The White House briefed evangelical leaders through Oliver North before Iran-Contra

Evidence

To shore up support, The White House invited figures including Falwell, Robertson, and LaHaye to receive special briefings from Oliver North, a highly decorated marine and a convert to evangelicalism who served as the NSC’s deputy director for political-military affairs. Only later would it be revealed that this was not the only action North was taking on behalf of the Contras. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 265

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s central thesis: North as a figure of militant masculinity embodying the continuity between evangelical culture and state violence.