Amazingly so, Mena is not over!
August 23, 1987, in a rural community just south of Little Rock, police officers murdered two teenage boys because they witnessed a police-protected drug drop.
The drop was part of a drug smuggling operation based at a small airport in Mena, Arkansas. The Mena operation was set up in the early 1980's by the notorious drug smuggler, Barry Seal.
Facing prison after a drug conviction in Florida, Seal flew to Washington, D.C., where he put together a deal that allowed him to avoid prison by becoming an informant for the government.
As a government informant against drug smugglers, Seal testified he worked for the CIA and the DEA. In one federal court case, he testified that his income from March 1984 to August 1985, was between $700,000 and $800,000. This period was AFTER making his deal with the government. Seal testified that nearly $600,000 of this came from smuggling drugs while working for -- and with the permission of the DEA. In addition to his duties as an informant, Seal was used by CIA operatives to help finance the Nicaraguan Contras.
The CIA connection to the Mena operation was undeniable when a cargo plane given to Seal by the CIA was shot down over Nicaragua with a load of weapons. In spite of the evidence, every investigator who has tried to expose the crimes of Mena has been professionally destroyed, and those involved in drug smuggling operations have received continued protection from state and federal authorities.
Right before I left Boston for a flight to Benton, AR, -- to see my then 6-month old first granddaughter for the first time, one of my conservative colleagues said to me: , "While you're there, ask those folks in AR what they really think of the Clintons!"
So, after supper in Benton, (a town adjoining Bryant, AR) -- (fully expecting an answer of either "That's our boy!" or "We're da*ned glad to be rid of the SOBs!") -- I asked the question.
Strangely, my S-I-L sat there, pensively, for what seemed like a full munite, and then, he pointed to the south, and said, "Well -- right over yonder are some railroad tracks..."
And then he started in on the story the "train deaths" of of Don and Kevin ...and of Clinton's Medical Examiner, Fahmy Malak... and the ties to Clinton's involvement in the drug trade and multiple murders.
When it became obvious that his tale involving the Cintons had become stranger than I could readily comprehend, he said, "I'll be right back", hopped in his car, and left...
He returned shortly with three rented videos: "The Clinton Chronicles", "Obstruction of Justice", and, "The Boys on the Train Tracks".
By the time we finished the videos, I knew I needed copies -- because If even one of the many accusations against them were true, America had murderous felons in the White House!
Not too long afterward, I signed on to FR...
~~~~~~~~~
(FWIW, for quite a while, I had an active correspondence with Jane Duffey -- the investigator (and, IMO, great heroine) of the crime against Don Henry and Kevin Ives.)
~~~~~~~~~
...and, it all started with a friend's question -- answered with, "Well -- right over yonder are some railroad tracks..."