In the middle of the 1980s, a government scandal came to light when a Lebanese newspaper began writing about U.S. weapons being sold to Iran. The U.S. was selling arms through Israel to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages. The funds from those sales were being used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua, a group that Congress had already stopped funding. In this inquiry, students will investigate the compelling question, “How do breaches of trust affect public perception?”