updated 5:10 a.m. CT, Tues., Oct. 7, 2008

WASHINGTON

McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra case

Organization had ties to former Nazi collaborators, right-wing death squads

U.S. Army Major General John Singlaub

Retired U.S. Army Major General John Singlaub(front), speaks to reporters as then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen looks on in July 21, 1998. Singlaub founded the controversial U.S. Council for World Freedom, which was dedicated to stamping out communism around the globe. Singlaub says McCain became associated with the organization in the early 1980s

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