From transcript of Seal's cross-examination, U.S. v. Saunders, et al., pp.>584-585. Beginnings The first rough airstrip was located south of the town on the McBride family's . Also like TWWS, it gets us rooting for our hero despite his engaging in morally . Waters] is recognized for 5 minutes. >Although he spent most of his time out of state, Barry Seal maintained close>ties with friends and family in Louisiana. Later Reed moved to Mexico setup company. From official records of the death of Adler Berriman Seal, on file with the>Baton Rouge, Louisiana, City Police, 21 February 1986. A>secondary purpose was to avoid U.S. Customs scrutiny. >Operation Centaur Rose was the name of the CIA gun-running project Seal was>involved in, according to Reed and Cummings. [49] But, since 1984, Seal's luck had been>running out. Bowe was a well-known lawyer and drug>smuggler in the region. "ABC News," in association with Kuhnhart Productions, put together a>documentary a few years ago entitled "The Informers," about federally>protected witnesses. He said the money had been brought back from Tegucigalpa. These people will burn in hell, Like what you read here? That target was the>Medellin cartel. He met Clay Shaw through Andy Anderson manager Roosevelt MichelRoux , a.k.a. Seal and the others were arrested for alleged violations of the Mutual>Security Act of 1954, a federal law barring the exportation of explosives>without prior State Department approval. They all claim that Barry Seal involved clandestine activities. Two quick bursts hit Barry Seal's head and a third struck his body. The author's oldest brother knew Seal>in high school. >It is well documented that Seal was one of the top five drug smugglers in the>United States. Question: Was Barry Seal's C-123K aircraft (serial number 54-File: Attachment Size; DOC_0001289717.pdf: 37.21 KB: . Seven months after Guste delivered his letter to Meese, on October 5, 1986, a Sandinista patrol shot down a C-123 cargo plane that was supplying the Contras. At times, some of the big-ticket items obtained through the>insurance loss claim scam were also transported in The Fat Lady. Some of the facts related to Seal's death are>also based on the author's personal knowledge; the rest were gleaned from>articles in the New Orleans Times Picayune and States Item, published between>November 1985 and May 1986. Atlantic City and Skinny, was the owner of the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey ( trump Hotel)..Sinatra Chauffer G.Jacobs and Buddy Greco Seal was also charged with concealing material facts from the>Internal Revenue Service about the existence, source, or origin, of $51,006.64>and for failure to file currency transaction reports on amounts in excess of>$10,000. From transcript of Seal's cross-examination, U.S. v. Saunders, et al., pp.>517-520. In March 1984,>frustrated by numerous vain attempts to talk personally with U.S. Attorney>Stanford Bardwell, who was prosecuting the case in Baton Rouge, the>nowdesperate Seal contacted the Vice-Presidential Task Force in Washington,>D.C., and made arrangements to meet with them a day or two later. Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, in Mena. DPD Curry is on air force one that witnessed LBJ being sworn in JFK coffin looks on and Congressman Albert Thomas winks back at a quickly-smiling LBJ.Henry Wade former _ _ _ then District atty case Ruby.Jack ruby called Irwin Weiner Chicago bail bondsman He was married three times throughout his life. The DEA was>doing the same. His property, including his home and all his airplanes, were seized. Seal then made a series of drug-smuggling>flights, all with DEA approval. no. If you want to catch the movie for yourself and don't want to know in advance about the movie's adherence to or deviation from the facts, stop here because I intend to go into more detail . In brief: more plot holes than a meerkat colony. A sign located at one end of the property, bearing the standard FAA>announcement that the field is an aircraft landing strip, and forbidding>trespassing or tampering with aircraft, remains to this day. ; see, also, New Orleans Times Picayune, 6 March 1986. According to both Seal and Terry Reed, who claims to>have been a CIA "asset" in the 1980s and who flew with Seal in and out of Mena>on numerous occasions, The Fat Lady was equipped by the CIA with surveillance>cameras for a sting operation in Nicaragua involving the Sandinistas and the>Medellin cartel. The meeting ended, appropriately, with smiles,>handshakes, and hasta la vistas. As to count two (the tax-related charges), the court's>order placed Seal on probation for five years and fined him ten thousand>dollars. Seal's airplane, with a cargo of some>thirteen thousand pounds of C-4 explosives, was seized in Louisiana in 1972.>Ibid. [19], >On 3 March 1985, as scheduled, Seal met with Smith, Missick, Andre Fournier,>and Nigel Bowe at a Miami hotel. "The trial of the C4 Seven" One clue to Seal's status is that, after having been caught illegally exporting 7 tons of C4 explosives, no one was in any hurry to bring him to trial. New Orleans Times Picayune, 6 March 1986, reported that Seal's brother, Ben>(also known as "Benjy"), had commented that there was nothing Barry Seal>couldn't fly. He was hired by Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 1964 and at age 26 became one of the youngest Captains operating a Boeing 707. >5. Barry Seal, the son of a candy wholesaler, was born in Baton Rouge on 16th July, 1939. and C.I.A., and this has prevented frank>discussion regarding the plea bargain and terms of probation.[25]. Polozola further stipulated that Seal could not carry a gun or hire armed bodyguards. [30] However, it was commonly rumored (and with good>reason) in both Louisiana and Arkansas in the 1980s that Barry Seal was>engaged in the arms trade as well as being a cocaine trafficker. His purpose there was to inform the commission and top United States officials of the methods and equipment used by drug smugglers.and (he) was scheduled to be a key witness in the governments case against Jorge Ochoa-Vasques, the head of one of the largest drug cartels in the world. "[38] The federal>Criminal Code prohibits the "transfer or possession of machineguns" unless>they were lawfully registered before 19 May 1986. when he was cut down by machine gun fire outside the Salvation Army halfway house on . Oliver North said:Seal offered witness protection . In 1981, Seal set up shop at Mena. >As Seal sat in his car in the parking lot of a Baton Rouge halfway house on>that cold overcast day in February 1986, he must've suspected he was in an>extremely vulnerable position. [13] In early 1984, months before the actual>indictment was handed down in Baton Rouge, Seal had realized that it was only>a matter of time before the death knell sounded on his $25 million-a-year>drug-trafficking operation. >Seal was ordered to report to the Salvation Army center on a future date to be>determined by the federal probation office. Fourth, Vince Foster worked for the Rose Law firm until he left to . >11. He was also the>youngest pilot to be promoted to captain of the crew of a Boeing 707, and>later of a Boeing 747. Barry Seal's early life and family background. As long as the Agency got any monies it was>entided to, some CIA agents involved in Centaur Rose were apparently not>concerned about the other things Seal transported from Latin America,>including cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. It was at this time that he moved his operations from Baton Rouge to Mena, Arkansas. He flew to Washington and met with two members of Vice President George Bushs Task Force on Drugs. [34], >Although there are conflicting reports, it appears Seal was originally>recruited by the CIA as a "subcontractor" to fly arms and other contraband to>the Nicaraguan Freedom Fighters, beginning sometime in 1983 after he allegedly>met with Terry Reed to discuss gun-smuggling activities. [41] All other automatic weapons are illegal. During his initial>conversation with Jura and Jacobson, and to insure against being double->crossed, Seal reiterated what he told White and Kennedy during the meeting in>Washington: he would be "willing to cooperate" with the DEA in exchange "for>their assistance in helping [him] out with [his] sentences in south Florida.>"[15] After being reassured by the two special agents, Seal went forward with>his plans to make the trip to Medellin. Barry Seal. Roger Craig claim he saw LHO (man look similar to him) get into a Because Reagan feared another communist regime in the Western Hemisphere, Seal was enlisted as an undercover informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It worked, Unglesby said. At the time he was also>under indictment in the same federal jurisdiction on thirteen counts of>possession with intent to distribute phenobarbitol, Demerol, and Quaaludes.>With the threat of a lengthy prison term looming ominously over his head, the>freespirited Seal decided to cooperate with authorities and become an>informant. The pot-bellied daredevil>once boasted that he could make $1.5 million in a matter of hours dealing with>Ochoa as long as he had his pocket pager, two payphones to call Colombia and>Miami, and fuel for The Fat Lady. Fournier had the most work to do, so he was to receive>$375,000 a year. Escobar Hitmen cross over border from Mexico and who leak In his cross-examination, in the trial of United States v. Norman Saunders,>et al., Cr. At almost 300 pounds, Adler B. "[29] Unfortunately, the very>liberty Barry Seal sought, and for which he had posted a $250,000 unsecured>bond, made him an easy target for assassins. That condition was as follows: >(6) The defendant [Seal] shall reside at the Salvation Army Community>Treatment Center, 7361 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a period>of six (6) months. >The Turks and Caicos Islands lie at the southeast end of the Bahamas. Seal Texaco.located corner Acadian Thruway andGoverment Street ,Baton Rouge La.Father Benjamin C Seal and the Sons Benjy Jr,Dean ,Jason ,Aaron, Curtis R,Wendell K, work the gas . They agreed that $250,000 would be applied>to cover expenses, such as fuel, storage, and lease fees, and the balance>would be divided evenly among Saunders, Smith, Missick, and Bowe, based mainly>on their promise to prepare and sign documents and to look the other way at>certain crucial times. But, Barry's first love was>flying. >According to Reed and his coauthor, John Cummings, retired U.S. Marine Lt.>Col. He died of three gunshot wounds. no. | B'Man's Revolt, Pingback: ENGLISH Did Jeb Bush, VP George Herbert Walker Bush and Oliver North Murder CIA Drug Smuggler Barry Seal in February, 1986? Then both men got into the front seat of the car, and Seal reached back into the duffel bag, and pulled out a manila envelope with $2,500 in it. It prohibited the exportation of arms like>M-16s and kits, like the CARs used to convert semiautomatic weapons, without>congressional approval. Reeves, Ochoas New Orleans business manager, brought Seal into what in 1982 officially became the Medellin Cartel after Jorge Ochoa and Pablo Escobar joined forces to form a 2,000-man army to destroy M-19, the Marxist revolutionary group that was causing problems for the Colombian drug barons. >25. >Because of the overwhelming evidence against him, Seal had been forced to>plead guilty in 1984 to drugtrafficking charges in an unrelated federal court>proceeding in south Florida. Most reports show that Barry Seal started his drug operation in 1981, and set up shop at the Mena Intermountain Regional Airport. It was only after Castro succeeded in overthrowing Batista in 1959 and declared himself a Marxist that other forces then began their efforts to overthrow Castro. At Arkansas, he ran sales and operations of fleets . However, as fate would have it, Seal was placed in>the same jail cell as Emile Camp, a pilot from Slidell, Louisiana, who had>also been arrested for smuggling. He was fired by TWA after his 1972 arrest in New Orleans on charges of flying explosives to anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico. According to Seal, he and Arthur had>made "a couple of hundred thousand [dollars]" together over the years. Early life. Barry Seal graduated highSchool 1957. Shortly before 6:00 P.M., the forty-six-year-old Seal wheeled the>yellow Cadillac into the parking lot of the Salvation Army Community>Treatment Center in Baton Rouge. He also helped launder that drug money in some of the Arkansas banks . At the same>time, incredible amounts of cash were transported to and from Latin America,>representing payment for drugs, arms, and equipment. >In light of the manner in which Seal was killed, what is perhaps most>incredible about the way his prosecution in federal courts in Florida and>Louisiana was handled, is that key DEA and CIA agents in both locales>apparently didn't know much about each others' activities, contacts, or plans;>unless, of course, Seal's assassination in February 1986 was advanced and>facilitated by the very agencies for which he'd agreed to furnish information.>That was certainly Seal's fear when he produced "Uncle Sam Wants You," and it>may have been well founded. barry plane crash near 4560 Essen Lane 1960 He was in Hospital for a week . In secret testimony before the task force, Seal said the Medellin Cartel had cut a deal with the Marxist Sandinistas in Nicaragua. And his participation in Operation 40, the CIA's assassination squad, the blackest of black ops, as attested by the photo taken in Mexico . Eugene Hasenfus, who was on board the plane, survived the crash and told his captors that he thought the CIA was behind the operation to supply the Contras. Investigators are still trying to separate myth from reality. That was the year Seal was first convicted on major drug->trafficking charges in Florida. Bustamonte was ultimately prosecuted by the U.S. attorney in Miami, along>with Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, Felix Dixon Bates, and Rodriguez Garcia.>See, Barry Seal's cross-examination in United States v. Norman Saunders, et>al., Cr. Back at Mena, Brown says, he and Seal walked to Brown's car, a Datsun hatchback, and Seal put one of the duffel bags under the hatchback. If he ultimately had to prosecute Seal, he wanted Albert J.>Winters, Jr., the supervisory trial attorney for the federal government's New>Orleans Organized Crime Strike Force, to testify against Seal. From the official record in United States of America v. Adler Berriman>Seal. At the time of their extradition and prosecution, billions>of dollars in drug money had already been laundered through banks affiliated>with and operated by BCCI (the Bank of Commerce and Credit International) in>the tiny Caribbean island chain known as the Turks and Caicos. (across from post office) Clay Shaw 1024 St Peter N.O.La.Is next to camp -canal -near International trade mart.William Reilly Coffee Company and Crescent City Garage (LHO &JvB worked)G.wray Gil said He was with David Ferrie on 11-22-63 until 12:15.Ferrie said Marcello deportation trial 11-22-1963 party at hotel to celebrate. (jack ruby lived near Paul Dorffman Irwin Weiner chicago il ) Mr. WOLF Do you know Mr. Dave Yaras .9 Barry Seal was an American-born Trans World Airlines pilot who . When Arthur was killed in 1984, Seal began paying the lease on the>property, under the pretext of helping Arthur's widow, who was still liable>for lease payments. The mysteries of Mena revolve around a drug-smuggling pilot named Barry Seal. He died instantly.[2]. Some, like>Terry Reed, who claims to have been a CIA "asset" himself in the 1980s, have>gone much further.[31]. >2. >The Government and defense further agree that the defendant will receive a>concurrent sentence as to Count 1 not to exceed the ultimate sentence he>receives in a pending proceeding in the Southern District of Florida. Mr. WOLF When were your meetings with Mr. Trafficante? no. No,wonder why militias hate our govt. None of this is surprising in 2017. . >A C-123 is so large that vehicles can be driven into its fuselage for>transport. The>moonlighting, which involved smuggling operations, earned him a reputation as>a risktaking soldier of fortune. Wow Barry Seal I think he is pretty Awesome loved movie about him. But, they>also made him a marked man. But, the obvious>difference between Nessard, Sarco, and the others and Iver Johnson's and>Brodix was that the physical plants of the last two were located in Arkansas.>In theory, that meant the state of Arkansas was able to exact tax revenues>from them. According to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, an investigative>reporter for a London newspaper, one interest-bearing account opened by Seal>at the Fuji Bank in the Caymans had a balance of $1.645 billion at the time>one of his articles was written in 1994. 85-165-Spellman, U.S. District>Court, Southern District of Florida, p. 462. He would work closely with the two agents in setting up a>sting operation involving the Medellin-based Ochoa cartel.[14]. And, because of judge Frank Polozola's gross negligence in>forcing Seal to adjust his lifestyle to fit into an orderly and completely>predictable routine, everyone knew exactly where Barry Seal would be after>5:00 P.m. each day. Mena, Arkansas, as a staging point for weapons supply flights. [3] A former Green Beret, Seal became one of TWA's top>pilots. It proved to be the singular event that blew the Iran-Contra scandal wide open. Another was through the little town of Mena, in western>Arkansas. During their conversation, it became obvious to Seal that Smith knew he>was a drug smuggler. Obviously, Seal and Camp had a lot in common>and plenty of time to talk. In 1983, the DEA arrested him on drug smuggling charges. 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(born 1939/40) Lots of strange Occurrences and Strange Coincidences and John Odom claim that Barry Seal knew LHO and David Ferrie. These required>Seal to carry a telephone paging device, file monthly financial reports, and>abstain from all contact with a co-defendant named Gary Seville. After death, his story was famous, and a lot of people were talking . The Fairchild C-123K "provider" 54-0663 (20112) Radiocall:"40663" was a part of one of the biggest scandals in the mid 1980's. During this time, the Reagan Administration had set up a bizarre network of arms sales to Iran designed to win release of US hostages being held in Lebanon and raise money to fund the Nicaraguan, counter-revolutionary guerilla fighters, commonly referred to as the . >The Ochoa family cartel, led at the time by Jorge Ochoa-Vasquez, the son of>Fabio Ochoa-Vasquez, a prominent Colombian cattle farmer, found Seal to be>such a reliable pilot that they paid him to make dozens of cocaine runs. The brutal murder of Barry Seal, 46, at a Baton Rouge halfway house in 1986 would send shock waves up and down the political spectrum. David Ferrie took everyone up in his Stinson planesbut David Ferrie rented many planes to fly.David Ferrie -1948 Stinson plane #108 2sn 108 1293.Stinson Franklin plane #12974 valued $3,ooo.David Ferrie last payment on car 6-26-19621959 (1960) Ford address 11 Prospect St Alexandria La. WEINER Yes. Simply click on the Donate button here and contribute whatever you feel appropriate. >29. In>response to a complaint by his federal probation officer, Lionell Jardell,>that Seal wasn't cooperating enough in the pre-sentencing investigation, one>of Seal's lawyers, Lewis Unglesby, reminded Jardell that Seal was working>constantly "under government supervision in dangerous and difficult>situations."[28]. Probation Office on 18 February 1986. He next admitted it under oath in DEA>intelligence reports. >22. WHY WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT WITNESS NOT GIVEN PROTECTIOIN WHETHER HE WANTED IT OR NOT? Guste asked, using all capital letters. As the light of day>began to fade, a gray Buick driven by Velez raced into the parking lot,>pulling within a few feet of Seal's vehicle, on the driver's side. Reed claims the>meeting with Seal was arranged by Oliver North (aka John Cathey). Benjamin /Mary Seal son Adler M 1940 census address 315 Lovers Lane Baton.Rouge Louisiana (next hwy73/North blvd).lovers lane White house Barry was the 1st son.Seal Entrepreneur.Texaco Service station .called B.C. Lee Harvey Oswald friend David/Anna Lewis meet CharleSt Thompson Restaurant.Anna said Marina came in look for LHO. Like in the movie, the American Made true story reveals that Barry made a living as a commercial airline pilot for several years. Some of the facts regarding the trial of Seal's>killers are from the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State Times, in addition>to the New Orleans papers. As the car came to a screeching halt, Cruz and Vasquez>sprang from the front and rear passenger-side seats, spraying the Cadillac>with bullets, gangland style. MENA They called him the Fat Man. ( david ferrie roomate and friend) GuyBanister 544 camp /531 Lafayette New Orleans La. The CIA or its>contractors would actually abscond with the items and convert them for use by>the Contras. In high school, while his classmates were riding buses to out-of-town>football games, Barry would often fly to the games in "barnstorming" fashion,>landing wherever he could find a smooth, flat surface. Oliver North said:barry seal was double agent. Smuggling drugs was>the most lucrative business Seal had heard of, and he owned his own airplanes,>so he offered his services as a contract pilot. >Seal was indicted by a federal grand jury in Baton Rouge on 20 December 1984.>He was charged with possession of 462 pounds of cocaine, a Schedule II>federally controlled narcotic dangerous substance, and for conspiring with>others to distribute that cocaine between 1 June 1982 and 1 January 1983.>Those were alleged violations of Title 21, Sections 841 and 846, of the United>States Code. Before he got involved in the criminal, he used to be an American aviator. Just send an email to louisianavoice@outlook.com, LouisianaVoice does not accept advertising because we insist on an independent voice. >In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Medellin cartel (named after the city>in Colombia which was the center of activity for most of those associated with>the drug trade) supplied at least 75 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the>U.S. The DEA, long aware of his>drug-smuggling activities, had finally caught up with him in Florida, where>federal prosecutors had a field day. According to the>DEA, Ochoa was "the world's largest cocaine dealer. BARRY SEAL: He imported drugs and laundered money while working for the federal government. That's where Seal was shot to death while in his car.A movie titled \"Mena,\" starring Tom Cruise as Seal, is set to be released in early 2017. (lho kid lived 126 Exchange place) .Clay Shaw Hangout Dixies (KATS) 701 bourbon St(corner St peter).LHO lived with Murrets 757 French Street New Orleans Louisiana.Lillian Murret,(Charles murret) If the US is a democracy, then the voters themselves are responsible for the horrible state of affairs this country finds itself in. Seal, who began flying at age of 15, flew weapons to Fidel Castro in 1958 when Castro was fighting to overthrow Fulgencio Batista. Terry Reed said while was Little Rock social circles. A May 21, 1992, Arkansas Times article carried a front page story of the drug trafficking, including three pictures of CIA contract agent and drug pilot Barry Seal, drug trafficker Jorge Luis . Seal also gave the DEA valuable additional>information on Medellin drug lord, Pablo Escobar.[16]. forgave the taxes on hundreds of millions in known drug and gun profits over the ensuing two-year period when Seal was officially admitted to be employed by the government. They played ball in the yard of the one-story white frame>house on Lover's Lane, a shady street in a quiet neighborhood. promote bull fights in New Orleans.Lunch Pat OBriens for Hour. This was in direct violation of a 1984 law banning such aid. 5, 1984) known as Mr. Benjamin /Mary Seal son Adler M 1940 census address 315 Lovers Lane Baton Seal was killed in February 1986 during a hail of machine-gun fire outside a Baton Rouge Salvation Army halfway house after allegedly crossing Pablo Escobar and the Medelln drug cartel . Seal became obsessed with aircraft and took his first solo flight at the age of fifteen and was soon making a living towing advertising banners. It's not that the 5,475 residents of this mountain . >Now officially known as Confidential Informant No. Why>not the CIA? He'd had profitable dealings with Colombian drug lord Pablo>Escobar for a number of years. [26], >On 20 December 1984, the grand jury did in fact return an indictment, and U.S.>District judge Frank Polozola signed a Judgment and Probation/Commitment Order>in Seal's criminal proceeding. 340, 341. An investigative report into a scandal that haunts the reputations. American Made is a fascinating biopic about Barry Seal, a commercial pilot who worked with the CIA to run drugs and guns in South America. Somehow, the plane had fallen into the hands of Oliver North and his covert operation. Yes. Tom Cruise will portray Baton Rouge drug-smuggler-turned-federal-informant Barry Seal (pictured) in the upcoming Universal Pictures feature film 'Mena.' (The Times-Picayune archive) Webb is best known for his "Dark Alliance" series, which appeared in San Jose The Mercury News in 1996. After their release, Seal contacted Camp, and he>became Seal's partner, copilot, and best friend. 85-165-Spellman, U.S. District>Court, Southern District of Florida, pp. Minute entry, 8 January 1986, U.S. v. Seal. Ibid. He made more than $50 million smuggling drugs into the . >To Seal, and others involved in weapons smuggling, what made the business>risky was that the registration law applied not only to the purchase and>transportation of automatic weapons, but also to the kits used to convert>semiautomatic into automatic weapons. . Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. >Barry Seal had friends in the islands, one of whom was Eric Arthur. Barry Seal - An American History (American Made in the original version) is a film that tells how the existence of a man can change from one moment to the next, and take a decidedly unexpected turn. The CAR kit includes a complete upper rear and barrel assembly, buttstock,>recoil spring and buffer, M-16 hammer, trigger, disconnector, selector, M-16>auto sear, pins, springs, trigger guard, magazine release, and bolt holdopen.>See, "Report of the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol,>Tobacco, and Firearms Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell," September 1993. A great>deal of corporate naivete and ignorance on the part of state government was to>be expected in Bill Clinton's Arkansas, with respect to certain business>transactions where Barry Seal, Iver Johnson's, and Brodix were involved., as>long as the appropriate fees were paid to the right parties. Salvation army halfway house 7361 Airline Highway, BatonRouge. On March 24,>Vice-Presidential Aide Jim Howell met with Seal, as did DEA Special Agents>Frank White and Bill Kennedy. Required fields are marked *. Seal was also ordered to report address changes to the U.S. attorney,>and his right to travel outside the court's jurisdiction was restricted. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was it Noreiga? 15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Letter of 19 November 1985, prepared by U.S. Attorney Stanford 0.>Bardwell, on file of record in U.S. v. Seal, Crim. Barry, his two brothers, Benjy and Wendell, his mom, a homemaker, and his dad, a candy wholesaler, lived in a house on Lovers Lane. I am working long hours right now, but I will go overthis article and point out the flaws in a week or so. It's>also what the Branch Davidians were doing at Mt. Hasenfus said that was by sheer coincidence. He became a key witness in the federalgovernment's war on the powerful Colombian cocaine cartel. The C-123 was ultimately sold to a company with connections to the CIA and was shot down soon afterwards. (utube videos ) Oliver North interviews and Contra Affair. [27] He died instantly. He was well aware of the drug-smuggling>activity and logically concluded it was creating a problem that only a money->laundering scheme of gargantuan proportions could ameliorate. >The reason the scheme was so complicated, according to Reed and Cummings, is>that the federal government couldn't legally fund the Contras without>congressional approval, as such actions were prohibited by the Boland>Amendment. (5m-6m) Clinton, Mena, Barry Seal - Mena (6m-7m) "fall to communism" argument for Vietnam, et al . Whether known or not at the time by Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, the use of the Mena airport by Seal and others would be used by detractors in efforts to tie Clinton to drug smuggling conspiracies, especially during his first four years as President. 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