[HAL9000]

I've given my opinion of this Mena stuff before - most of the allegations are bogus. The original conspiracy theory was invented by Gene Wheaton to sell books and smear George H. W. Bush and Oliver North. The theories became so outlandish, they claimed that George W. Bush was a cocaine-smuggling pilot himself.

There are far better ways to tie Bill Clinton to cocaine, especially during his time as a law professor. That period of time has never been adequately investigated or reported - but there are some recent events that probably have Hillary worried about it. Stay tuned.

[doug from upland]

I don’t want to believe that Bush was involved. Maybe he was just incompetent and couldn’t run the CIA without rogues doing what they did. How could such an operation occur without his knowledge?

[doug from upland]

Yes, I will stay tuned. I would like to see her directly tied to tainted blood from prisoners. That may be one of the many files that had to be removed from Foster’s office during the raid by Nussbaum and Williams.

[doug from upland]

I value greatly your insight and opinion. Please share some of the things you personally believe about what happened in Mena.

[investigateworld]

I don't think we'll ever know the whole truth, too many deals were made. Not all for evil, I believe the profits from "Mena" type operations were used to 'guide' the collapse of the USSR.

One has to remember, our CIA was (is?) penetrated more ways and more times than a Fontana lot lizard.

They needed money for deals, Swiss Bank Accounts and the like, for people in gatekeeper positions. Look how many assets (turned Soviet officers - real live breathing humans) were killed before the CIA realized Aldrich Ames was poison? They had to go into black ops if they wanted something secret.

And closer to your area Doug, remember that crooked Sheriff there who stole 1200 plus guns from the evidence locker? He has returned less than 120?

I and few others believe he pinched a load from a certain three letter agency and had to pay them back. Can I prove it? - Nope. But of the missing guns, Not One has ever made it to a NCIC "hit". Remember, in Cali, no private party sales; everything has to go thru a dealer and a phone call to Federal Records. Not one of these guns has ever been taken for safe keeping - always done in family disturbances, pawned or traded thru a legit dealer. Not one.

So we have 900 plus guns which just dropped off the face of the Earth?

Plus that Sheriff wasn't prosecuted for the machine gun he was found with?

And I could go on and on about Sergeants in Narcotics Division buying million dollar homes back in the eighties....

Also if you read another book, Dark Alliance,, by Gary Webb, you'll see that particular county was also the base for Danilio Blandon, a major player in supplying Freeway Ricky Ross. I also met some of the players mentioned in Webb's book.

They weren't dirt bags by any stretch of the imagination.

The eighties, man what an era ;^)