In that county, everyone who had a serious interest in general aviation or was employed by LE biz knew what was going on.
If you read Dark Alliance by Gary Webb or Compromised, Bush, Clinton, Cocaine, by Terry Reed, it will bring you up to speed.
And who could forget that zoombie walk Bush I did during his re-election campaign? As a side note, I found Free Republic in an attempt to understand what was going on back in the eighties. I've always been active in Republican politics as I believe abortion is murder of an innocent child. I've had the opportunity to me and speak with some interesting folks.
(And yes, I saved old court cases, civil case filings ... a little life insurance so to speak.)
If you don't want to go to the library, then at least you could google "Bbottoms Free Republic".
Wow, google is fast tonight. and yes, the FReepmail has been interesting