In the Iran-Contra scandal, Marine lieutenant colonel Oliver North
A. was charged but not convicted of selling weapons to Iranian rebels trying to overthrow the Islamic Republic's regime.
B. exposed many members of the Reagan administration as having taken part in illegal arms sales, even implicating President Reagan in the process.
C. was indicted and convicted of funneling funds to anticommunist rebels in Central America.
D. secretly used money from the sale of weapons to Salvadoran rebels to pay Hezbollah for the release of American hostages.
Answer: C
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