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Gary Sick wrote an editorial for The New York Times and a book ( October Surprise ) on the subject.

Sick's credibility was boosted by the fact that he was a retired Naval Captain, served on Ford's, Carter ’ s, and Reagan's National Security Council, and held high positions with many prominent organizations ; moreover, he had authored a book recently on US-Iran relations ( All Fall Down ).

Sick wrote that in October 1980 officials in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign including future CIA Director, William Casey, made a secret deal with Iran to delay the release of the American hostages until after the election ; in return for this, the United States purportedly arranged for Israel to ship weapons to Iran.