Much of the factual information about Seal is based on the author's>personal knowledge. In 1986, he got killed, but his name was not forgotten. Seal was a DEA informant/operative who was deeply involved in Iran-Contra and Gov. >Many individuals in Arkansas, and elsewhere, bought weapons and conversion>kits from those companies, sometimes in large quantities. no. Why>not the CIA? During their conversation, it became obvious to Seal that Smith knew he>was a drug smuggler. regarding Seal's criminal>activities, telling the court that the charges in the indictment were based on>solid evidence. Terry Reed knew Oliver North / Feliz Rodruez. He was a gunrunner to Cuba, and a veteran of the Bay of Pigs. Early life. Wow Barry Seal I think he is pretty Awesome loved movie about him. Letter of 19 November 1985, prepared by U.S. Attorney Stanford 0.>Bardwell, on file of record in U.S. v. Seal, Crim. Seal was murdered just before he was . Mr. WOLF Have you ever met with Jimmy Hoffa .?Mr. Obviously, Seal and Camp had a lot in common>and plenty of time to talk. >47. I n the comments section of a story in Seal's howtown Baton Rouge Advocate about the film, one wrote: "I knew and dated Barry when I was a student at BRHS - about 1954/1955. The DEA, long aware of his>drug-smuggling activities, had finally caught up with him in Florida, where>federal prosecutors had a field day. "[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. >For his part, Seal may not have known that a number of weapons-manufacturing>and sales firms were operating in Arkansas in the 1980s. The rich & powerful, including the political elite are free to do as they please without regard to consequences. no. >14. In October, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Narcotics and Drug Interdiction of the Presidents Commission on Organized Crime, I had presided over a seminar at which Barry Seal had testified, Guste continued. Moreover, we would love to add a reporter to provide even better coverage of the underbelly of Louisiana politics. meeting at camp robinson with other people too. 14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. John Odom claim that Barry Seal knew LHO and David Ferrie. According to Duncan and Welch, the bulk of the story centers around a drug-smuggler named Adler Berriman Seal, also known as Barry. 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) Seal's arraignment proceeded as scheduled on>that date. See, transcript of>Seal's cross-examination, pp. Hold that thought. Most of all, Seals murder would lay bare for all the world to see the seamy underbelly of Americas duplicitous war on drugs, and how drug smuggling was in fact sanctioned by powerful men in order to advance a hidden agenda. When Bill Clinton became president, Mena got a closer look. no. "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. 84-77-B, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana,>filed 30 December 1985 (emphasis added). Little did the islanders know that the>evidence elicited from the videotape of this meeting would ultimately lead to>the arrest, extradition, and conviction of three of the men present.[20]. Most reports show that Barry Seal started his drug operation in 1981, and set up shop at the Mena Intermountain Regional Airport. no. The balcony of the motel gave . >----->Barry Seal and the Mena Connection, > Wednesday, 19 February 1986, had been a typical winter day in south>Louisiana, overcast and cold, but not unbearable. 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. 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. In his letter, Guste made a formal request for a complete investigation with respect to the governments relationship with and handling of Seal. 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 . Part of the $48 million paid by Iran to the U.S. for the Hawk and TOW missiles was in turn used to fund the Contras in their fight against the Marxist Sandinistas. Investigators are still trying to separate myth from reality. (5m-6m) Clinton, Mena, Barry Seal - Mena (6m-7m) "fall to communism" argument for Vietnam, et al . The CIA or its>contractors would actually abscond with the items and convert them for use by>the Contras. MENA They called him the Fat Man. In December of 1984, Seal was arrested in Louisiana for flying a cargo of marijuana into the state. WEINER Yes. The type of conversion kit, or CAR, that>has been most widely used for the Colt AR-15 rifle is the M-16 E-2 .42 Various>parts for such kits were being manufactured at several small plants and>machine shops in Arkansas in the early-to-mid-1980s, including Iver Johnson's>and Brodix, all of which was perfectly legal at the time. A minute entry on that date reflected that Seal would "remain>at liberty under the terms of his original bond. By this time, Seal had purchased a C-123. A>secondary purpose was to avoid U.S. Customs scrutiny. Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udh22kuLebgPlease support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- Noom: https://trynoom.com/lex- Allform: https://allform.com/lex to get 20% off- ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free- Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savingsGUEST BIO:Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history.PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIrSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41SOCIAL:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman Lee Odom said.p o box 19106 had never been in his name.but Transcript of Barry Seal's cross-examination in September 1985, in United>States v. Norman Saunders, et al., Cr. Was it Escobar? The C-123 that had been shot down was The Fat Lady, Seals beloved cargo plane. New Orleans Times Picayune, 21 February 1986. Seal>kept his appointment with Jura and Jacobson five days after his meeting with>the task force. Fourth, Vince Foster worked for the Rose Law firm until he left to . A drug shipment transfer in Nicaragua was in fact videotaped>with The Fat Lady's surveillance camera. [8] Micah Morrison,>writing in the 18 October 1994 edition of the Wall Street Journal, says Seal>actually began operating out of the Mena (Arkansas) Intermountain Regional>Airport in 1981. >12. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 - February 19, 1986) was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medelln Cartel.When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. In purchasing the future claims, the second company would>be provided with "instant tax write-offs through mandatory, tax-exempt cash>set aside requirements. The sign boldly>reflects that "A.B. Likewise, we do not charge a subscription fee for our blog. He flew to Washington and met with two members of Vice President George Bushs Task Force on Drugs. Through a rather circuitous route, Seal turned>DEA informant under the threat of additional prosecution on drug-trafficking>and moneylaundering charges in the federal cases filed against him in Miami>and Baton Rouge. (benji/wendell become pilots) Story from John Odom ,fellow cap member claimed thatBarry Seal met Lee Harvey Oswald training exercise that barry enlisted july 1955 same time LHO and Barry Seal knew David Ferrie. The Mena, Arkansas Airport. Lee Odom of clay shaw trial.Lee Odom wife Mary Francis had foreknowledge11-22-63 her address:211 W French Place SanAntonio.Tx.Lee Odom P.O.Box Dallas Texas. 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. WEINER Yes. 506-508. During his teens, Barry would bicycle to Ryan's Field to watch airplanes in action. On Feb. 19, 1986, Barry Seal, a very prominent CIA drug smuggler and ace pilot, was murdered outside his halfway house in Baton Rouge, LA. The DEA called the money>"trafficker funds." Seal, who began flying at age of 15, flew weapons to Fidel Castro in 1958 when Castro was fighting to overthrow Fulgencio Batista. At almost 300 pounds, Adler B. Seal flipped, becoming a valuable government informant. One traffic route was through Miami, often by way of Port-au-Prince, the>capital of Haiti. 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. Barry Seal, the son of a candy wholesaler, was born in Baton Rouge on 16th July, 1939. The DEA also allowed Seal to pay Emile Camp and other>pilots like Roger Reeves, out of the trafficker funds. Qualified Americans could, until recently, apply for and receive a license>to sell automatic weapons and conversion kits. Oliver North was working for the CIA in Oklahoma and Arkansas in the>1980s. [21], >The absence of Customs agents in Mena also meant illegal retrofitting could>take place with little or no concern for the repercussions normally associated>with unlawful activity. According to the>DEA, Ochoa was "the world's largest cocaine dealer. He was a known associate of the 'usual suspects': David Ferrie, Carlos Marcello, Guy Banister, and Grady Partin. He stored,>bought, and sold aircraft used in smuggling, introduced smugglers to each>other, and helped them make connections. He died of three gunshot wounds. Seal>flew fifty cocaine-smuggling and money-laundering missions between 1981 and>1983 for the Medellin cartel. >Operation Centaur Rose was the name of the CIA gun-running project Seal was>involved in, according to Reed and Cummings. One thing is for sure: Barry Seal was never able to testify>against any of them. Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 - December 10, 2004) was an American investigative journalist. It worked, Unglesby said. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. >The financing scheme was essentially as follows. 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 He helped facilitate the exchange of drugs for arms in support of the Contras in Nicaragua. Two quick bursts riddled Seals head and chest, killing him instantly. The Infamous.Barry Seal. He invited fellow drug smuggler Felix>Dixon Bates to join him. Thats not likely. In>fact, in the federal proceedings in Baton Rouge, Seal's lawyers filed>pleadings containing the following language: >The defendant [Seal] has been restrained by Court order in Florida, and so has>the prosecutor here, from fully outlining to the Court the danger to the->defendant and the activities of the defendant on behalf of various Federal>agencies, including the D.E.A. On July 16, 1955, he earned his pilot's license. Irwin Weiner. Even>though his testimony was critical to the government's case against Ochoa, as>one writer has suggested, Seal knew far more about drug trafficking in>Arkansas, and "where the bodies were buried," than he knew about Colombia, and>he could have helped put a number of prominent American politicians and>officials behind bars.[50]. >Barry Seal, and his younger brothers, Benjy and Wendell, grew up in a typical>American household. Adler Berriman Seal popularly known as Barry Seal was born on July 16, 1939, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Barry Seal graduated highSchool 1957. [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. Ochoa wasnt extradited.. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. Roger Craig claim he saw LHO (man look similar to him) get into a who said he train pilots in mena arkansas. >17. Question: Was Barry Seal's C-123K aircraft (serial number 54-File: Attachment Size; DOC_0001289717.pdf: 37.21 KB: . [12] He first admitted this under oath before the President's>Commission on Organized Crime. And, he admitted it during cross examination in the>Saunders trial in September 1984. Smith pointed him in Norman Saunders' direction>and helped arrange a meeting with Saunders at Arthur's hangar. 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. Not only did the>smuggler have to be careful in terms of how he dealt with those on the>receiving end of each shipment, he had to constantly look over his shoulder to>see what the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) was doing.>Converting a Colt AR-15 semiautomatic rifle into a fully automatic M-16 is a>relatively easy task. >29. >Barry Seal and the Mena Connection > Wednesday, 19 February 1986, had been a typical winter day in south . 5, 1984) known as Mr. Was it Ochoa? WEINER Since I was a little boy. [Posted 13 November 2002] Just before Labor Day 2002, I was on the road to Texas. Despite several such transactions, it would take years to obtain freedom for all the prisoners. Barry was one of three brothers, including Benjy and Wendell. The C-123 was ultimately sold to a company with connections to the CIA and was shot down soon afterwards. >42. In the 1980s, the Mena airport was the reported base of a drug-smuggling, money-laundering and arms-smuggling ring run by Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal, according to an Encyclopedia of Arkansas . He was murdered in 1986 by contract killers hired by Pablo Escobar, head of . At 6 p.m. on February 19, 1986, Seal promptly drove up to the Salvation Army in his white Cadillac. >1. He also bought over a thousand acres of land across a>gravel road from the camp and had a large portion of it cleared of trees and>brush, leveled, and sodded with a carpet of thick Bermuda grass. This was in direct violation of a 1984 law banning such aid. >2. Despite the fact that the parts of the Reed and Cummings book,>Compromised, which are obviously written by Reed, contain mostly flattering>autobiographical hyperbole, often about his exploits in Southeast Asia during>the Vietnam conflict (he carefully avoids references to Vietnam itself, never>having set foot on Vietnamese soil), a few of Reed's statements about Seal and>the CIA seem fairly accurate, if for no other reason than having been>confirmed by other, more reliable sources. Under a previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Evidence emerged suggesting that the CIA was operating in the area in the early 1980s; that a major cocaine and gun smuggler was based at the airfield; and that the U.S. military was somehow involved. 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. Minute entry, 8 January 1986, U.S. v. Seal. Feb 3, 1986 - The Arkansas IRS assess Barry Seal's income taxes at $29,487,718.00 for smuggling 30,000 kilos . In the 2017 Doug Liman-directed movie "American Made," which was previously titled "Mena," Deborah DuBois, the third wife of Barry Seal, was portrayed by the character Lucy. Corey Plante. With Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons. Michel Mertz had been ex pelled from U.S. at Fort Worth or Dallas 48hours after JFK assassination.11-22-63. [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. [24] At the time, Camp was an>investigative reporter for WBRZ-TV, the Baton Rouge ABC affiliate. The FBI and IRS were pulling up the rear, and at least one>special agent with the Arkansas State Police CID was scratching around for>information. Between>his salary as a tenured pilot with TWA and the money he made as a gun runner,>Seal had gotten used to a rather high standard of living. On March 27, a state grand jury in Baton Rouge indicted Miguel Velez, Bemardo Antonio Vasquez, Luis Quintero, and Jose Renteria-Campo for the murder. 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. Mr. WOLF When were your meetings with Mr. Trafficante? There was no word as to whether or not Meese ever responded to Gustes letter. Mention the CIA around Mena, Ark., and the response is likely to be an exasperated sigh and a pep talk about the local economy. Welch was an investigator for the Arkansas State>Police Criminal Investigations Division, taking part in Seal's prosecution in>federal court in Baton Rouge on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.>He attended one of Seal's depositions on 27 December 1985, and heard Seal make>these admissions.[9]. From the opinion: On February 19, 1986, Adler B. Another company, Brodix Manufacturing,>had the machinery to cast the parts (lower receiver housings and carrier>assemblies) necessary to convert semiautomatic into automatic rifles,>especially M-16s. 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]. Seal's lawyer wrote the U.S. (jack ruby called Yaras) >Al Winters did in fact testify at the arraignment. Oliver North said:Seal offered witness protection . Saturday, February 19, will mark the 25th anniversary of one of the most sensational high-profile killings to rock Baton Rouge since the 1935 assassination of U.S. Sen. Huey Long. BARRY SEAL: He imported drugs and laundered money while working for the federal government. strange coincidence :John Odom baton Rouge. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. On March 3, 1986, only two weeks after Seal was murdered, Louisiana Attorney General William Guste hand-delivered a five-page letter to U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese. Waters] is recognized for 5 minutes. U.S.>Attorney Stanford Bardwell prepared a letter on 19 November 1984. >Seal testified in the Saunders trial that "Uncle Sam Wants You" was produced>to publicize his covert activities because he was afraid that if he continued>to work in the obscurity of the drug-trafficking trade, he might be killed by>the CIA or DEA, and those investigating his death might try to create the>illusion that thugs hired by some Medellin drug lord had assassinated him. ( david ferrie roomate and friend) GuyBanister 544 camp /531 Lafayette New Orleans La. >41. 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. [39] What that means is the>only "machinegun" (automatic weapon) the average American citizen has been>allowed to own, by law, since May 1986 is one which was lawfully registered>before that time. Advertisement. In addition to flying the huge aircraft in and out of the Mena,>Arkansas, Intermountain Regional Airport, Seal used a private airport in Opa->Locka, Florida, from time to time, for the same basic reason that had>initially attracted him to Mena: no U.S. Customs agents were there to examine>crews, passengers, or cargo if the aircraft was landing for retrofitting. Drug king pin, Adler B. 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. 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. >The Turks and Caicos Islands lie at the southeast end of the Bahamas. At the same time, Seal was introduced to the>man in the white suit, Stafford Missick, minister of Commerce and Finance in>the islands. A joint investigation by the FBI, Arkansas State Police and IRS revealed that Barry Seal used the Mena airport for "smuggling activity" from late 1980 until March, 1984, according . Co-defendant Aulden Smith had been a>police officer in Grand Turk, and codefendant Andre Fournier had assisted the>others in making connections with BCCI and the Colombian cartels for years. Addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original.... 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