Editing Bill Clinton (section)

=== Scandals and allegations ===
During his time as governor in the 1980s, Arkansas was the center of a drug smuggling operation through [[Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport|Mena Airport]]. [[CIA]] agent [[Barry Seal]] allegedly imported three to five billion dollars worth of [[cocaine]] through the airport, and the operation was linked to the [[Iran–Contra affair]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mena-intermountain-municipal-airport-4070/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref> Clinton was accused of knowing about this operation, although nothing could be proven against him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=Micah |date=1994 |title=Mysterious Mena |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB833927551906129500 |website=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-11 |title=What Was Clinton's Role In 'Mena Mystery!?' - Oakland Post {{!}} HighBeam Research |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2359062.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611030940/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2359062.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Journalist [[Sam Smith (journalist)|Sam Smith]] tied him to various questionable business dealings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Sam |date=1998 |title=Arkansas Connections: A Time-line of the Clinton Years by Sam Smith |url=https://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/clinton/arkansas.htm |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=ontology.buffalo.edu}}</ref> Clinton was also accused by [[Gennifer Flowers]] to have used cocaine as governor<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1999-08-24 |title=Aides: Clinton Never Used Coke - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aides-clinton-never-used-coke/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and his half-brother Roger was sentenced to prison in 1985 for possession and smuggling of cocaine, but was later [[Bill Clinton pardon controversy|pardoned by his brother]] after serving his sentence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Purdum |first=Todd S. |date=2001-02-23 |title=THE CLINTON PARDONS: THE BROTHERS; Siblings Who Often Emerge In an Unflattering Spotlight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/23/us/clinton-pardons-brothers-siblings-who-often-emerge-unflattering-spotlight.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During his time in Arkansas, there were also other scandals such as the [[Whitewater controversy]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Engelberg |first=Stephen |date=1994-03-13 |title=THE NATION; Untangling the Threads Of the Whitewater Affair |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/13/weekinreview/the-nation-untangling-the-threads-of-the-whitewater-affair.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> involving the Clintons' real estate dealings, and Bill Clinton was accused of serious sexual misconduct in Arkansas, including allegations of using the [[Arkansas State Police]] to gain access to women ([[Troopergate (Bill Clinton)|Troopergate affair]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinton Tried To Derail Troopers' Sex Allegations |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/stories/pj122193.htm |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> The [[killing of Don Henry and Kevin Ives]] in 1987 started various [[Clinton body count conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] that accused Clinton and the Arkansas state authorities of covering up the crime.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Philip |date=1997-02-23 |title=Clinton Crazy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/23/magazine/clinton-crazy.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>