Council, where he played (and continues to play) a secret but crucial role in the Iraq War disaster.

Have Senate Democrats learned their lesson? Or will they let a key Iran-Contra lawyer become a Supreme Court Justice?

Tell your Senators to oppose John Roberts if he had anything to do with the Iran-Contra Scandal.