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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (13185)	10/6/1998 3:54:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

JFQ, Some time back - might have been on another thread - there was a discussion of relative gravity of the offences of various administrations. Some thought Iran/Contra much worse than Clinton's little mess; I recall you asking what was so wrong with funding the contras. Just stumbled on this; thought it might be interesting. Detailed info on drug smuggling involvement by the contras, and US knowledge of those activities: webcom.com Some excerpts (from a Senate committee hearing): The Subcommittee found that the Contra drug links included: --Involvement in narcotics trafficking by individuals associated with the Contra movement. --Participation of narcotics traffickers in Contra supply operations through business relationships with Contra organizations. --Provision of assistance to the Contras by narcotics traffickers, including cash, weapons, planes, pilots, air supply services and other materials, on a voluntary basis by the traffickers. --Payments to drug traffickers by the U.S. State Department of funds authorized by the Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras, in some cases after the traffickers had been indicted by federal law enforcement agencies on drug charges, in others while traffickers were under active investigation by these same agencies.... Appearing before the Iran-Contra Committees' the CIA Central American Task Force chief testified:With respect to (drug trafficking by) the Resistance Forces ... it is not a couple of people. It is a lot of people.[5] The CIA's Chief of the Central American Task Force went on to say: We knew that everybody around Pastora was involved in cocaine ... His staff and friends (redacted) they were drug smugglers or involved in drug smuggling.[6] It goes on and on; some great quotes from Oliver North's diaries. The all-American marine didn't seem to object to the idea at all. So now we have not only illegal sale of arms to fund a war not approved by Congress, but also the US government subsidizing drug trafficking into the US. Of course, they lied about it. And we're going to have a full scale impeachment inquiry because Clinton lied about a blow job? Do the oddities of comparative scale still elude you? Steve