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The cartel involved is a Honduran ally of the Sinaloa cartel: Cachiros. Bharara was involved in prosecuting them: "Aunque los Rosenthal se defienden de los señalamientos de lavar dinero para Los Cachiros, la acusación presentada por el fiscal Preet Bharara, ante la Corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York, afirma que ellos conocían que esas operaciones financieras involucraban actividades ilícitas y las promovían, además de transferir fondos a EE. UU. y disfrazar la naturaleza ilegal de los mismos.": Los Cachiros, la mafia que hundió a los Rosenthal

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And author connects up to Alexander Cockburn who connects up to none other than Truthout’s source Wilkerson from the Niger affair:

Wilkerson told a similar story in a recent critical biography of Rumsfeld by Washington-based British journalist Andrew Cockburn.

Looks like the protect Iran at all costs crowd is trying to pull another Japan Today / Capitol Hill Blue caper.

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Maybe the Watergate thing isn’t working for them so they are reaching for an Iran Contra gotcha.