 Nharireyomurindi yaApril 23, 1987, Brenneke akaudza Detroit Free Press kuti zviremera zveIran zvakamupa mashoko ouchenjeri kuti apfuudzire kuhurumende yeUnited States sechinhu chokumukurudzira kumubvumira iye navasonganiri vake kuvatengesera zvombo mukupera kwa1984. Akati iye nevamwe vake vaviri vokuFrance vakapa mashoko kuFrance, Israeri, uye masangano ezvokunzvera eUnited States ayo aisanganisira mashoko pamusoro pehofisi huru yePLO muTunisia, isati yarwiswa neIsrael musi waOctober 1, 1985, uye mepu dzomuzinda womutungamiri weLibya Muammar Gaddafi, isati yarwiswa neUnited States muLibya musi waApril 15, 1986.. Brenneke akataura kuti zvipo zvehungwaru zvakapiwa kwaari nemukuru wemauto emhepo eIran akapihwa mvumo naHashemi Rafsanjani, mutauriri weparamende yeIran, waakataura naye nguva nenguva parunhare, uye vamwe vakuru veIran. Akataura kuti ipapo akapfuudza mashoko acho kuna Lt. Col. Larry Caylor, neUnited States Army Intelligence and Security Command, uye Lt. Col. George Alvarez, aMarine Corps counterintelligence, uyo akatumira mamwe acho kuna Menarchik. 